Friday, 28 February 2025

Whoopee! Car Boot Season is About to Start...............

...................weather permitting.....tomorrow..............and the forecast is looking OK.


 I started a list  of what to look for this year

  • Clothes Pegs. Just ordinary wooden ones with a spring. I tend to use these for pegging all sorts of things in the garden and bags in the freezer and then the number I have to actually peg out clothes gets less until there are hardly any in the peg bag.
  • Small ceramic oblong pie dishes. Had to chuck out two small ones last year - both really badly crackled glaze.
  • A new sieve - one of mine has a crack in the rim
  • Interesting looking books
  • Christmas Crackers
  • Birthday cards - especially for men
  • Useful things from house clearance people - like half used packs of baking parchment, foil, cling film etc
  • A Pretty plate for Spring display - cheap
  • Jigsaws for next autumn/winter


Then I was in Stowmarket a couple of weeks ago and went in the Barnardo's Charity shop where I saw a pack of pegs for £1.50 - plus the Grandson card for 50p.


So one thing crossed off before the first boot-sale even happens.

Probably far too wet underfoot for the Sunday boot-sale to start although their website says they will try, but I don't fancy getting stuck on their soggy car park.

Back Soon
Sue

5 comments:

  1. I love the lists,
    so you get exactly what you need!

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  2. I must copy this tip, and keep a list on my phone.

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  3. I keep a list in my little notebook for visiting charity shops. I feel it's better to browse for a purpose rather than being sucked in by something pretty I don't need.
    Penny

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  4. Now, if you were to nip over to West sussex you could choose some of the small le creuset pie dishes I've stacked up ready for a charity shop run...

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  5. Thank you for the inspiration - making a list sounds perfect.

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