It was very busy at the one-off Christmas car-boot sale on Saturday. Very chilly but that hadn't put people off. The rows of people selling was almost as big as the summer and the car park filling up - you can see cars filling the field below
But this year it seemed to be the same old junk, rubbish and tat that had been for sale all summer. There wasn't even anyone with charity Christmas cards.
The only thing I bought was this............
A brand new hot water bottle in a soft warm cover for just £2. This will be a Christmas present for next year as the three I've got already should see me out!
Then home for breakfast.
On Sunday I found I hadn't tried all the different flavour coffees in the coffee advent after all because the 14th was Amaretto and yesterday - the 15th- was called Holiday Blend - there was no discernible flavour so that's a mystery!
Yesterday was a very grey day, half dark all day. The window cleaner came round again and I renewed my car insurance - that was the 5th big bill after the boiler repair, the car repair to the suspension, the dentist and the hygienist. The 6th - the annual boiler service - has been put off until January as they are really busy.
I finished all the Christmas wrapping after BiL's present arrived - The amazon delivery people never ring the doorbell or knock on the door nowadays, they just leave things on the doorstep. Luckily I remembered to look! It's no wonder things go missing. When I put all the wrapping stuff away I had a sort out of the Christmas drawer and found some things - badges, labels etc. that had been in the drawer for ages, so they've gone into the charity shop bag. I also came across a Christmas Past Memorabilia Pack that I'd forgotten about - I've no idea where and when I got it but the things in it hadn't even been unfolded. There was a facsimile of Christmas Day TV guide from 1973. We reminisce about TV back in the day but I'm glad I no longer have to watch two circuses - always hated them - specially the clowns and there were also the programmes with some famous person visiting a hospital and handing out gifts and (shudder) Danny La Rue in a pantomime!
The other things in the pack are copies of older ephemera.
Now I've unpacked, unfolded and looked through all the bits, they might go off to the charity shop too.
I agree about the tv options. What a day of horrible choices, I have clown phobia too! There’s no 'entertainment' offering on that page I could sit through. Next time I moan about the tv, I'll think of that list and stop.
ReplyDeleteI've never liked slapstick comedy so clowns were something I really disliked watching
DeleteIn total agreement about the circuses. And it would probably have been on a black and white tv too! Now we have a multiplication of brightly coloured channels to watch. Here's hoping we still have a BBC next year and a certain orange guy doesnt win his court case...
ReplyDeleteThe BBC keeps telling us we fund it so maybe they'll ask for donations to fund the court case!
DeleteSuch a distinguished list of guests on the Morecambe and Wise show.
ReplyDeleteI think a sketch they did with Andre Previn is famous? But maybe wrong
DeleteI've got that hot water bottle 🙂
ReplyDeleteIt will make a good gift I think.
DeleteThe hot water bottle was a good buy.
ReplyDeleteYes it's easy to be nostalgic about TV but not all of it was good!
Penny
We seemed to watch rubbish but thought it was good!
DeleteMy dads favourite was the black and white minstrels , how times have changed
ReplyDeleteI didn't seem odd back then and I'm sure no one was offended
DeleteI remember those Christmas tv days well. Sitting on the floor to watch Billy Smart's Circus, with the sound turned down as my Mum hated circus music so we had to watch it in silence. The being sent to our room to 'play' until teatime. Morecambe and Wise was on every year in our house, my Dad loved them.
ReplyDeleteYou really are ahead of the game, a Christmas present ticked off your list for next year already, well done. :-)
It really is shopping early for Christmas!
DeleteMorecombe and Wise - so popular back then .
I was on a Teams meeting yesterday when the wi Dow cleaner suddenly appeared! I paid the Contents and buildings insurance yesterday as it’s due on the first January and I’m always frightened that it gets forgotten. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI had so many big bills in one month - very annoying - but all paid
DeleteI really didn't find Morecambe and Wise funny, but clearly many did. They migrated from Variety shows to television very successfully.
ReplyDeleteSeems really old fashioned TV. I suppose we had so little choice we watched everything and anything
DeleteI will wrap presents today so thanks for the reminder! ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling So organised!
DeleteIt is good to have all your packages wrapped. They must look lovely.
ReplyDeleteOnce our Amazon delivery was left at the mailbox which is more than 300 feet away from the house and wildlife had a good meal because it was dog food. Fortunately, Amazon provided a new bag and now delivers directly to the front door.
I'm packaging presents too and am about half done.
Amazon used to ring the door bell but presumably they don't even have time to do that now! Thankfully I've not had anything go missing.
DeleteWe found an Amazon parcel behind the large planter on our front doorstep two days after it had been delivered!! Catriona
ReplyDeleteI think Holiday Blend is usually a brand specific limited edition of mix or roast of beans rather than a flavour or spice.
ReplyDeleteThe horrors of Evri were well exposed on a tv programme last night. They should be ashamed of themselves.
But where were Jason and the Argonauts and High Noon?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure those two films were on every Christmas without fail. I think I just about knew the script off by heart.