A Hot Carboot Sale

It was great to be back home this weekend so we could visit the Cheshire Carboot Sale again. Ampika and her ex-husband from Cheshire Housewives was there again today. She is such a stunning looking woman in the flesh and has a figure to die for. I am not suprised she was there today as it was lovely weather and there were plenty of stalls to browse around.

So here are my random purchases for today:

This massive Marcel Wanders silk scarf - it is soft and light as a feather and just my colour combination to go with a black or grey coat or jacket. Just £1 - bargain.

A charming handmade cushion which is feather and down filled and a good size - about 1.5 ft by 1ft. It is fairly clean too although I will still give it a wash. Not sure where I will put it yet but for 50p (I know!! - just 50p) I was having it.

Four medium Yankee Candle jars at just £5 each. They were actually £6 each or 4 for £20 so I went for the multiple deal. I love the gingerbread maple scent and am currently burning this in the large jar so I was pleased to get the medium jar. These are normally £18.99 each so a real saving for me.

I also bought three boxes of tealights. There are two boxes of a fruity raspberry scent and one box of a Christmas minty candy cane. The raspberry ones cost £3 a box and the candy cane has a couple missing so was £2.

Two boxes of Cath Kidston shower gels in Bluebell & Jasmine at £4 a box. I think these usually cost around £15 each. I bought these from my favourite lady seller. She had matching towels and face cloths too which were just darling but I have just white towels and bedding so it was a no go. I bought these to put away as gifts for my sister & niece.

A bag of random toiletries for £1. I bought it mainly for the large Marks & Spencer body lotion and the two travel sizes of  Nails Inc Victoria & Albert nail varnishes. I often wear this colour on summer holidays as I think it looks so chic with a tan.

Two toiletry items for 50p each. The razors are normally pricey and I am running out of leave-in-conditioner so a bottle of Pantene was welcomed. Why would you go into Boots and pay top dollar when you can get things like this from a carbooty?

Four lovely cheese plates which are boxed and never been used for £1. It is a shame that there are only four as I would have loved a box of 8 but you never know I may find a matching box one day.

I bought a load of DVDs for mainly 3 for £1 apart from a boxed set of Doc Martin - series 1 to 5 for £1. I also found this copy purse for £1. It is a good size, hardly used and I love the black fake snakeskin pattern.

I got this Hawkshead shirtsleeves shirt for my dad for £1. It is sealed up and has a £15 price ticket on it. I'll put this away for him as part of his Christmas present.

My favourite find is a job lot of 1960s Kenwood Chef attachments for my vintage Kenwood Chef. I have not taken loads of photos but there are 5 boxed items. A potato peeler (I've always called them a potato rumbler), a coffee grinder, a mincer, a juicer and a juice extractor. Some had the original £, shillings & pence price labels on the inside. There was also a milky coloured glass mixing bowl and two glass blenders. Wait for it on the price.... £25 for the lot. I am like a dog with two tails.

Oh and I found this lovely black & white photograph in one of the boxes. Have you seen this darling little pair of shorts with bib worn by the boy on the left? So cute.

A Gok Wan glasses case & cloth for 50p. I bought this for my reading glasses as I seem to break the cases on a fairly regular basis. I am a bit rough & ready with them.

Sorry that I have not blogged much this week despite my promises. I have had a pig of a week with a broken down car, troubles at work (I won't bore you) and a mammoth listing session on eBay to get rid of all my old clothes. I've started and listed 25 items but I have a long way to go. I have already  brought suitcase number 2 out of the loft for more listing. I think it will take several weeks but I love the sales coming through and the spare space.

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My Bank Holiday Monday

5.15am
Another early start to the day as David woke before me and I could hear him pottering around. It was 4.56am. We wake up early for work during the week and cannot seem to turn our body clocks off at the weekend. When I opened the patio curtains there was an another spectacular sunrise over the lake.

The carboot sale held on the farm yesterday was advertising that they had another sale on today so we are there again this morning. We checked whether the large carboot sale was going to be on in the field near Milnthorpe but couldn't see any signs up so we'll drive the couple of miles or so to see if it is on.

9.30am
Both car boot sales were on although smaller than yesterday. I am still pleased with my finds which I think are some bargains.

I bought two handbags that are as new, we'll certainly the black bag is. The first is this Kipling bag in black which will be useful. The second is a cutie Disney bag for my niece. She is nearly 20 now and has lots of sophisticated bags but you can't beat a little bit of Disney to put a smile on your face. They were £5 for the two.

From the same stall I bought this bag of 7 Yankee Candle votives and a votive holder for just £2. The scents are Lavender Vanilla, Lilac Blossom and Beach Flowers. I'm not keen on the votive holder so that has been given to my sister and I'll just use the candles. The votives are usually £1.80 each so £2 is a bargain for 7 of them.

I found this new Osprey silk handkerchief in a presentation pack. It is beautifully made and I think I will put this away for my dad as part of his Christmas present. It was £2.

I also bought these ladies Calvin Klein socks - 3 in a box o£3. They will go in my gift box for someone as at present for a birthday or Christmas as will this Timberland wallet (new) which cost 50p.

I have a vintage (1960s) Kenwood chef complete with liquidiser attachment that I paid £15 for at a carboot sale a few years ago. I always keep an eye open for extra bowls or attachments in case mine break so I was pleased to find this bowl, dough hook, whisk and iconic K blender attachments for £5 for all four items. The stall holder even threw in an egg slicer for free.

I bought this Soap & Glory bag for 50p and am going to keep this for myself. I have a selection of bags that I keep in the boot of the car now that you have to pay for carrier bags in shops. This will go in the boot for non-food shopping.

I bought a couple more DVDs for 75p each. The Maggie Smith one is for dad as it is one of his favourite films.

There was one stall where it was 6 items for £1. I had passed it once but my sister made me go back to look as she said the profits were for charity so we had to spend some money there. I bought this travel Connect 4 game, these Minnie Mouse slippers and 4 DVDs that were without boxes for £1.

I also bought 3 boxes of Viva la Diva clear plastic shoes boxe at £1 each. I store 90% of my shoes in boxes and some are starting to look a little tatty so I will transfer some into these boxes. They are so useful to see what shoes are inside them.

We are currently sitting on the edge of the lake enjoying the sun and each other's silent company. We will have to pack the car in a while for an early get away for tomorrow but for now we are enjoying our bank holiday break. I hope you have enjoyed the Blog Every Day in May challenge as much as I have and I hope to post more blogs that I have done in the past. Follow me on Twitter #themrsdanvers.

My Sunday

I woke at 5.16am to the most beautiful sunrise over the lake and the promise of a magical day. I started writing this looking out over the lake with the misty haze slowly turning from grey towards blue and I decided that it was going to be a shorts wearing day. I wore my new denim shorts that I bought on eBay a couple of days ago - remember them? along with a blue & white striped t shirt and my £2 adidas superstar trainers.

So it was off to the large carboot sale in the field near Milnthorpe, then on to the smaller carboot sale at the nearby farm. I bought a pair of Hotter plimsolls in a lovely spotty pattern - almost Cath Kidston for £2. I can't believe that my previous blog was about selling shoes as I have too many and here I am the next day buying more.

I bought quite a few items of toiletries and cosmetics such as this Eve Lom facial cleanser, Tom Ford perfume sample and Boots No.7 mascara for 50p. I also got a number of Avon Planet Spa items for 50p each too.

 

There was this cute little bucket with a tube of hand wash and hand cream for 50p along with this Roxy wallet for 50p.  Another 50p item was the Rachel Khoo hardback cookbook.

I bought this boxed set of two Steven Fry series for £2 and these DVDs at 50p each. I got quite a few DVDs again as they ranged in price from 3 for a £1 to £1 for brand new sealed copies such as The Theory of Everything. I also got the boxed set of The Walking Dead (series 1 & 2) for £4. I have quite a stack of DVDs to watch now do they should keep me going for a few weeks along with some magazines that I bought at 10p each. I also got 4 magazines for £1 from another lady that are late 2014. They should have been £4.99 each which is expensive for a magazine in my opinion but at 25p each I can't grumble.

After the carboot sales we drove into Morecambe to visit the festival market. I stocked up at the food stall there which I have written about in a previous post. I'll let you know what I bought in another post later this week.

It was back to the cabin for a cooked brunch and then we sat out on the veranda chatting and looking at our purchases for a while.

In the afternoon we drove to Milnthorpe to visit one charity shop that was sadly shut when we got there but the one next door was open and had a half price clothing sale on. I bought this striped t shirt that fits beautifully and this Christmas jumper which is sadly too tight. I love that it is pink rather than the reds and greens that you usually find. I'll put it away as a little gift for my niece at Christmas. Both of these were £1.75 (half price from £3.50 each).

We face timed our mum and stepfather who live in France early evening because it is my stepfather's birthday today. He is 77 today and we are pleased that he has enjoyed his birthday with his two sons visiting him over from England.

We have an evening out tonight and it is a tie between visiting Trungs Cantonese restaurant in Bolton le Sands or The Eagle pub in Over Kellett. My sister is kindly driving so David and I are just sipping a glass of fizz before we get changed and head out.

I'll let you know how our evening went in tomorrow's post.

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