Hope everyone has had a wicked weekend.
I've been at a car boot sale today - we're trying to condense 5 years of living together and 60+ joint years of life into 40kg as we're moving to Australia!
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
We set the ball rolling in 2013 when my boyfriend did his IELTS English exam. Despite being British born and bred, he needed to prove his English level in order to get his skills assessed as being kosher for an Accountant. He tested as having superior English, which is hilarious to me.
We then did nothing further to progress our Australia idea until this year, that's for another time.
The car boot was ok. We went to an indoor car boot and we were one of about 11 tables. As we are emptying our house, we had a load of various categories of quality second-hand goods. I thought it might have been taboo to call stuff "crap" at the car boot but I needn't have worried, all the other sellers were openly telling us they were clearing out their own "crap".
We estimate we got rid of about £70 worth of stuff, taking the £10 out for the pitch and £1.40 for coffees, we had £58.60 for our troubles. The only problemilla was that footfall was non-existent after the first hour. All the old pros doing their buying rounds told us there was another boot sale 2 streets away that was heaving. We did a drive-by of that booty sale on the way home and lo-and-behold it was chocca.
Shouldawouldacoulda.
We are doing another car boot next Sunday anyway. Anything that doesn't go then will be charity shopped or tipped. We are either going to the heaving outdoor booty or the indoor one if it rains. We have been reliably informed the indoor site is heaving when its raining.
Some of the highlights we sold:
Xmas tree £3
2 x cushions + covers £3
Helly Hansen jacket £5
Metal fruit bowl 50p
Bikini (never worn with the hygiene strip still on it) 50p
photo frame + ornament £2
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| image from stonehengetours.com |
Books do not sell
Jigsaws do not sell - not even a Downton Abbey one!
Neither type of items got a whiff so they're being charity shopped
Can't believe the weekend is almost over.
Reduce your clutter people, it makes you feel like you've lost half a stone overnight.
x Sunny x
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