The added advantage of buying at car boots is the savings you can make from buying new. Although I have adequate money coming in, there's not a huge load of it in the mattress so I like to make what I've got go further. I love recycling, upcycling and refurbing things and giving them a new lease of life and love to give friends and family quality home made projects as presents (more on that later!).
I love getting up early on a Sunday, loading up the baby in the pram and having a nice walk to and around the car boot. Big items can be a problem when I go on my own due to carrying / pushing but I can always make a phone call for assistance if it's needed. I find when I go with other people they distract me (or compete for items I want - even worse) or make me rush so when I go with the baby it's just us to please.
The main themes I look for are
- clothes for me!
- clothes for my 10 month old daughter
- resources for my comping hobby (envelopes, unusual postcards etc)
- high end clothing and quirky things
- Sewing and upcycling projects but material mainly
- Toys for the little lady
- any items friends and family might like
- books*
..and then of course anything else that takes my fancy!
I'll mainly take photos of my buys to show you, tell you what I paid and what I plan to do with the stuff. I generally visit car boot sales but will go to the odd charity shop too on my travels.
I will build up courage as the posts go on and tell you a little more about me. My second post will be dedicated to last Sunday's finds which I am particularly pleased with!
Anyone reading this is welcome to comment but remember I'm a newby so go easy on me please. If you choose to follow me I'd be very honoured and it will encourage me to do some good posts if I know people are interested in my weekend pursuits.
* Books: I like to swap books on the site readitswapit - have you heard of it? It's a great online community of people and you just agree to swap books if you both have one that each other wants. I have got many wonderful books through this site and 'met' some lovely people. Sometimes I just look at the list of newly listed books and put a few swap requests out to keep my reading pile in a nice toppling-over state. A great recycling-concept website but only downside is the postage costs.
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