A little bit of booty

Autumn is upon us and so is the end of boot sale season around my area.  There is one regular one that tries to keep going through the autumn/winter but the turn out is always dismal.  I therefore have no option but to travel further afield to get my boot sale fix. I have previously mentioned my out of season booty which starts at 11am (nice for making sure I arrive in time for the start) and is in a two story car park which is great for rainy days but  in some corners you do need a torch to see the stalls as its very gloomy. So this weeks buys were from this out of season booty, i only came home with a few bits this week:

 Set of three little cases - £1

 Soap and Glory shower cap - 50p.

And for my random buys of the week:

...and cardboard jewels.  These were from a window display in Accessorize a while back of which I admired on many an occasion so I couldn't believe it when I saw them on a stall at the boot sale!  The lady selling them was an ex-accessorize employee who had nabbed them once the display was changed. I paid a £1 each for them and am now deciding where I'm going to put them as they are big!

Now for a bit of:

Witnessed at a Boot Sale

Lady picks up a skirt
Lady: "I cant see a size in this, what size is it?"
Seller: "Its probably a size 12, I wore it a few months back"
Lady: "So are you selling all your stuff that's too small now?"
Seller (and myself) stunned.

Seller looking smug wearing a tiger print adult size baby-grow (we have primark to thank for these) unfortunately for him though no one else found it as funny as he obviously did and therefore a wide berth was taken of his stall. Fool.

A very busty lady trying on a bra over her top, and then deciding after a mammoth struggle to get the bra off again that she didn't want to pay the £1 asking price.

Hope you've all had a fabulous week so far and a huge hello to my newest followers :o)

Mwah

Jumble Time

Hello my lovelies,  its that time of the week to share my thrifty finds from the weekend.  As mentioned last week I have stumbled upon a village hall which seems to have scheduled a jumble sale every Saturday for the next few weeks.  I was a bit worried that it was going to be the rejects from the previous jumble sale put out again for us all to decide we still don't want them.  I have since discovered that each of the jumble sales is for a different charity/social club so the jumble is going to be different each week - hoorah!

Saturdays jumble was in aid of a steam engineering enthusiasts club.  There were plenty of males in the hall all having been roped in to man the stalls and all looking a bit bewildered over the barrage of women coming through the hall door all with determination in their eyes to get the best bargain (me included!)

The clothing stall was pretty poor, unless of course you want some Bonmarche elasticated skirts or last years Primark t-shirts.  I only bought a couple of bits at the jumble which were:

 More vintage ladybird books - 10p each.

 Bird print glasses on the bric-a-brac stall.  This was run by a very well to do lady wearing a twin set and pearls who really didn't look like she had been to a jumble before. I therefore paid top jumble sale dollar for these 6 glasses, oh yes she asked a whole 50p per glass.  I stumped up the £3 for good reason.  These little glasses were waiting for me to find them as they....

 ....match my glass juice jug I bought a couple of months back at the charity shop!

As the clothing stall was a disappointment I did hit the bedding table for a rummage. There was an abundance of old duvets in bin bags but I did spot a bit of floral among the stained beige fabric:

 Both these bedspreads are in pristine condition, I had actually bought the blue one before at a charity shop but this was given to a friend many months ago so thought I'd take advantage and buy these two, especially as they were 20p each.  Bargain! All thanks to a bemused gentlemen who was asked to supervise the bedding table for 10 minutes.

I couldn't leave this vintage copy of Alice in Wonderland behind:

And it was cheap at 20p.

I also came away with a little bit of sparkle:

 This vintage brooch was under a pile of plates on the bric-a-brac stall but Mrs Twin set wouldn't let it go for pence but I was more than happy to pay the £1 asking price.

So my bags weren't as bulging as last weekends jumble sale but I think the regular jumblers have accepted me into their clan as I got a very friendly "good bye, see you next week" from queen jumbler who always manages to get the first spot in the queue, I feel honoured ;o)

Hope you have all had a fabulous weekend.

Scarlett

P.S I did buy some boot sale bits but they'll wait till next time x

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Fancy that!

I took a quick visit to a one of my favourite charity shops today and was amused to find two elderly ladies tutting at a window display full of fancy dress costumes.  At first I thought that someone with a serious dress up fetish had donated their collection of outfits for the love of charity, until on further inspection I realised that this charity shop has set up a fancy dress hire service!

This service is going to up and running in a couple of weeks and judging by the window display there is going to be a lot of  adult novelty fairytale character costumes in very unforgiving fabrics up for hire.  I'm not sure I would want to be hiring any of these after they are "worn".

My over active imagination also went to work leaving me giggling like a fool all the way round the shop thinking about the elderly charity shop helpers getting in on the action.

I'm sure till seat hogger Vera would look fabulous as wonder woman:

And of course Roy from the back room would be first to put dibs on Superman:

Illustrations by Donald Soffritti

And lets not forget sweet little Mavis, the ultimate clothes rail tidier:

   I will report more on this charity shop phenomena when the rails of fancy dress for hire are up and ready for me to peruse, I hope to have found my "maturity" by then, either that or take a big scarf to wrap round my head to stifle my guffaws.

Have a fabulous weekend all.

Scarlett x

Soggy Boot

It was a soggy boot sale on Sunday. I blame my mother for being the jinx, she asked to tag along on my boot sale trip and I was more than happy to have the company, although I did find it harder to ear-wig the conversations around me with my mum chatting away.  It also meant that I really had to look at those stalls I see week in and week out that I rush past....still nothing to be had on the them.  We were the second row in when the heavens opened.  Out came the tarpaulin to cover stalls and clothes were hastily thrown in the back of cars but I still picked up a couple of bits:

1950s Janet and John books and a 'What to look for in summer' ladybird book - £1 for the lot.

Two scarves, black and pink is a trusty M&S one (complete with tags) the blue and white one is a vintage Jacqmar - £1.

Pretty Polly Stockings - 25p. The lady who sold me these was in her 80s and was possibly the funniest most lovable bootsaler ever. She informed me that she had be "inundated" with buyers asking her is she was selling her suspender belts to go with the stockings.  She told me in all seriousness that she had never thought to have bought her suspender belts but that she was going to go home and have a sort out and bring a good selection of them to the boot sale next week. I personally and am very much looking forward to seeing her suspenders on display next week ;o)

 Vintage (possibly 50s) summer dress - £1

Cute little vintage birthday card - 25p. 

And finally, its this weeks short but sweet (blame the rain)....

Witnessed at a Boot Sale

Pink fully quilted toilet seat in "nearly new condition" for £3.  (How can this possibly be cleaned!?!)

A lady asking the price on a brown maxi skirt, only to throw it down in horror when the seller asked £15 for it.

A seller explaining the whole plot and outcome of a novel to the lady who had just bought it.

Hope you have all had a lovely Monday

Scarlett x

Special Delivery

I needed a new desk for the spare bedroom as the Argos one we had when we moved in utterly repulsive (and thus very little time was spent near said desk!).  So while perusing ebay I saw this beautiful little deco styled dressing table that had all the makings of a very lovely little desk, and its an ideal size for a laptop:



Photo thanks to the ebay listing :o)

Isn't she a beauty!  My original plans were to scrap the mirror and just have the desk part but I'm now loving the aged mirror on her so think it will stay for the time being.  Once i have her installed in her new room I'll be able to show you some pictures.

I really don't know how I would have ever have furnished my home without the help of eBay and its vintage furniture treasures!

I also visited a jumble sale on Saturday which was a treasure trove of M&S Per Una clothes and Monsoon dresses for 20p each. I took away two bags full and am busy now ebaying them all while its a free listing day  - hoorah!  I have no idea why but Per Una clothes sell so well on La Bay that it would have been crazy to leave them for that price.  The other good news was that apparently they are going to be having a jumble sale there pretty much every Saturday  - eeeeeee!!

I've also got my boot sale bits to show, they'll be my next post.

Hope you have all had an amazing weekend.

Scarlett x


Bank Hol Booty Part 2!

As promised here is the rest of my bumper bank holiday boot haul.  The bargains just kept on coming....

If I cant have the champers then I'll settle for the crates! These were £2 each and are going to be used for storage. Just love the print.  The guy selling them had loads so restrained myself to only having two but I'm now thinking if he is there again this week I might buy a couple more ;o). 

Vintage sheet and 2 pillow cases - £1.

Vintage side table which the seller had painted (saving me a job) - £4.

 Lavender Ladies jug and sugar bowl - 50p for the pair.

 Cherry print crop blouse - £1.

Not vintage but very pretty Jasper Conran dress  - £1

And one more little thing I couldnt resist buying:

Oh yes Rainbow Brite :o) 

Short and sweet for me today.  I'm also very excited as am taking delivery of a rather fabulous dressing table which I bagged on ebay AND I have found a jumble sale to go to tomorrow!!  One very happy Scarlett :o)

Have a great Friday Night and a wonderful weekend my lovelies.

Scarlett x

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Bank Hol Booty

Blimey where is this week going, only a second ago it was the bank holiday weekend with 3 oh so lovely boot sales!

So this is a bit late this week but here are some of my boot sale finds (there are more buys awaiting a bit of photo action).

We'll start off with a bit of bling:

A vintage scorpion brooch. Being a Scorpio how could I resist this.  I did pay top dollar for it though, a whole £2!

Two more black bird pie funnels - £1 each.  These keep finding me, looks like I now have a collection:

Better get baking some pies!

Vintage soda syphon - £2. This one is a beauty. I have already owned a few soda syphons but have found new homes for them so this black and gold beauty is staying with me :o) I did see another one on a stall which wasn't nearly as nice as this and the seller wanted £20 for it! No chance sweetheart.

A little bit more Elvis with these two vintage books - £1.

Vintage playing card - 50p a pack.  The ones in the silver box are still sealed:

They even have the duty tax wrapper intact around the cards.

 A little bit of history for you, it was James I of England who passed a law requiring an insignia on the ace of spades as proof of payment of a tax on local manufacture of playing cards. Up until August 1960, decks of playing cards printed and sold in the UK were liable for taxable duty and the Ace of Spades carried  the name of the printer and an indication that the taxation had been paid on the cards.The packs were also sealed with a government duty wrapper like this one.

I also stumbled upon the stall to end all stalls for kitsch tack-tastic ornaments. The stall holder was selling her late mothers bits and pieces and among them were these:

 Bambi deer family - 80p

Little 50's donkey - 20p

How cute is this little vintage pink fish - 10p!

 My favourite of the kitsch bunch:

Little bear being bitten by a crab! Love it especially for 30p :o)

Well that's enough buys for this post, hows about a bit of:

Witnessed at a Boot Sale

A rather prim and proper couple in their 50s tutting and complaining about the mud on the car boot field.

A lady wearing a grey jumper picks up a full length grey woollen cardigan

Lady: "How much?"

Seller: "£4"

Lady holds the cardigan up against her "hmmm no I don't think grey is my colour".

A seller shouting out at every female walking past his stall that he has "Salon hair care products going cheap".  Each female then seen touching their hair cautiously.

My pet hate - A stall with a price tag on everything and the seller refusing any haggle attempt with the words "i think that's more than a reasonable price".

I'll be back with some more of my boot sales buys soon.

Happy Thursday all

Scarlett x

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