Hello all from sunny Nice! Yes, I’m actually on holiday (first time in 5 years) which is the perfect time to do a blog!
Firstly, we did a car boot… we’ve wanted to for ages but last Sunday we bit the bullet and bought ourselves a pitch at our favourite car boot sale in London, Battersea Park School. £35 might seem like a lot but we decided to go for a premium pitch so we were in the best location and able to set up an hour before the punters arrived- I think it was worth it and also we made that back in the first 20mins!
Our car was PACKED…
We were selling all sorts of things from guitars and music equipment to fabrics and unwanted clothes – it was a real jumble sale but had enough variation and pretty things to draw the customers in.
The expensive pieces were guitars, keyboards and studio equipment but I’m a soft touch and still sold them for a lot less than I should, “but they were so nice” was my hymn of the day! I surprised myself by selling all 5 guitars I brought from £10 to £100 – yup, soft touch! We sold our beautiful bible chairs and other things we’ve picked up for our flat that wouldn’t fit and vases, homewares, toys etc. I was selling my clothes at ridiculous prices- 50p, £1, £2 at the most and I couldn’t believe I was still being haggled down by some, but then again I am guilty of that little trick myself when I shrug and say “50p is a little high” for something I was happy to pay £5 on… it kind of comes with the territory I guess!
I really enjoyed it, I knew I would as I was excited like a kitten all the week before it! And we made some money- enough for half a months rent which couldn’t come at a better time!! Also we had two wonderful helpersish/ friends with us- Gem and my sister Georgie which made it even more like a fun day out especially as it ended with SIR BOB GELDOF buying Stephen’s kitsch lamp!! YES! We all like a bit of celebrity spotting!
We will definitely be doing that again!
In the meantime I’ve been in Nice which was a birthday present from my dad as I haven’t been on an actual holiday for a very looong time and apparently ‘I should get away and relax’ so I did and it’s been lovely… I won’t say too much as you can see for yourself. Nice is NICE!!!
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| I did a little panoramic to show you the beautiful coastline |
NICE!!!
I go home tomorrow and I’m praying to return to nice weather so I can get on with gardening and things in the summerhouse that I keep promising I’ll do… and then I’ll have more to blog about!
Until then,
Love and seaside memories!
Xox Gabiday xoX
Looks like you had a perfect sunny day at the car booth too. 🙂 I once had a Dutch actor at my booth, and a friend jumped out to take a picture of him (that was quite embarrassing, actually).