It's been a very poor weekend for thrifting - we didn't bother with the car boot sale as even though the weather was dry there was a pretty nippy wind blowing. And last week every other stall was a trader so I suspect that realistically this year's boot sale season is now well and truly over. Most annoyingly, I spotted a notice in a shop window this morning saying that there had been a Townswomens' Guild Autumn Fayre on Saturday, and I hadn't known it was on. The words 'books' and 'bric-a-brac' were particularly irksome for me as those phrases would definitely have seen me attend, had I spotted the notice on Friday. B*gger!
The weekly 'Coffee and Jumble' had nothing to tempt me, nor really did either of the charity shops
Although I did pay 50p for this child's wooden puzzle which I thought had lovely images of kitchen items
I'm thinking that with the addition of some stick-on magnets they'd make a rather spiffy set of fridge magnets.
Still, not all was lost as I did finally fill in the form to change my ISA from one that pays 0.35 APR (utterly scandalous) to another that pays 2.40 APR (not wonderful but definitely a step in the right direction). I've only had the form - and the good intentions - for the past six months lurking in a pile of things 'to do' and it took me less than 10 minutes to sort the whole thing out!! Why oh why then did it take me so long to get round to it?
They will make perfect magnets. I remember when my children were very young I came across some wooden alphabet fridge magnets. I was over the moon to find them. Now of course I probably would have made them. I like that the puzzle pieces are wooden. So sorry that the weekend was slim pickings. I always remembered feeling so sad when the car boot sale season was over.
Posted by: Selena Cate | 10/19/2010 at 02:17 PM