At the car boot sale today . . . .

I bought a

• hand made dress 
• netty underskirt
• vase
• comb
• nail varnish
• fig & cassis handcream
• vintage tin
• another dress for my daughter

This eclectic list reminds me of that old memory game which starts with 'Today I went to the shop and I bought . . .' and then goes round the room, with each person reciting the list and adding one item to it for the next person.  

We have recently discovered a new car boot sale as our usual one has gone downhill a bit.  At our last visit we bumped into our ex-postman who had a stall with his mum and he told us to try the one we went to today - thank you Mr Postman.

This hand made dress came from a very nice lady who told me she made it herself in the 60s but never finished it, so consequently never wore it.  In order to put it on her stall today, she had taken up the hem to finish it off all these years later. I love a back-story to my clothing and great to meet the seamstress.

Original hand made 60s frock £1 

Photo by my dear son who has now finished his exams 

so can no longer use revision as an excuse 

not to do the stuff I ask him to do

I investigated netty underskirts a while ago, they are not cheap to buy new and the more layers of netting you have the more expensive they become.

I was delighted therefore to find this three layer (yes, 3 layer) 

netty underskirt today 

This will give extra swooshiness to some of my frocks

I liked the shape of this vase and

was looking for something similar last Christmas to put baubles in 

 I like to wear nail varnish on my toes -

this colour matches my swimming cossie

A handy size comb to take to the pool

Some interesting sounding hand cream

Which smells very nice

I do love a nice tin

This is an old Bluebird confectionery tin 

I always have craft stuff to put in tins

My daughter and I had a long chat on the way back as to whether she would be a charity shop/car boot sale lover if I wasn't.  She thinks she would.  Impossible to know really.  Today she was looking for a dress. Luckily three girls her age had a stall with her sort of stuff:

Bit of a vintage vibe going on and just her style

She is very pleased but wants me to alter it to sleeveless

Eeek, I'll do my best.  I tried folding the sleeves under but 

I am going to have to commit and get the scissors out.

She wants to wear it on Wednesday so I need to be bold.

Linking in with the lovely Patti and the other visibles for Visible Monday

xx