Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple." - Woody Guthrie

Sunday, 2 September 2012

Boot fair haul ...


And this was supposed to be no spend September, from which there was an epic fail before I had even started.  "What date is it?" said I.  "1st September" came the reply, "ok" I pronounce, to anyone who could be bothered to listen, "it will be a no spend September" having already forgotten that I had purchased some Liberty fabric from Ebay not an hour earlier.  It is fine to mislay my keys but I don't need to start suffering from shopping amnesia, where would the pleasure be in that?

I liken the no spend feeling to a diet, you proclaim to all and sundry that you are giving up chocolate and then you can't stop craving it, even though you might normally only eat chocolate once a month.  Also I hold the firm belief that boot fairs are good exercise with all that fresh air and tramping around fields trying to avoid sheep poo.  The question comes every Sunday "where do you want to go?" and the reply is always "the sheep poo one".  We are nothing if not classy in this household. 

Happy Sunday xxx

7 comments:

  1. Very funny! I too have often declared.....doesn't last long! Ada :)

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  2. But maybe bargains don't count? Especially if there were no witnesses!

    Pomona x

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  3. I've done spending freeze months - it never works! Love your haul - especially the sign.
    Claire

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  4. If the weather's fine you have to go to a car boot sale ... it might be your last chance this year! Lovely finds, especially like the sign ... xxx

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  5. this post made me laugh, I too declare no spend and I don't know how all these books from amazon slip by! you've got to do the odd car boot though, you never know. The sheep poo one was funny!Heather

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  6. I can see that you ladies are going to be bad for my will power!

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  7. Great pics you bought..love them to bits. I'd definitely have snapped them up too - spend or no spend. :)

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