The Selling Goes On

Car Boot sale season for us has now come to an end.  

Although there are some that go on through the Winter in the wider area, they are not ones we would consider doing as we like the two that we have supported for the last few years.  They are close by, start at civilised times and are raising money for local good causes.  So we will continue to save our stuff up to sell at them for perhaps the last time next year.

This morning I unpacked and put away the contents of our 'car boot sale bag'. 

 In it we keep our trusty vintage cash box with a £50 float, and on the morning of a sale we add our lunch and drinks to the sellotape, pens and sticky labels that are also kept in there.

The float was quickly shared between the 'housekeeping pot' and the Sealed Pot teapot.  The notes and pound coins into the first and the silver into the teapot.  It's already filling up nicely in there so an instant £10 of change is a very welcome addition.

Even though the car boots for us have ended, and the last two we didn't even get to due to a bad forecast and us preferring to go up the road to the Van, we have still been selling happily away.

Yesterday's sale was ten Demi Johns for £10, we also sold the same guy a large box full of other assorted winemaking gear for another £10.  So twenty pounds made without us even leaving the house.

Just before we set off for the Van on Friday night a lady came and picked up these four chairs. It turns out I renovated these chairs almost seven years ago to the day and blogged about it HERE on my old blog Our New Life in the Country.

Although in that post I called them our 'forever chairs' things have changed so much and in so many ways.  They were in use while we needed them but for the last couple of years they have been languishing out in the shed.  It would be far better we thought, that while they were still in good condition someone could enjoy using them for a reasonable price.  The lady that picked them up was thrilled, especially when I gave her the matching tablecloth.

Seeing her face and listening to her telling us that now she has a dining set for her kitchen was more than enough for us to let go of something that for us had been special, with a real lightness of heart.  The cash went into our housekeeping pot ... and while we are living out of that instead of off our wages we are adding to savings that are guaranteeing us a good future.  It really is a win, win situation all this selling off the excess and all no longer used or wanted things that we have.

Some things that you think will be forever ... such as having these chairs ... simply aren't, but the joy in life should be that you love what you have and use it fully while you have it.  Being prepared to pass things on, change the way you see yourself, your life and the things around you is what keeps everything fresh and alive.

I'm loving our new transitioning phase.

Sue xx