Sunday 22 April 2012

Car Boot Loot #17

Hasn't the weather improved?!  It's so lovely and sunny here I can finally believe that Spring is here.

Yesterday we hottailed it to our favourite car boot sale in a neighbouring town.  It's about a 25 minute drive away but well worth it.  Unfortunately there were not that many sellers there yesterday.  Only a quarter of the usual amount so the pickings were rather slim.

So slim in fact I only got two things for myself.  The Wee Man on the other hand got a huge bag full of books and a game.

First up for me was this cute little ceramic hen.  The seller informed me that is was a gravy seperator.  I thought it was a wee bit too small for gravy but smiled nicely and accepted her 50p offer.  I think in fact it's an egg seperator.   See the little lip on the hen's chest?

Unfortunatley I have no use for an egg seperator as I do not cook with eggs that often because of the Wee Man's allergies so the hen will be for display purposes only.  Love her eyelashes. 


Next up a chequered cake set for all of £1.  It's always a challenge to make exciting and different treats for the Wee Man and I thought this cake set would make a little surprise treat for him.  The seller said it belonged to her Mum so maybe it's vintage, though vintage "Made in Taiwan" is a bit of a stretch.

Reading the instructions I think there is a lot of room for disaster, but I'm willing to give it a go.  Maybe the cake will be more splodge than chequered?  Either way, I'll post some pics of the results once I get round to using it.  The Big Man observed that the cake set will most likely end up in the box of stuff for us to sell at a car boot sale!  Humph!




That was it for me.  I also got a huge pile of books for the Wee Man, a lot of them old Ladybird non-fiction books, for £1.



Also a Mousetrap game which unfortunately had no instructions in the box.  I bought it from a man who had just got a call to say his daughter was in labour with his first grandchild.  I didn't have the heart to keep him back whilst I checked the contents.  He was desperately packing up and I think the buyers felt his desperation because a crowd converged on his stall picking up anything and everything and demanding a price for it.   For the record I was already eyeing up the game when he got the call, so I was not one of the vultures, though to be honest I did have a quick squizz around his stall to make sure there wasn't anything else I wanted.  Am I naughty?


And last but not least a fantastic Egypitan craft set.  My 10 year old niece is obsessed about all things Egyptian.  She can name all the rulers of ancient Egypt, who their parents were, how they got to be ruler and anything else you would care to know about them.  I always keep an eye out for anything Ancient Egypt related for her.  


The box is full to the brim of crafty things.  She's also very arty and crafty.  I can't wait to give it to her.  She will be so excited. 

That's my lot for this week.  We were suppose to go to another car boot sale today but the Wee Man and the Big Man are off riding miniature steam trains instead. 

If you've enjoyed reading my Car Boot Loot post why not have a look at my other Car Boot Loot posts. Just click on the link,  Madison's Car Boot Loot

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15 comments:

  1. I can onyl dream of a good car boot! Well done on your haul. All those books and games. Your neice must have a good memory to remember all the Eygptian names etc. Is it something they are doing at school?
    I think it's an egg seperater as well.She will look super cute on your shelf.

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  2. You got some really great things! I especially like the Ladybird books - quite a bargain. The little hen is cute!
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

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  3. Great buys..the little hen is adorable :)
    Do share a photo of the chequered cake when you make it, I would love to see how it turns out.
    Magie x

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  4. Blimey, missus, you did extremely well. Love the hen separator thing. Brilliant bargain on the books. Awww, I always wanted Mouse Trap when I was little and never got it - boo hoo. Good luck with the chequered cake making - looks complicated to my useless cake baking eye. xx

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  5. Gotta love that duck! You know how much I love useless kitchen stuff!

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  6. Your so lucky to get to car boots so regularly. Where I live they're few and far between. One of my friends had mousetrap when we were little (in the 1970s) it was a great game, but afraid I can't remember the rules. I think you build the pieces as you go and then when someone's mouse lands on the cheese you set it off and it all goes, one bit after the other until the trap thing lands over the mouse. Or something like that :D

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  7. Wow you did really well at the booty, love the ladybirds of course and that little hen! The booty here has been crap - weather has called off play and the one this sunday was dire - i need some of your bootsale magic please! Scarlett x

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  8. Great finds, the hen with gorgeous lashes is a sure gem of a find! Love her. I remember when I bought Cluedo from a Carboot sale for 20p…returned home to find half of it was missing! Some you win some you lose! The ladybird books are fab also xxx

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  9. Great bargains there. You may well be able to find the instructions for Mousetrap somewhere on the net - I've done so in the past with various games I've bought which haven't had the instruction leaflet to hand.

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  10. LOL now you too can make your own Battenburg!

    It looks awful complicated but can't wait to see how you get on with it.

    Love that dinky chick. Never heard of an egg seperater before but you're obviously right and what a clever idea. x

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  11. Just lil' old me again..I just to let you know I nominated your blog for a blogging award :) (Please don't feel like you have to take part though if you don't want to, or are too busy..I just wanted to let you know I really enjoy your blog).
    Magie x

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  12. That cake set looks pretty intense! Would love to see what your attempy comes out like! It looks like 70's style psychadelia to me..brilliant indeed. I love that she thought it was a gravy seperater... a pretty measley portion of gravy I reckon. x

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  13. I'm really intrigued by the cake tin, I've made rainbow cake, cupcakes with hearts inside and Battenburg but this looks cool, can't wait to see how it turns out! x

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  14. Definitely report back on the cake when you've made it - looks very cool, although it would probably be a one time thing if I owned it! That Egyptian set looks fab too, I am fully anticipating an Egyptian phase from Boy1 anytime now - just his kind of thing.

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  15. Visit www.onlinecarbooty.com for the UK's first live online car boot sale.. Runs every sunday 3pm - midnight.

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