Last week I shared how we'd been getting ready for our latest car boot sale, from ruthlessly de-cluttering the house to deciding what to sell elsewhere and spending far too much time sorting costume jewellery into little display trays. This week, I'm sharing what happens once you actually arrive. I'm stopping this post before the gates open because that's where the real selling begins, and I think that deserves a post of its own. Instead, this is all about getting yourself set up with as little stress as possible. We realised one car just wasn't going to cut it With four paste … [Read more...]

We're hoping to do another car boot sale next weekend and, for once, I feel like we're actually organised. The last time we did one, we'd packed the car, set everything up and were ready for a good morning's selling when the heavens suddenly opened. Within what felt like minutes, everyone was scrambling to cover their tables and pack everything away before it got soaked. We ended up throwing everything back into bags, shoving them in the loft when we got home and promising ourselves we'd do another one "soon". That was... quite a while ago. 😂 Since then we've moved house, … [Read more...]