more cheeky bargains from the car boot sale today

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  1. lukeypukey

    lukeypukey In Flower

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    soo after scrapping the pond project yesterday i needed a pick me up this morning, in the form of another bargain! so i followed my girlfriend to her car boot sale and did what every good boyfreind does . . . . disappeared for an hour :) stumbled across these . .

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    rhs collection ( photo / image / picture from lukeypukey's Garden )





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    the ultimate garden planner ( photo / image / picture from lukeypukey's Garden )





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    thymus 'doone valley' ( photo / image / picture from lukeypukey's Garden )





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    2 thymes - doone valley & silver posie ( photo / image / picture from lukeypukey's Garden )

    spent £7 pound in total. the rhs collection had the price in the back, it was £50 and i got it for £2 . . . i nearly broke the poor womans hand off ;) :-D
     
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    Luke... I'm not sure what a car boot sale is.... but I want to go to one now!
    Great finds... especially on the book collection. At first glance I thought it was seed packets. But books? Even better! And the red & white cyclamen are gorgeous.
     
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    :-D Oh happy day for you Luke!!! :-D Sure wish a "car boot" sale was in NJ today, even in the icy weather. Are they a bit like garage and yard sales? What lucky finds for you. That would keep me whistling a happy tune for a long time.
     



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    thanks cheryl . . i suppose a car boot sale is your version of a yard sale. you find a large car park or field and everyone pays a small fee to come along and sell there unwanted items. alot of the time you get market traders come down with plants and other such things. i wanted more of the cyclamen but they had all gone. :-D
     
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    thanks kathyd, it certainly cheered me up some. i didn't have a clue what you guys might call a car boot sale, sat here for a good 5 minutes scratching my head. there pretty much a yard and garage sale :)
     
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    Luke... your car boot sale sounds like our Flea Markets.
    Never knew why they are called that... I've never seen on single person selling fleas! :D
     
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    thats what i was looking for!! flea market :-D how would you even sell fleas? packs of 10? :-? :) im sure i read somewhere that it was something to do with the flea circus, they may of had them there years ago :)
     
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    Or the old things you bought came with their own supply of free fleas :rolleyes:

    Lots of good finds you have there.

    I haven't found a good flea market in years, most have been taken over by the vendors with candles, pirated CD's and DVD's, and other things you buy in the import district.
     
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    we still get plenty of those toni, we have counterfeit everything here . . . with the odd plant stall inbetween :)
     
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    Luke, You found some great buys. Good for you!
     
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    Oh you lucky little devil!!! :D I love finds like that!!! The blooms are GORGEOUS!!!
     

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