I started my decluttering plan on Sunday by doing a boot sale. It was a strange kind of day. Up at 6am, drove to boot sale site (first time we’ve ever been to this one) where we were versed on the ‘rules’. No setting up until the claxon sounds. Claxon will sound at 8.30am. Exactly. At 8.30am there will not be a steady stream of sunday morning perusers, but a swarm of bargain hunting vultures happy to negotiate the price of gold through the car window. Yes I ‘illegally’ sold some old jewellery via the car window, it was rather exciting in a gangstery sort of way!
To say it was non-stop was an understatement. I don’t think there was one moment when the stall was without customer. The claxon sounded again at 1pm to signal the end of the sale and the moment when packing was allowed to commence. Craziest boot sale I ever went too….
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It was quite a lucrative weekend as I also won a prize in the Problogger Birthday Bash. I won a $25 gift certificate for Amazon, I bought two books - America’s Cheapest Family and The 4 Hour Workweek. Both books have been on my book list for a while, and as they are both specifically American, this was the ideal opportunity for me to get them. I plan on doing some bloggy stuff surrounding these books which may include posts, reviews, and test drives of some of the advice in the books, should be fun, especially test driving some of the frugal tips from America’s Cheapest Family!
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I was interviewed by Melitsa’s Play Activities. You can read the interview here.
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Ingenious Rose has written an interesting post about her thoughts and feelings on her daughter starting school in January.
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The Carnival of British Parents is live at Little Legends. Unfortunately there are only a few submissions and I’d urge all British Parent Bloggers to submit an article for the next edition, as it’s a great community tool that can bring you some new readers.
The Carnival of Family Life is hosted at My Wealth Builder, fantastic interactive edition this week. Enjoy!
3 Responses to “Littlemummy News Roundup: Boot Sale, Winner and Interviewee”
A great interview Little Mummy - well worth popping over to have a look ;-D
I love decluttering the house, it definately seems to have psychological benefits getting rid of things you don’t need any more or want any more, it is one of the best things about moving house - great for making a fresh start somewhere new. And there will be more clutter again after a few months and then you can do it all over again!
I always end up carting stuff along to the local charity shops. Some of them are very sniffy about taking things - especially anything baby-related, like a crib or changing table, saying it’s ‘more than their job’s worth’ etc. because of safety regulations. This sounds like a much better approach!