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Sunday 3 September 2017

My Sunday

Up at 6.15am, a large cup of tea, a bowl of flakes & granola and a quick get-ready and out through the door at 7am. We headed off to the Cheshire carboot sale, but as we approached Knutsford green we noticed that there was the yearly carboot sale on in full swing and had to stop. Luckily a car was just pulling away from a parking spot on the main road and I parked up in the newly vacated space.

I bought two lovely gifts at £2 each. The first was a boxed Heyland & Whittle body wash & body lotion set. The scent is Neroli & Rose and smells of sweet orange blossom with just a hint of rose. This set currently sells for £30 on line. I already have some Heyland & Whittle soap in cute boxes o will give this and the soap together as a Christmas gift.




The other gift is a Peony.co.uk rose arrangement in a smoky white glass cube. It comes with a spray scent for spritzing on the flower and it then acts as a room fragrance. I bought this for myself and will put the vase on my bedside table. I looked on line and found the lowest prices on the Peony website to be £17 for similar. 




I then found the holy grail of candles - a Jo Malone one in a fresh smelling scent of Jasmine & Mint. I paid £15 for this which I know is pricey but it is new and they currently sell for £44 so I've paid about a third of the cost. 




My next find was a set of ghd hair straighteners for £10. These are a more recent version than the ones I currently use so I will keep these for myself and use my older ones as a spare. These heat up so much more quickly than my current pair and are more comfortable to use. These generally cost £100+

We then moved on to the Cheshire carboot sale and I bought two 500ml pump action bottles of L'Occitane shampoo and conditioner. These were £5 for the two and initially I nearly didn't bother buying these. In the end I considered that you pay £2.50 for shampoo and conditioner in the supermarket so I bought them both. I checked out the price on line when I got home and found that the conditioner sells for £31 and a smaller sized shampoo (300ml) sells for £18. I worked out that 500ml would sell for £30 (£6 per 100ml) so I have a bargain at £5 for £61 worth. Who the heck would pay £61 for some shampoo and conditioner? Madness. I've used these before and they are excellent products but they have a downsize in that they have a medicine/hospital type smell.




I found four more of my favourite Bomb Cosmetics bath blaster bombs at 50p each. The scents are Strawberry Sunrise, Ice Cream Queen, Bear Necessities and Tweetie Pie. This brand of bath bomb always make the bath water feel very "soft" and smell heavenly. They are also very moisturising for your skin. They are not as strong smelling as Lush and I prefer these. These usually cost £2.99 each.





I bought two bundles of magazines from two different ladies. One was a bundle of home magazines and some have only just come out as they are dated September & October 2017. I paid £2 for 11 in total. I then saw the lady I had bought three bundles from the other week and bought 18 copies of Hello Fashion magazines from her for £3.




I bought a cute fold up mirror compact for £1 for taking away on holiday. It is new and has a normal mirror and 5X magnifying mirror. I need a magnifying mirror more as I have got older and my eyesight has started to fade when looking at things close up. I need glasses for reading and a magnifying mirror for putting on my make-up. I looked this mirror up on line and found they cost over £13.




I have been after the final chapter in the film series of The Hunger Games, The Mocking Jay part 2 for some time now. I ended up looking on eBay and marked one as "Watching" at £5.98 (including postage) but thought I'd hang on for a couple more weeks more before buying. Today I found it for 50p. I bought quite a few DVDs for 50p each and 3 for £1. Again I am buying these as fast as I can sell the ones I no longer want. A bit of a vicious circle.


That is it for this week's bargains. We are away for a short break next weekend to the southern part of the Lake District. We are praying for good weather so that we can visit a couple of carboot sales there. I'll post about it when we get home. 

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