Wetherby car boot

So was it worth getting up at 7 on a Sunday?  In a word.... YES!

I think that I got the biggest bargain ever today.  I spotted a Paul Smith tie on the top of the bag and started to rummage and they just kept coming - Armani, Hugo Boss & Ralph Lauren.  I asked how much expecting to be told about £5 each (still cheap) and she said "£1 each love, nobody has bothered looking in there" so £9 later I am the owner of a big pile of expensive silk!  A Paul Smith tie new is about £69 and I guess the rest are a comparable price.  

I took  them to Morrisons later on - they dry clean five for £7.50 so they will be as good as new.

Other then that I got a Kate Moss for Topshop dress for £2.  I never got any of the collection when it came out but I am happy to pick it up for a song.

I also picked up this silk Laura Ashley dress in coral for £2. It is a classic vintage cut and I think with black tights and a cardigan I can probably wear it through the winter.

I am a massive fan of tweed and have to stop myself buying everything that I see to cut down on the bulging wardrobe. However this vintage wool jacket was just too good to leave, £2 (everything seemed to be £2 today!).  If anyone else is interested in tweed there is an amazing BBC4 Documentary about it which is worth seeing.  

Close up of the cloth (I love the different colours - they are all based on the islands on which tweed comes from).

I bought these badges for a craft project.  I spent yesterday glue gunning them all to a lampshade and I have to say that I am pretty pleased with the results.  I decided that I did not have enough and sure enough the first stall I came to had a nice selection of 1980's one - 7 for £1.  I am sure that I will keep adding to the shade over time.

Finally I added to my rather odd collection of hand painted political dolls.  I never really intended to have this collection but it has happened over time.  It started with one I bought for 50p at a carboot sale and now I probably have about 12 of them.  Thankfully they are fairly rare so my house is not overtaken with them.... yet!  So this is the latest addition, £10 after a bit of bartering.

The little Chanel russian doll is a fake that I saw on Ebay. I don't usually entertain fakes but I did love this and the price of the original is £2,500 so I made an exception.