latest car boot sale bargains

I picked up the following.............
Anya Hindmarch make up bag,I've got this on my bedside table to keep my jewellery in when I take it off at night-also helps me keep the flat tidy for buyers!


NARS windstar eye shadow duo-palest pink and subtle gold,my perfect colours!!!



a cream studded bangle-I love studs on anything and this also matches a vintage arm bangle I have,also a silver colour ring that I just think is gorgeous!



a new waterproof wash bag that I kept meaning to get and a Juicy Couture top-I think I'm going to Ebay this though.

I did it!!!! (at last!)

after many last minute cock ups that threatened to end my offer of a new job/posting,I got the go ahead and I handed my notice in today!!!!!!


Typically I was out all day from 6am to 3 pm so had to wait till the last minute to do it as well.More later,I'm knackered.

tea and gossip

This morning I dragged myself out of bed and did round 2 of car boot challenge-that is selling all my old stuff and clearing the flat as much as possible before moving.It went really well and I made £110 from stuff that I didnt want anymore-and got a bit more sunburnt on my arm-I never learn!When I got back,I popped round to my neighbours for tea and a natter,now anyone who has followed my blog from way back when will probably remember 'white van man' formerly known as 'blue van man'-hes the man in my street who I fancy and who has checked me out on more than a few occasions!Well I havent seen him about for awhile but didnt think anything of it,the reason for that is because he has apparently got some woman in the next road round pregnant,and he is married with 2 kids (this I knew-hence admiring from afar!)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!shock horror!!!!cheeky bugger,still was checking me out though inspite of having 2 women on the go!!!!

wardrobe re-think

I was reading somewhere (possibly a blog?) how men like Jenifer Anistons style because its simple and unchallenging and they understand it,rather than say fashionable clothes that most women would recognise and admire and covet,and its made me think about the sort of things I wear,and buy-but-dont wear and whether my age is something to do with that and if I should set myself a style to wear and not deviate too much outside of it?On the inside of my wardrobe I always pin up looks I like to inspire me and lots of those seem to be of well cut jeans,a floaty draped top,statement necklace,designer bag and heels so there is a theme there!
Like this;

and this.....


Things I buy but dont wear or get enough wear out of;

earrings
heeled boots
patterned dresses
winter coats-this one is due to the fact that for the last 5 years I have driven to work,I used to love buying and wearing a new winter coat!

Things I always wear;
jeans
vest tops
t-shirts
ballet flats
Havaianas
boyfriend cardigans
All Saints drape cardigans
long scarves
big bags

so I was wondering if I should buy the best of those items and give up on the things I love but dont wear?I think plainer items suit me rather than frilly floaty things and my good male shopping friend (yes they exist!)says I look better in bright colours,although I prefer neutrals generally-all my dresses are quite loud though-leopard prints,bold B+W prints,pink and purple etc.I love Lauren Conrads look-she wears quite basic items accessorised well with gorgeous bags and big sunnies and beautiful hair,these photos some up the look I like.


I have in the past worn a quite 'rock chick' look,vintage looks,but the one look that I always like is the well groomed feminine look like LC wears and I love my bags/sunnies/jeans so what do you think?

bargains!

my latest bargains whilst being forced to do a car boot sale with my Mom after she knew I'd done one were;

Tony & Guy iron it defence-50p/£6+
Clarins toning lotion-50p/£15
Tigi Dream Drops-50p/£16+
Elle McPherson body exfoliator x2-50p/£7+
Nirvana N-Spa shower gel-50p/£4 all were unused and the RRP is shown,I also got a cute silk leopard scarf and a vintage green pendant.

smugness

I'm feeling rather smug this weekend as I managed to get out of working Notting Hill Carnival,which as anyone in my job knows is practically impossible!Not even working double bubble today will get me to voluntarily do this if I can get out of it-standing around for 12 hours+on a concrete floor with people asking me what floats are where (how would I know as I never actually see anything of interest),how to get in/out/etc of stations,eating shit food-we dont get any jerk chicken/ackee and saltfish,which is gutting as I love Jamaican food and all-round general weariness from 'bad boys' or clueless out-of-towners-the sound systems are bone shakingly loud and even though we finally had earpieces fitted last year,they hurt your ears and you have to take them out to hear one of the above stupid Q's anyway.
Like I said I am smug and happy not to be working the damn thing!

more little jobs finished...

I got my handy man to do these but at last they're done;

hang a Victorian door a lady on the next street gave me
wire up a new light in the kitchen
mend the architraving in the bathrooom

done and a bargain!

I have finished painting the living room.

car booting!

One of the things on the list I had to do before moving was to have a car boot sale to get rid of some of my accumulated junk,anyway I did one today after cramming my little car full-I made £107 after taking out the fee,I think I'll just give the left over stuff to charity as I'm not sure I can face doing it again.I got sunburnt as it was so hot,and hated not being able to wander round and look myself!
This is a photo I took,I was trying to get the man in the African pyjamas in to send to my friend for a joke!

I bought this dress tunic from H&M-I might cut it down a bit though.
I also got some pale grey skinnies from Primark,some tie dyed blue jeans (not sure about these on me-I think I'm too old!),a purple boyfriend cardigan and the usual hair bits and underwear,quite restrained I think!

gorgeous orchid-I have put this in my bathroom and it looks lovely with the pale blue walls-obviously I am still going to move but it makes the room look pretty.

I want these

£120 from Carvela.

paint bodge

dont read this if you are a perfectionist-I glued the peeled off foot shaped patch of paint that peeled off my wall and then filled the ddges with filler and sanded it down and then painted over it and you can barely see it-see?bodging does work sometimes!!

DIY

I used to love it,now I hate it with a passion!I am painting my living room prior to putting the flat on the market as it hadn't been painted for ages and really needed freshening up and its hellish!
It makes it worse cos I have to keep moving the furniture round rather than having an empty room to just get on with.I normally get paint over everything but have only done this on one kitchen chair atm which is quite good going for me.I'm painting with white paint which is a mare to do until it dries too-now I just have the ceiling to paint,which I know I should have done first but I didnt.And I have to 'sort' (read:bodge)a patch of paint that peeled off the wall in the shape of a foot-so ignoring the advice of Dad,I have glued it back on and intend to paint over it rather than scrape it all off and start afresh-donkeys years of paint layers?no way!!

RIP Princess Pashmina

I only knew you in the online world,but 24 is no age to die.

RIP Jenn.

not quite the good life just yet

my beetroot-not looking too edible at the moment though

my tomato plant

a close up of the ONE ripe tomato,surely they should be ripe by now?!


I have another tomato plant that only has 1 tomato on it,the beans all got eaten by snails,the strawberry plants are going strong but hardly any strawberries though!My bay tree is looking healthy and was another car boot bargain at £4-my cucumbers never really happened and my lettuces also got eaten by slugs or snails,the only up point being I don't mind picking up slugs now and throwing them into next doors garden which I know under normal conditions would be spiteful but the flat upstairs have never looked after the garden as its rented and no-one seems interested in it.

my latest craze...

is car boot sales,I went to one today and was excited at what I bought;

this wooden box £2.50


these Uggs,£1-they are to wear in the house when my toes get cold!


I also got a pretty ceramic jug and oval serving plate for 20p each-the jug I have just washed and will sell when I do a boot sale to get rid of my junk!I couldnt say no for 20p.
a GOSH hoody-one of those from the Wags boutique programme-£4,ideal for work.
and new make up for £6,Body Shop concealer,Revlon nail polish x2 and a No7 Radiant glow moisturiser.
Bargainous!

woohoo!!!

I have got my transfer date,and my 1st choice of postings too-after wondering was I dong the right thing for so long,etc etc I was excited when they told me so hopefully,its the right decision for me and a new start with more opportunities.

healthy nails

my nails have been very dry of late,its because I always wear nail polish and it chips easily due to people trying to fight me on a regular basis so I put it on and take it off more often than average,anyway I was recommended this by http://vexinthecityx.blogspot.com/ and it arrived today so I will report back on how it works


I also bought this as I saw a review on http://helesays.blogspot.com

so hope that one or both work for me.

moving updates (not much to report)

1.get a valuation-had the standard 3 estate agents round the give me 'valuations' and I have picked one who I thought would do the job best,he has said to market offers in the 'region of' which I'm hoping will work out best price wise.
2.finish painting the front of the flat-er,I started it.I have bought a proper roller though cos its so hard to paint over pebbledash (not my choice)
3.finish off those little jobs I couldnt really afford to get done before-made some progress.or,yes *some* progress!I did buy a paint runner-which is a roller that you pour paint into and isnt supposed to not splatter everything in sight with paint,this is good because I am a messy painter,I managed to get paint on my house keys keyring (Gucci) and on my dress doh!
4.find out about extending the lease-still need to get this sorted,I might have to get a chartered surveyer involved.(more money)
5.decide on an area I like that I can afford and is near a tube or overground station-been looking like mad on Rightmove,the trouble with my job is that I only remember the crimes in an area and I'm getting paranoid about moving next door to some scrote.
6.decide exactly what to look for-ideally I would like a Victorian detached house (rare and certainly not going to happen on my budget!)but realistically should be able to just about afford a small Victorian 2 bed.
7.find out how much I can borrow-been to see a mortgage advisor and have to go again this Saturday-theres an hour of my life I'll never get back!
8.de-clutter-got rid of some stuff on Ebay and actually made some money!!Car boot next if I can bear it,anything after that I'm getting rid of!

RIP

7/7 or however you want to name it,its 4 years ago today since 52 innocent people were murdered on London Underground,I said I wouldn't forget and I haven't.

This was my welcome to policing and I think this was also the point that I realised it was the right decision to join.I very rarely travel through Russell Square but everytime I do,I get a memory of that day,and it reminds me to do what I do better.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/london_blasts/victims/default.stm

moving...........

I decided last weekend I wanted to move flats,quite alot to do with the sort of people who are moving into the area and because I crave more privacy than I currently have.So once I decided,I have a list of things to do;

1.get a valuation-done but I need to get some more,not convinced about the valuation really as the prices seem so variable atm in my neck of the woods.
2.finish painting the front of the flat-er,I started it but its been so hot!
3.finish off those little jobs I couldnt really afford to get done before-made some progress.
4.find out about extending the lease-done but the freeholders are quoting £20k-£20k!!!I dont bloody think so,I have also found out about lease extension advisers who negotiate on your behalf,theres no way it should cost this much,the p*sstaking gits!
5.decide on an area I like that I can afford and is near a tube or overground station-been looking like mad on Rightmove.
6.decide exactly what to look for-I have a 1 bed flat atm,so it seems mad to move to another 1 bed unless its in a really fab area (unlikely) so I would need a 2 bed maisonette or house (not sure I can afford it).I also realise I really need a private garden,my garden atm is divided down the middle and although there is a fence up,its just not private enough for me.
7.find out how much I can borrow-initial enquiries done.All I can say is it varies so much,but is more than I thought might be on offer.
8.de-clutter-I am going to d a car boot sale to get rid of some stuff and have some auctins on Ebay.

I do love my flat but I can see myself getting more and more unhappy with the lack of privacy,I will be sorry to leave some of the neighbours though some of whom have lived on this street for 40 years or more!

I suppose I have to mention Michael Jackson

I never normally comment on news but I was shocked on hearing Michael Jackson had died.Someone told me whilst I was at work and I didnt know whether to believe him at first cos my relief are known p*sstakers,but it was true.It makes me feel old that one of the biggest pop stars of my childhood is dead,I'm not that big a fan but everyone loves at least one Jacko song don't they?
And Farrah Fawcett died this week too,another childhood figure,she was so beautiful.

some little things that cheered me up

I got this beautiful orchid off my friend as a belated birthday present last night,she also gave me a bottle of rose sparkling wine-she knows me so well!!!



bargainous beauty buys,2x Revlon pale pink polishes 99p each from the 99p shop,I can only wear natural polishes at work so these are perfect for that!
Olive butter body lotion £1.71 Tesco,I havent tried this before but I love the Cocoa butter one.
Cutex cuticle care paint on-also 99p shop,my nails are dry atm so I hope this works.
Arm & Hammer advanced whitening toothpaste-99p shop
nail polish dry
Garnier dry skin moisturiser,I only bought this cos it was 1/2 price in Tesco.

if I find you,you're......

dead,you thieving scrotes!
Some pond life broke into my car over the weekend and tried to TWOC it,broke all my steering column and left the doors unlocked,I suppose scrotes wouldnt lock up after themselves,but still.So now I have a £150 excess on my insurance so I will have to pay it out of my own pocket cos the insurers want to scrap it!!No way are they writing off my car,theres plenty of life in it yet.
Luckily the nice men from the garage I always go to came round and took it away and promised to make it all better for me,for price of course,but I am grateful to them,they came out so quick cos they know me and know I need it for work.Don't know how I'm gonna pay for it cos I dont get paid till Friday.

I hate working nights!

after finishing my run of nights on Thursday,I slept till 1pm on Friday and made myself get up in the hope I would be able to sleep that night,well I dozed off at 9pm,woke an hour later and that was it until 7am on Saturday,when I slept till 1pm- I got slightly sloshed in the evening and went to bed at about midnight and woke up again at 2.30am,so a total of 13-14 hours sleep in 3 days.I hope I can sleep tonight as I am now on earlies,no wonder they say working nights shortens your life!

I'm turning into my Mother!!

I have blogged a few pics of my recently sown herbs and veg and my new plants,but the other day whilst taking some ne'erdowell to custody,I was 'stop the van!!',colleague was all 'what what?',I had spotted a plant growing near the nick that I have been after for ages,I see it quite alot but dont know what its called,nor have I seen it in any gardens centres,so I wanted to get some of the berries it grows.Only I didnt get chance cos we were then called off again.
Anyway this is proof I am turning into my Mother,who goes around taking cuttings from everything she sees!


What happened to the me of old?

I am skint this month,

and these could be some of the reasons!

butterfly mirror

vintage heart mirror-this was a total dont need buy!

vintage Ebay ring


the original Ebay image

another vintage Ebay ring,


this is the original Ebay image


and a printer at last,this was half price from Tescos and is easy enough for me to use!

my eyes,my eyes!!

eeewwww,I got home from work the other day and the man across the road was out IN HIS PANTS doing work,jeez he kept bending down and leaving nothing to the imagination as well,I had to take a photo of what a horrible sight it was!!

Roots of Rap

I got this the other day (dont understand Ipods!)from back in the day when rap was really new and exciting and told a story,Sugarhill Gang,Grandmaster Flash,Grandmaster Melle Mel,The Furious Five.
Briliiant!!

the good life

I have gone mad for growing herbs and veg at the moment,I have;

beetroot

mint
basil
coriander

rosemary
runner beans

strawberries
tomatoes

broad beans

lettuce but some snail ate it all!!

street view

on G * * g l e (don't want any views directed here!!!),I know I am late with this,but,is your house/flat on this?Mine is and I dont like it,they picked the only flippin day I was chucking out my old bed and it was in the front garden when they took the photo!!!how pikey!Obviously it was waiting to be taken away and isn't permanently there!

Anyway check this one out,its very funny-'54 Great Russell St, Camden Town'
and this site is very appropriate!http://www.criminaljusticeschools.com/blog/20-crimes-caught-on-google-street-view

I'm quite pleased with this little lot

this H&M cardigan,Alexa stylee which was a bragain at £5 in the sale!




these sailor shorts,also from H&M £15



Butterfly sunnies from Primark,£2!£2 can you believe it?I love these they are so Biba!



and these studded sandals from River Island,I think at £35 and not even all leather thay are a bit expensive but I had to have them,the nail colour is also a Primark buy,again a bargainous £2!I also bought some french manicure polish from Bourjois,and some mini hair clips so I can wear my hair Lauren from the The Hills style.

I got these last week,


these ruffled vests,orange and purple-the colours are wishy washy on here.


these aviators,and chain headband.

us as kids

my cousin found this old photo of us as kids,I was about 6 I reckon and I'm second from left with my brother.

grrrrr!!!Blogger just crashed and lost my post!!

it was a really boring one about my newly created herb bed.I currently only have strawberries,tomatoes,coriander,thyme and rosemary but want to get some more if I dont kill them off.
I even bought a riddle,for those not sad enough its a soil sieve.

unf*ckinbelieveable!

the above is one of my sayings,regulary uttered at work.
Just as I get settled and feel respected and part of a team,my sergeant propositioned me by text,out of the blue and because I didnt give him the answer he wanted to hear ,he was taking it out on me at work.I was quiteter than normal 'cos I didnt know what to say to hm-well I know what to say but I am angry that I even have to say it,I never encouraged him and he knows my feelings on married men (I don't go there!) and then he sends me a text saying he is going to make it formal (a telling off) if I continue to be disrespectful!!!!!!Just cos I was a bit off with him?If he wants to go down that road,I will win,but why should I have to,why cant I just be allowed to be a normal member of the team without some past it married sgt expecting me to jump at the chance of jumping into bed with him?
Thank god I am transfering soon,I am so sick of this crap!



*and breathe!*