I miss a trick at the Market
Apr. 21st, 2012 11:34 amAll these books from the same seller for £1.40. One of them is a very good buy.
A pile of knitting patterns so heavy I could hardly carry them, £1.00 the lot. Hours of fun ahead looking through them.
So why I am feeling like kicking myself? I missed a great stamp bargain. Looked through an album, asked the seller how much he wanted for it and got the response, ‘Haven’t looked at it yet, love.’ This annoyed me, I thought he was rude and replied sniffily that he wouldn’t sell it then would he? Later on, some old chap I don’t know told me he’d bought the album I’d been looking at it. Curses, it would have been a fantastic bargain at £40.00. Also, the same man who two weeks ago sold me Long Barrow for 50p. wanted £5.00 for a bag of mixed knitting yarn. I thought then it was too much and when I got home, that it would have been a bargain for odd pieces of crochet. Idiotically, I will be beating myself up about this all weekend.
In other news, what about our weather? Yesterday: thunder, lightning, hailstones rattling down. This morning: mega-frost and cold legs at the market. Currently: warm sunshine but a chilly breeze. Thanks to the storm, there’s thatch everywhere but it’s too wet to sweep it up. You have to love our climate, it’s never dull.
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Date: 2012-04-21 01:39 pm (UTC)Strange weather here,too. Wet from leaks in the greenhouse while optimistically sowing seeds
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Date: 2012-04-21 03:21 pm (UTC)Go on sowing seeds, we have to be optimistic. Someone told me this morning that May is forecast to be the coldest ever. 'I didn't want to tell you', he said, so maybe it was a typical market leg pull.
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Date: 2012-04-21 07:00 pm (UTC)When I arrived here in Chesham yesterday evening I was somewhat taken aback by it being white over with what looked like snow but realised I must have just missed a huge hail storm. The drains couldn't cope and the road was awash. Today was forecast rain and a chilly breeze but it's been gloriously sunny and quite warm all day while we were out. It's chucking it down now though :)
Um...goodness what are all these options to choose from in preview?
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Date: 2012-04-22 07:16 am (UTC)Preview? When you write a comment, do you mean? Some LJ 'improvement' no doubt.
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