I love Christmas more the build up and preparing than the actual days themselves and i always love the challenge of trying to get a fabulous christmas on the tightest of budgets ,
We dont buy many presents now but i like to sell items i don't use anymore to raise the money for the ones we do buy so we dont feel the pinch.
So this week i found that my large sweet jars i keep my flour in are fetching around £25/30 each on ebay they are original ones from the 1960s,
So when i found the two in the front of the picture at a jumble this week for 50p each i have decided to sell my others towards the christmas pot , They are not on show anymore because of lack of space so it does not matter what they look like.
In the sales in january last year as well as birthday presents i bought some gifts sets which i cannot show as recipients could be reading this post.
Then in July i bought six jars of mincemeat and three jars of cranberry sauce.
I have some old curtains that will be going on Ebay next from our old house which will hopefully give me the rest of the present money.
This week being inspired by the bake off again i made a bakewell tart but opted for an icing top instead of Almonds , No soggy bottom here.
Then there is the on going hunt for stock.
Silver sweetheart brooch.
Chinese Carved bone necklace.
I picked this box up from a Jumble sale for
£2.50 , Needs some tlc though.
1950s designer brooch.
I had my hair colored and re styled today a much more flattering colour for my skin tone my old blonde looked great when i had makeup on but i looked like a witch without makeup ,
Like everything else it was well budgeted for.
I would have loved to have shown you a photo but i am useless with taking my own photo and this is what you get lol. Excuse the housework clothes i am just cleaning under the bed and it hasn't been done for a while as i do it when i can and it's really dusty
On the health front i am having a full brain and spine Mri on sunday the 13th of november.
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