Thursday, October 27, 2011
Extra day in the shop.
Today was an extra day in the shop for us.
We were on duty with Jill, a glass specialist.
Monika came in for a while too, which was lovely.
The morning was very quiet indeed - lots of time for chatting.
This afternoon things went quite hectic. A glass buyer came in - Jill knew that her luck would be in!
He was with us for a while and bought lots.
Meanwhile Bill and I sold a cupboard for Jonathan and a Lloyd Loom chair for Jo.....and lots more.
There were some things for us too.
But I spent more than I took today.
Huh! My takings would be better if I took a bit more care. I sold a musical poodle dog yesterday (very 1950's). It would have made me a tenner if only I had re-labelled it. It still had the label on that the seller down at Ford had put on it. Thus I made nothing and it sold for £5.
I wonder if I can do better on the things I paid out for today.
I had rather hoped that the woman with the mahjong set would take it away and stay away. But she came back!
I was duty bound to pay what I had offered.
I know nothing about mahjong - except that it is a game of Chinese origin.
Later I bought a small flat iron on a basic but quite quaint stand that had been home made.
I didn't have the man's tatty spoons, but I hope the iron will prove to be ornamental in somebody's kitchen.
I have Bill's grandmother's flat iron in my family cabinet at home.
We were on duty with Jill, a glass specialist.
Monika came in for a while too, which was lovely.
The morning was very quiet indeed - lots of time for chatting.
This afternoon things went quite hectic. A glass buyer came in - Jill knew that her luck would be in!
He was with us for a while and bought lots.
Meanwhile Bill and I sold a cupboard for Jonathan and a Lloyd Loom chair for Jo.....and lots more.
There were some things for us too.
But I spent more than I took today.
Huh! My takings would be better if I took a bit more care. I sold a musical poodle dog yesterday (very 1950's). It would have made me a tenner if only I had re-labelled it. It still had the label on that the seller down at Ford had put on it. Thus I made nothing and it sold for £5.
I wonder if I can do better on the things I paid out for today.
I had rather hoped that the woman with the mahjong set would take it away and stay away. But she came back!
I was duty bound to pay what I had offered.
I know nothing about mahjong - except that it is a game of Chinese origin.
Later I bought a small flat iron on a basic but quite quaint stand that had been home made.
I didn't have the man's tatty spoons, but I hope the iron will prove to be ornamental in somebody's kitchen.
I have Bill's grandmother's flat iron in my family cabinet at home.
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