Weekend report (includes beer)
Sep. 9th, 2007 09:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janewilliams20Saturday morning: Dave in work, me having my hair done. Turning those grey roots back to their rightful shade of brown.
Saturday afternoon: collecting up various bits of junk, ready for....
Sunday, 6am: car boot sale. We filled Dave's big car with stuff, and actually sold some of it. My old (non-digital) camera and the PC bits brought in most of the cash: made about 100 quid. We worked out afterwards that in terms of £/hour, we'd have been better off putting he junk in the skip and working overtime, but this kept things out of landfill and was a nice change. We may yet sell more: bumped into some people Dave knew years back when he was doing ham radio. We've exchanged phone numbers, and they may well have his ham kit off us.
But I did buy a few bits - not much, honest!
A copy of Monopoly where you make up the details youself: it comes with the parts, a CD, and some card and paper to print on. All you need to provide is imagination. I'm thinking of Pavis, and the next Gloranthan convention I go to.
A few props for MSH pictures: a Cat beanie baby for this picture:
and a pointy-horned friend for Helix.
Also, since he came on the basis of "everything's 20p, I want to go home!", I got another Beanie: a Sloth.
Oh, and a wooden box suitable for putting knives and things in when re-enactment camping.
Total spend: £3.40
Then this evening, having acquired a money-off voucher, we ate at The Outback, in Stevenage. It were good. And here's the beer report: Victoria Bitter. Which has a slight head like a bitter, but is served chilled, and tastes like a nice lager. I'll have some more of that.
Tomorrow, Dave goes off to a big security job in London: staying there all week in a posh hotel. We've sorted him out with a suit that fits, and enough shirts and things, but I'm not really looking forward to a week of no hugs. Bears are good, but they miss a few things.
Saturday afternoon: collecting up various bits of junk, ready for....
Sunday, 6am: car boot sale. We filled Dave's big car with stuff, and actually sold some of it. My old (non-digital) camera and the PC bits brought in most of the cash: made about 100 quid. We worked out afterwards that in terms of £/hour, we'd have been better off putting he junk in the skip and working overtime, but this kept things out of landfill and was a nice change. We may yet sell more: bumped into some people Dave knew years back when he was doing ham radio. We've exchanged phone numbers, and they may well have his ham kit off us.
But I did buy a few bits - not much, honest!
A copy of Monopoly where you make up the details youself: it comes with the parts, a CD, and some card and paper to print on. All you need to provide is imagination. I'm thinking of Pavis, and the next Gloranthan convention I go to.
A few props for MSH pictures: a Cat beanie baby for this picture:
and a pointy-horned friend for Helix.
Also, since he came on the basis of "everything's 20p, I want to go home!", I got another Beanie: a Sloth.
Oh, and a wooden box suitable for putting knives and things in when re-enactment camping.
Total spend: £3.40
Then this evening, having acquired a money-off voucher, we ate at The Outback, in Stevenage. It were good. And here's the beer report: Victoria Bitter. Which has a slight head like a bitter, but is served chilled, and tastes like a nice lager. I'll have some more of that.
Tomorrow, Dave goes off to a big security job in London: staying there all week in a posh hotel. We've sorted him out with a suit that fits, and enough shirts and things, but I'm not really looking forward to a week of no hugs. Bears are good, but they miss a few things.