Why I Love Melbourne

Garage Sale at the Builders Arms Hotel on Saturday morning.

Way back in 1994 I packed up my car in Sydney and drove down the Hume for my new life in Melbourne and on arrival I spent my first evening drinking at the Builders Arms hotel in Fitzroy.

Wow! I've just discovered photobucket! How excellent it is. (Thank you to Poppalina for unknowingly putting me on to it)

So, I couldn't help myself and I did go garage sailing on Saturday. I didn't go searching but just popped into ones that I passed in my travels. Unfortunately I didn't find anything worth buying at the Builders Arms but in Brunswick East I found these...

and these...

dolls for the knitter

the middle one has a dried chilli for a nose!

and these...

they're about 15cm high

I'm gonna make costumes for them and give them as presents.

and this was given to me by the garage sale vendor! How nice is that?!

feeling useless (sob!)

Why can't I post images this weekend? Why isn't it working? What's going on? Who do I turn to for help?

Bell Primary fete and Golden Mary fete

As it's close to Christmas, most of my purchases this weekend were gifts, so unfortunately I can't show them here. My one purchase for myself was this gorgeous enamelled teapot. The lid is attached to the handle with a chain

it's from Yugoslavia - $2

However, I did have an extra addition to my house...




...with the introduction of my new housemate! She bought this in Newcastle a few years ago for $2. As you can imagine, I have lots of stuff. Enough stuff, in fact, to fill a 3 bedroom house. This means that there isn't much room, for others who live with me, to add stuff to the shared areas of the house. Control freak, Me? No!

I might take a break from Garage Sailing/Fete-ing for a while as it's been a bit full-on these last couple of weeks. I'm feeling a bit guilty about the amount of consumerism I'm partaking in. But, we'll see. I may not be able to hold myself back!

Princess Hill Primary fete

I went early and this time wore a hat which was sensible. It was quite a bit more expensive than others I've been to recently but I guess that illustrates the difference in demographic between Greensborough and North Carlton!

I got two huge pot plants for $15 each which is not a bargain by garage sale standards but still cheaper than the nursery.

red-flowering pig-face

purple flowering something-or-other

magazine stand $2

and a domestic assortment: hanging tea light holders - 50c each, flute-edged blue glazed bowls - $1 each, tumblers with repro/retro design - 50c each, and a rather ugly coffee mug - 50c - but it's big so will hold my large morning coffee from my caffeine supplier near the studio and I can do away with paper cups.

for my fella and his new adventure for next year.

I also got some Christmas presents so I can't really post them here as that will give them away.

I haven't been to many garage sales of late but that's because there are just so many fetes on at this time of year. If you're in the area and of the mind there are 2 on next weekend. Bell Primary in Preston is having an election day fete and on sunday the Golden Mary church in Nicholson st brunswick east is having a bazaar.

garage sailor goes sailing

The Wrecker's put the call out for a nautical themed week so I've had to pull this one off the shelf and give it a dust. I got it on ebay a year or so ago and it sits in my bathroom doing nothing - not even holding something. This week that will change.

I think it's an old soap dish from a Norwegian shipping line.

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