Bank holiday weekend

My intention was to do a boot sale on Sunday with my friend Suk; we left the decision until Saturday with regards to the weather and the forecast was good. I'd been gathering stuff from every room in the house including the loft all week, so there's much left to do except load all the boxes into the trailer - there was no way we were gonna get all the stuff in the car; in fact it filled 3/4 of the room (the trailer is 8 x 6 foot)!

Saturday night I went to bed early as we needed to leave at about 5:10am. However, I just tossed and turned pretty much all night and I guess I only got about an hour's kip. As I was already awake, it wasn't difficult getting up at 4:40am! John and I went to pick up Suk in Rayleigh and load her boxes into the trailer. By that time, the trailer was literally filled to the brim. On arrival at Nevenden, the place was chocker with cars and vans and we had to wait a further half an hour to actually get in to the field. This is the worst bit: unpacking. It must've taken over an hour. John stuck around for a little while despite being adamant he was gonna just drop the trailer and scarper. The weather was glorious - perfect for a boot sale and the punters came out in their droves. It's amazing how many Eastern European and Africans there are in the area, because boot sales really attract them in masses. Haggling really gets lost in translation with some, and I really find the Africans the most infuriating - the prices asked are rock bottom anyway, yet they still insist on halving everything. I'm sure they'd even haggle if you asked for 2p! After midday the crowds thinned out and by 1pm I started to pack up, having telephoned John to come and pick us up. Suk's hubby and daughter had arrived by that time.
I totted up the money I'd made and the profit was £94.40. Not bad, but I thought I would have made a lot more - maybe my fault in letting things go for so little, but you just wanna get rid of it.

We stayed round Suk's for a couple of hours and enjoyed a cuppa with some home made fruit crumble with fresh raspberries and blackberries picked from the garden. It was the yummiest crumble I'd ever had! Once home again, all the remaining boxes had to be removed from the trailer and John put the disco stuff back in. We have one party to do next month for John's Aunt and Uncle's 60th Wedding anniversary, which should be our last. I will now sort out all the stuff I have left from the boot sale and give most of it to charity most probably.

I spent the rest of the evening relaxing and dosing off - I was so knackered. Al let me know the day before that the 'Big Brother Winners' Week' programme was on at 9pm but I just couldn't keep my eyes open. I set the video and went to bed. This time I did sleep - 12 hours in fact!

After going shopping this morning, we went to the cinema just before 2pm to catch 'Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest'. I've been meaning to go for ages (being a massive Johnny Depp fan) but the holiday got in the way and then several busy weekends have stopped me. Unfortunately I was still so tired and there were moments during the film that I found myself dropping off (sorry Johnny). I found the film too long and although it was non-stop action, it wasn't as good as the first one, and definitely nowhere near as funny. The third film in the trilogy will be out next year.

I'm back home now and just watched Big Brother Winners' Week on tape. It's good to see what everyone's doing with themselves now they're out. I'm gonna have my dinner in a mo and I dare say I'll be falling asleep on the sofa later on. I dunno where the weekend's gone - three days over in a flash and back to work tomorow. Poo.