CAR BOOT + AUCTION BUYS +CAKE+ MY BEDROOM

First of all I would like to wish you all a lovely week ahead!

Not much happened here this past weekend.
Although we did arrange to meet up with my brother and his mate and off we went
to the cinema to watch Inception with Leonardo DiCaprio.

It was very good... but waaayyyy too complicated, for me anyway!

I had a very layed back kind of Sunday and stayed in my nightie all day!
I love days like these!

Me and hubby also decided that our kids should start to make their own Sunday dinner.
Supervised, of course!
We really want them to become more independent!

Nichole had pot noodles, while Jodie-Lee made her own baguette butty with salad!
And it was Daniels turn to sleep over on Saturday night at grandmas and grandads!
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I was in a mood for baking...and the photo below is what I baked.

I used a Portuguese recipe, called (pao de lo), which is very similar to sponge cake.
And I wanted to make a white cream filling, also a Portuguese recipe,
but sadly I didn`t have all the ingredients...
So I quickly rushed to google and found a condensed milk drizzle recipe to go on top.
It was still very tasty though!
Unfortunately the car boot season was very disappointing this Summer...
mostly due to rain and cancellations because the field being very wet.
So sadly I think I only went three times this year!:-(

And one of those times, the photos below are of the treasures that I just couldn`t resist...
... and had to come home with me!
I just love cherubs! And these are too cute!

This one below and the 3 cherubs on top, cost £3.00.

Ornate picture... I think I paid no more than £2.00 for it!
Another gorgeous picture and frame!
Although this one is vintage and only cost £2.00.
These 3 lovely plates were £1.00... complete with hungers.
Just to buy the plates hungers would cost me £1.25 each.
So a good bargain, indeed!
The floral tapestry was £3.00.
One can never have too many glass cake stands! I only paid £2.00 for this one...

Both delicate embroidery pictures only cost £2.00 each!
And they are completed with nice frames!
This long corbel (I think that`s how is called?) tapestry is now behind my bedroom door...
And the price? £1.50! Yes, I know... I couldn`t believe it either!:-)
This pretty painting below... is my favourite buy of the day... and only cost £4.00!

Since there isn`t a car boot to go to, till next year... I have been putting some silly bids in my local auction!

And I was quite lucky to win these 3 huge rugs last week!

I saw them in their website and thought about putting a low bid, never expecting to win.

But surprise, surprise! They are mine now...

One of them will go in my kitchen once is done and maybe the other one in the attic room.
Although they do need a good clean first.

And the price... £15.00 only!!! For the lot!

The other buy, was the box of blue ornaments on the photo below.

They didn`t sell on the first week.
And after some thought I decided to put a bid of the starting asking price of £10.00
and now they are mine too!

I already have some of these figurines in my bedroom...

and although they aren`t in pink...

I still find it quite Romantic looking! And very Marie Antoinette inspired!

The ones in my bedroom... some cost no more than £1.00, while others over £3.00...
so I think my box for £10.00 was a good buy!

Another treasure that I was lucky to win,
was the ornate iron scrolls that I shown in another post.
This one didn`t sell either, last week!

I debated about putting a bid or not... because of lack of space...
I kept wondering were to put it in my home.

(I think that I told you before that I love things that are made of iron.)
So after a lot of debating... I decided to put a bid of the asking price of £18.00 and I won it!

Its now in my garden...

but I would love to put it above my two kitchen windows... for an unusual feature!

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And here you have it... my latest spending!
I always enjoy to see what you bought... so I thought to share my buys too!
I hope I haven`t bored you too much!:-)

TODAY I`M DREAMING OFF...
THAT YOU WILL ALL HAVE A LOVELY WEEK AHEAD!