Car Boot Sale

Our first attempt at fundraising was a car boot sale on Sunday. We went to Taplow, ready for a 10.00 start, thinking we were going to be super organised and at least have some time to set up before the buyers arrived. We were unpleasantly surprised, however, to find that we were one of the last cars to arrive and were definitely some of the least experienced car booters! Our cars were, quite literally, pounced on by people wanting to buy our stuff, or enquire whether we had much electrical equipment (?!) After the initial shock, we managed to get a good system going, with Josie and Amy passing goods out of the cars, Alice being in charge of selling and I was attempting (somewhat successfully) to put up the Ikea clothes rail. Once we were all set up, we really got into the swing of things - Alice was definitely the star seller (superb haggling skills), while Amy and Josie had a good line in testing and advertising products (especially if they involved squirting water at unassuming passersby!).

We managed to sell a lot of our wares, even a roll of half-used sellotape for the grand total of 5p! After the hectic start, it all started to wind down in the afternoon so once we were satisified with our efforts, we started to pack up what was left of our stall. The infamous clothes rail proved to be slightly tricky to take down, however with Amy on the case, at least it was an amusing ordeal! Somehow, despite the swearing, falling over and hysterical laughter, we fnally managed to dismantle the clothes rail and get back in our cars to head home.

The grand total of our efforts was a worthy £94- not a bad start to our fundraising campaign. Josie and Izzy are off to another car boot sale this weekend, hoping to improve on our total and get rid of some more stuff. Unfortunately for Izzy and Josie, this next one has a 6.30 start, so Good Luck ladies!