AND ANOTHER ONE

 

I don't know how people do three markets in a row!

Today is our second one this weekend, and I'm already knackered.

I feel like death warmed up to be honest.

We never sleep well the night before a market, so two nights in a row?  Not fun.

We are about to head over to Cambridge for the St Andrews Labour Day Market.

At least we won't be on MUD today.  And we don't have to travel very far for this one.

So a few blessings there.

I desperately hope this market goes better than yesterdays, cos I hate reporting on shitty markets.

ABOVE:  Some happy photos of Lake Whakamaru we took yesterday on our way home.  I learnt to water ski on that lake way back when I was about 14!   You never forget some things eh?

OK, *sigh*... time to leave for Cambridge.

I'll pop back later, once we are all set up.

...

ABOVE.... 5.50 am.. and the weather looks promising!

Oh hell... I was looking in the wrong direction ! Huge storm clouds behind me. Derrr.

8.09 am. The weather has cleared.... for now.

We are all set up...

ABOVE: We love our spot here.

Now ... again it's time to relax and just wait for customers. 

10.15 am.

ABOVE:  Sunshine... then RAIN.

And it is really, really COLD.

SHOOT.  ME.  NOW.

Blogger is having a glitch. 

Anyway... its now 11.30 and the sun is out and sales have picked up. 

Yaaa.

I have me wooly hat on now ... 11.30 am. And of course the sun has come out. 

Stews off getting  us more Diet Coke. 

We are so thankful to one of my Cambridge FBG girlfriends,  she has EFTPOS and has let us do transactions using her machine. Lifesaver!

I investigated getting an EFTPOS machine, but the monthly charges are just too high.

ABOVE:  It is now 3.56 pm, and we are home after a busy day.

Apart from a few showers, the day went very  well indeed.

It was a slow start, but picked up, as we knew it would between 10.30 and 12.30.  Then it fizzled a bit, but we still made some good sales.

On a whole, the weekend was NOT a flop after all!  We did quite well today.

I was really pleased that we sold a variety of runners this weekend, for a while there all we sold were Braid Runners!

I'm quite happy to now take a break from markets until the third Saturday in November.

We will have three markets, on three consecutive Saturday's, in a row in November.  FUN.

I have now changed outta me clothes, into my warm, snuggly pj's and I'm not moving again till I need a piddle!  I am knackered.

7.19 pm:  I'm signing off for the day, I'm done and can hardly keep me eyes open.  

Catch ya tomorrow.