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I went to a small craft fair up the road in Appledore on Tuesday. I saw it advertised, and always on the look out for somewhere to sell a few of my bits, I started making enquiries. Finding it impossible to find a contact number I telephone the little library. The lady on the phone knew all about it except of course the surname of the lady who runs it so I couldn't look it up in the directory. Not to worry , she promised to pop a note through the door. The next day a very jolly lady contacted me and it was arranged that I could have a table at the fair for a very reasonable cost.

I was warmly welcomed into the fold, given a cup of coffee and introduced to the other exhibitors. We were mostly ladies of a certain age and I don't think I stopped laughing all day.

It was a lovely Fair - the church hall in Appledore has seen better days and the Fair is run to provide funds towards it's upkeep - neighbours popped in with their dogs, young Mums with pushchairs, pensioners on their way to collect their newspapers and a few late holiday makers.

I've booked to do the Christmas Fair and I'm shortlisted for the half term one which at the moment is fully booked but somebody may drop out.

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Been out bagging bargains yet again. L wanted a dining table and chairs so we revisited the Jigsaw project mentioned in a previous blog but sadly nothing took her fancy so we went on to try to find the North Devon Hospice Furntiture Shop. After a couple of false starts we found and were very pleased that we did. L found a lovely pine table and chairs and I found exactly what I was looking for, a glass and solid teak circular coffee table that finishes our front room off a treat. All for the bargain price of £90 including delivery to Bideford. I'm becoming a bit of a crusader about not buying new furniture.

More bargains came when we visited a fabric shop in Barnstaple that is closing down. Oooh we did have a lovely time rummaging and could have easily bought twice as much. My best bits are these two. A lovely cream fabric featuring fairies and a retro looking beige featuring coffee cups. Haven't made up my mind yet what they'll be made up into but I couldn't resist them.

Well they say you turn into your Mother as you get older and I'm delighted to see that L has suddenly taken an interest in stitching. She has 'borrowed' my old sewing machine and has started making bags. Her's are much more funky than mine as she is really in to retro flower power fabric at the moment. Oh well La plus ca change etc etc.