Me New Kitchen, Me Ole' China

Oh yes, it is here! I can cook again. Behold the wonder:

This is, obviously, just one side of it. The other is just cupboards - this is the business end of things. I have already made delicous noms such as paprika turkey and steak pie, we shall feast like kings until the novelty wears off!

Remember it before?

Naturally, it was a bargain. I actually purchased it from, and had the fitting done through a well known supermarket. Which was just as well, because the gas and electrical stuff that needed doing was vast. The reason it's so cheap is simply you don't get a vast amount of choice with the cabinets and so forth. I don't mind plain cabinets, if they hold my plates. The plainer it is, the more nick-nacks I can get away with. The cheaper it is, the more nick-nacks I can buy with the change!

Chicken finally has a home. He is proud.
As proud as an androgynous egg holster can be.

Having a kitchen to clutter up with nick-nacks as I saw fit meant that on Saturday, after a Friday of working from 7.30am until 9.00pm, I could drag my bones out of bed at 6am and go to the ultra-mega-big car boot sale in Denham. I picked up some funky bargains. Then I came home and realised I was just too tired, so I did the sensible thing and sat around drinking Sol in the sunshine... but of course I photoed my finds.

Art Deco saucer/ashtray. 10p.
Perfect for my Greek Basil.

Tacky 70s mug. What can I say?
It was 10p and lonely, poor ikkle green thing.

Oh, and I splashed the cash a bit on one of those more-antique-than-bootsale stands, as I had only spent 20p (plus £1 for a coffee) I felt justified. I spent a whole £5 on a Stratton compact. Check out why:

Turquoise, gold, little boids all over it.

And how is that for a minty fresh interior?
Never been used I'll bet!

Anyway, I don't know if it's worth any more than a fiver but I like it and £5 is what I would spend on a new compact- or, indeed, more. I have seen them go for a fair amount more than £5 on EBay, too.

Oh, and with the kitchen done, we need only some shelves and the downstairs will look civilised. Which will mean a housewarming party, at which all appropriate and inappropriate behaviour will be blogged. Mwahahahaha!