Les Marchés au Puces - { The Market of the Fleas }

I was an avid reader as a child! I started my literary journey with a mountain of Golden Books, then continued on the straight and narrow to Enid Blyton'sville where I spent many a glorious day skipping along with Fenella and all her circus pals, churning butter and collecting eggs with the children of Willow Farm, scolding Mr. Meddle and Mr. Twiddle for their inappropriate behaviour and sharing plum cake and jam sandwiches on the train with Elizabeth on the way to Whiteleafe School for another adventuresome term....all from the comfort of my bed. I'm sad to say my choice of fiction took a wrong turn somewhere in my tweens with The Babysitters' Club. I then completely lost my way with Sweet Valley High and those teenage romance books...remember the ones with the photos of a girl on the front cover...always with super long impossibly glossy hair!


You can only begin to imagine the absolute joy I felt when I opened my vintage swap package the other day. The very generous Mary of Sewhotmitmot had not only hunted out the most delectable vintage goodies but had found the last "Naughtiest Girl in the School" book of the series...the one I could never find and hence have never read!


Beautiful linens and gorgeous buttons....some from gay Paris!!

And a set of vintage playing cards with English birds...hubby quickly coveted these...birdo that he is! Thanks so much Mary!! And thank-you also to Kellie of Rice Babies for organising such a fun swap. I know I should be showing my flea market finds but Mary's were soooo good!

An early night is in order after the craziness of the weekend. I might just make a cup of tea and tuck myself in to bed with a good book. So Elizabeth what have you been up to my girl? Not being too naughty I hope!

To see what other treasures have been found please pop into Sophie's lovely blog.