Hello, sfgirlbybay readers! I’m Lynne from Tea for Joy, and I’m happy to be helping out here with a few British-themed posts. I live in London, so today I’m sharing with you a recent excursion. Last week, I managed to persuade a friend to drive me out of London to the bi-monthly Sunbury Antiques Market. At 6:50am, we were some of the last to arrive.

I didn’t have much money to spend so these are some of the items I liked but managed to restrain myself from buying:

Vintage trunks – a little too musty for my perfectly-ironed lavender-scented linens.

But why did I convince myself that my IKEA metal containers would suffice when I could have replaced them with these much cooler French ones?

And both of my initials were available.

No matching pairs – but it’s never stopped me before. I’m always the one buying single teacups (without saucers) at car boot sales because I think they must be lonely.

I live in a dreary palette of grays and browns, so these wouldn’t work.

So, which is preferable? Coming away almost empty-handed when you know your car-driving friend will never be persuaded to get up at 6am on a Tuesday again, or buying things you don’t really need and actually can’t afford?

[ for more fun brit-flavored posts be sure and visit lynne at tea for joy.  thanks lynne!! ]