The negotiation

Things didn’t quite go according to plan on the negotiation I had to buy a lamp at the vide grenier on Sunday.

We had spotted a stall that was selling a lot of interesting lamps. Some looked kind of ‘trop cher’ (too expensive). However Brian spied a lampshade he liked, and I said I thought it would go well with another lamp base we already have. So I decided to see if she would sell us just the shade.

The lady explained the lamp was not very expensive, in fact 10 euros for the complete lamp, which we didn’t want, so I offered 5 euros for the ‘ l’ombre’ (the shade). She agreed, on one condition, we take the whole lamp. Brian was not that impressed when he realised ‘we’ had bought the whole lamp!

I know it’s not the prettiest of lamps, but I sort of like it. We’ll have to decide once I’ve cleaned the shade and seen what it looks like on the other base before I make any rash decisions on this one!

The galvanised jug was 7 euros, and it’s beautiful. The mini glass bottles were 5 euros each. I have a few of these now, which I use as vases. We also bought a door handle for 2 euros.

Finally, I bought a set of biscuit cutters -mine are a bit blunt, and these felt much sharper. The tarte tins may be a bit rusty, but they were a Euro, so I thought worth the risk in trying to clean them.

Generally a pretty good day out.