Dry your eyes Sunday girl

As last Saturday's charity shopping trip proved unsuccesful, the hopes we had for Sunday's flea market were high.

Rommelant, an indoor flea market in Antwerp, is being held on a monthly basis from October until April.

The day was fraught with obstacles though, as it took us an hour and a half to get there instead of the usual 20 minutes or so. We were stuck in traffic due to the Antwerp 10 Miles and Marathon which, typically, we'd forgotten all about.

When we finally arrived at the venue, we couldn’t find a free parking spot and had to pay a fortune to park our car.

The minute we stepped out of the car, we were pelted by sleet, while it had been dry and sunny the whole time we were in the car.

Upon entering the venue, there was further disappointment, as the number of stalls was rather disappointing, with huge gaps between them.

Nevertheless, within minutes of entering the venue, I picked up a brooch for € 1, after which things started to improve.

I was happy to see that the “Brooch Lady” was there. After looking through her files of brooches, I decided on these two, featuring variations of the colour blue.

As by this time we were getting hungry, it was time for a coffee stop and for the packed lunch we had brought with us. This cute little biscuit, which we got with our coffees, would have made a nice brooch too, don’t you think?

After lunch, we continued our flea market trawl and came across a wonderfully laid out stall, which was completely up our street.  While I was admiring the many vintage treasures, I was approached by one of the stall’s owners, who complimented me on the skirt I was wearing.

As we completely forgot to take outfit pictures, you will have to make do with this one of me browsing the stall’s clothing rail. The skirt and the red woollen jacket I’m wearing were both bought at my favourite vintage shop, Think Twice.

It is indeed one of my favourite skirts, made from Diolen, a 100% polyester fabric which is very commonly found in vintage 1960s and 1970s clothing here. In fact, I am always delighted to spot the fabric label and needless to say I have quite a few Diolen treasures in my wardrobe.

The stall’s nice owners, Ilona and Wannes, turned out to be living in our neighbouring village, Duffel, which I blogged about only last week! It's a small world indeed.

This is what we found, apart from the brooches.

Some more Lourdes souvenirs for our "little" collection.

A coffeepot from the Boch design called “Rambouillet” we are collecting. We already had one in a bigger size, but this one's perfect for when it's just the two of us.  

Some vintage soap, which you can see here displayed on top of our bathroom cabinet.

And finally, a 1960s tablecloth, which is already adorning our dining table.

I wonder which treasures will cross our paths this weekend.