Flea market!

I decided to go check out the local flea market near where we live and I'm so glad I did.
I had brought V�in� with me and as he was wrapped to me - I'm glad it's not far!

When I walked in - I didn't know what to expect. The one thing I did know is that there are no entrance fees like in NS. When I asked our friends about it - they thought I was quite odd in asking how much the door-fee was. They couldn't figure out why one would pay to look at things that you may or may not buy! Such lovely common sense!

Moving on...when you go inside there's tables and racks arranged in aisles and that's great. Each item is tagged with a price, size (if applicable) and a code number. That code number is assigned to the table or rack it's from and determine who is the person selling the item.
They even have baskets and shopping carts! The larger items like furniture and washing machines were in the very back of the warehouse and everything else was in the center.

When you pay - here's my favourite part - you can pay with debit! WAHOO! Or credit cards! YAY!

There weren't any food vendors - which is kind of nice because I end up porking out even more...

So here's what I scored for a total of 34E:
-4 pull up cloth diapers (look super clean and brand new!)
-1 board book for V�in� about a dog named Tim (purely coincidence!) who teaches you basic words in Finnish
-1 Thai cook book in English
-a seat for a regular toilet for V�in� (so he doesn't fall in) - it's blue and sturdy looking, unlike some of the things I've seen downtown
- 2 H&M sweaters for me that also look very new (one was 1/2 price down to 1 Euro!!!)
- 2 t-shirts (my summer clothing is kind of low....as I was always working indoors during the summer - so now I can finally expand cheaply!)

There's loads there and I'm sure they re-stock often...I'm surprised I didn't see a sewing machine. I've decided that I would like one for when the landlords take their furnishings back to their future home (after our contract is up) yet I don't want to pay an arm and a leg for it either.

I'll definitely be visiting again. It's open 6 days a week and all year long...yup - I've fallen in love.