So now we’re all back to school and back to the realities of the parish after a great summer break. I’m glad that today the Vicar dragged me up into the tow-un to run some errands. On the way we passed our open air market, where you can buy cheap fruit, mobile phone accessories, underwear, overalls and all sorts of clothing. Everything on the market is pleasingly good value. We bought the Queen a gorgeous deep pink furry fleecy throw for her bed there. She adores it and sleeps under it in preference to her duvet.
The jumper stall is my absolute favourite, though. He sells a random selection of very end-of-line (but still brand new) knitwear, from shops I’d buy from anyway. Over the last couple of years I have bought (or been given) three excellently warming long cardies for Vicarage wear from the market. And today we had a great jumper day, stocking up for the Vicarage winter. The Vicar acquired three M&S v-necks (including a gorgeously toasty lambswool one) and I bought a Next jumper dress and a Monsoon angora/wool mix cardie. Total bill £17. Result. Sometimes I can be cheered up by pretty shallow things…
The Vicar's Wife 
Nothing shallow about pretty. Everybody needs a bit of pretty now and then.
Your market sounds like something from another planet. Ours has nothing remotely so good.
I agree – not shallow, good use of resources! think how much money you must have saved compared with the original cost. And warmth is good too! Our viarage is modern, but the heat element is costly -having just filled in the pink form we are aware of it
That would be ‘our vicarage’ – and I’m aware your victorian pile must be much more expensive to heat….