sold out!

The baskets all sold out! All of them. All NINETY FOUR of them sold out! Phew!

But sadly, they didn't sell out in the first hour. So I got to see very little of the fete. I did duck out and take a couple of photos while everyone else was still setting up. It was only early in the day and the fete hadn't even started yet but there were quite a lot of people around already!

And then the people arrived in droves - despite the very WINDY conditions. It was blowing a gale and there were some very envious stall holders outside who wished they had our prime classroom position.

And then the fete officially kicked off and we had customers!! Lots of them! Here's the Basket Lady herself..Leesa and me! Thanks mum for the photo!

And look here I am..primping and rearranging the baskets!

I did manage to duck outside for a very quick look and watched Capri dancing. Um, someone move that pot plant! I couldn't get a decent shot..and was dodging around the pot plant stand...

and a couple of back shots...

I was SO in the wrong position to be taking photos..behind the action!

Thankfully I managed to squeeze into a spot at the front ...

..but the dance was almost over...

Here's Capri with one of her best friends Tegan - they've been dancing together since they were in kinder!

Marie and Bridie came and visited the fete and the girls got to have a catchup and look around the fete together.

And here's Capri with Maddy and her mega snow cone! Yes, Capri is tall but Maddy is also extra short!

At the end of the day lots of stuff went for bargain prices. We had about 20 baskets left at 1pm so we marked them down considerably and they walked out the door! And then my kids started appearing with pot plants! And seedlings. Lots of them! For free. They were GIVING them away on the pot plant stall.

And my two scored these..

They both came home and busily potted plants and seedlings all afternoon. I have no clue what half the seedlings are but some were marked and we have quite a collection of herbs and various other things including a mulberry tree cutting. I mean, doesn't every house need a mulberry tree?

And so ends another year at the school fete. Our last big mega fete as we only have them every few years and the last one was when Brandt was in maybe Year 5 so that was about 8 years ago!!!!!

So we won't be at the school for the next one and some other crazy mother will have her hand up to help on the basket stall!!!

Comments

[wendy treseder]

Well done Kim! That's so fantastic, especially after all your hard work, to sell out of the baskets.
Capri looks so cute in her dance costume too. It's so hard to get good shots at school events, but you did pretty well compared to some of my disasters. :)

[Jen Hall]

glad all was well with the baskets!!

You really are a dedicated (crazy) Mum!!

ps Capri's costume is awesome = was that another crazy mum's creation??

[Sheree]

Wow that room looked amazing! So many baskets! Glad it was such a huge success!

Sheree xx

[Marie Noske]

Go the crazy mothers!!!!! (I'm in that category, too. LOL) The baskets look fabulous and I hope that the whole fete was a huge success.