Shopping Back in Time

You've seen this photo plenty of times before, but it will have to illustrate my story today, as I'd lost my camera on the day of this particular Vide Greniers.

I was chatting to a Welsh friend who was running a stall, and mentioned to her that I had a particular interest in buttons. "Buttons?" she asked. "There's a stall up there with buttons on it..." she told me, pointing up towards the village square. I thought it was interesting that she'd spotted them, as most people don't notice a tin of buttons tucked on a table, but as I wended my way slowly up towards the stall, it became clear that this was rather more than a tin of buttons amongst the brocante...
This was two elderly ladies doing some very belated stock-clearance from a whole haberdashery store! It seemed to me that the shop had finally closed in the 1980s, but had been in its heyday between 1930 and 1965. Oh, I could have bought it all...
Even more, I could have transported back in time and visited the shop before it closed!
Instead, I settled for this: I bought a few of my favourite cards of Mother of Pearl buttons and resolved to try out my previously mentioned Blog Shop. You were so helpful and encouraging to me when I asked you about the idea in September, and I have put a lot of your suggestions into my initial attempts.

Please take a visit to my own Back in Time shopping experience - my new little magasin, the Troc & Broc Vintage Shop.

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I am confident of one thing - my stock. I know that what I have already listed is good, and that I have other wonderful things to add. The little things I've listed will be easy and affordable to post, and would make great stocking fillers. In all other areas, I feel very nervous - are the prices OK, is the Free Shipping until Christmas going to work, will the PayPal buttons function, will anyone want to buy from me..? I shall just have to wait and see, but I will be very grateful if you have any suggestions or advice for me.