‘Tis the season to be jolly and all that and yesterday we decided, for the second time, that if we can't beat the Tuesday Market in our little village then we'll join 'em! Alison did the first week, after I pulled the "I've got a cold' card so despite the remnants of a really annoying cough I stood outside in the freezing cold, and occasional shower, flogging our wares.

I got to pitch up next to Gary, or "The Duck Man" as he is more commonly known in Odiham. It's amazing just how many people want wooden Ducks! We are in the wrong business! Even I succumbed eventually and came back with a little wooden duckling of my very own :)

And you know what? I quite enjoyed it! There was a real sense of community amongst the market traders. It's only a small market, no more than 6 stalls at the moment, and to be honest it's always been a source of friction amongst the retailers in the village. Parking is hard enough as it is, but when the Tuesday Market takes 10 parking spaces out for 4 hours it's impossible! So, just like everyone else, we moaned! "Our shop is always quiet on a Tuesday" we said. "It's our worse day of the week" we whined! Then Alison suggested we give it a go ourselves and set up our well-worn Gazebo, take a few chocs out, some toys, and a Christmas card or two and see what happens. So we did!

Although the market itself will never pay for our retirement the strange thing is as soon as one of us stood outside freezing to death for the morning the shop got busier! Go figure! And we didn't do too badly on the stall so all in all it's been worth it. We'll stick it out until Christmas then maybe do it once a month in the New Year.

So if you happen to be passing through Odiham on a Tuesday morning please feel free to visit our stall, we’re the one with lots of Gifts, Chocolate, Christmas decorations, Christmas cards and a few toys on, stuck at the end next to the tribe of wooden ducks, oh and feel free to bring coffee – all donations greatly received!

Cathy :)

Lovely Weather, if you're a Duck!

The Robots are taking over!

The Guns are back! With reinforcements! As well as new stocks of the ever popular Electric Shock Guns, we now stock Shocking Tanks! Being the dedicated professionals that we are we felt we ought to test them out before we offered them for sale to our customers.

In a thinly veiled excuse to play with toys we tested them out on our friends when we had a few drinks to help Garrett celebrate his birthday. He even bought his new friend Candroid along to join in. So fuelled by a few bottles of Red Wine and a glass or two of Jack Daniels we went to war.

The remote controlled tanks are great fun, boys (and girls) toys at their best! Each control unit is fitted with electric shock sensors and a direct hit from your opponent with give you quite a jolt, not enough to hurt (much) but's it's not pleasant and encourages you to learn evasive moves very quickly!

(If you fancy a set of your own, then please take a trip to our little online shop)

Sorry to have to say that once again we have sold all our stocks of these great toys, however we will be restocking very soon and will let you know as soon as they are back again

Well, the car worked but it took four attempts, so, with a little help, we thought we'd try something a little bigger. Unfortunately we can't tell you who helped us as his employers may feel that this was an inappropriate use for their 18-wheel truck!

But so far... The truck is winning; it only took two goes to do our feline fiend some serious damage, so much so that we feel the 'after' pictures may be a little too distressing for public viewing.

So what else can we do to them?

Send your suggestion to jade@postalgifts.com and if we like it we'll send you one free of charge. All we ask is photographic evidence of the deed being done.

Got any ideas?

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