Afternoon guys.
Britain's most stalk woman here.
All the pumpkins are gone.
Well we got about 15 down Pontypool and 20 got damaged by the children and we got one that's got a job with the council.
I don't know if you've seen him.
He looks really well, hard at work.
So well done guys.
Absolutely well done.
It's like 270.
You've re-owned.
Brilliant.
The majority at Pontypool.
We have had a few nasty comments about the one smashed up but at the end of the day was the children.
It wasn't us and they were not unattended.
The big issue lady, the people from the vape shops were keeping an eye, people in the barber shops were keeping an eye on them and the kids just come down the hill and stole the trolley, you know.
And the council are fine with it.
They said it's not a problem.
They cleaned it up.
But there we are.
I'm quite sure if I was throwing £10 notes on the street somebody would complain about it.
Somebody would have something to say wouldn't they?
Oh she's checking £10 notes at this time.
Anyway I've tried to have a idea but I think I've made more of a mess.
We've had some lovely customers in today.
Some new customers as well.
Some has just bought some pictures now.
So I've got space on the picture wall.
So that's brilliant.
Lovely children, lovely families in.
Brilliant.
I've had a move around by here.
I don't know if you can tell.
And I've put our number.
Temporary number.
Well it's not a temporary number but it's temporary on the posters because I don't want to go ordering new posters now because it's a waste of money.
So we'll wait till poster deteriorates in the window.
But I've put our number on there.
All right.
I know I want to order a load of new posters guys.
We're looking at about anything from three to five hundred pound to order all new posters.
We just wait for the posters to go and then when we need to buy a load because they've deteriorated we'll put the number on in there guys.
We don't need to spend money unnecessarily other than on nappies.
So yes.
Still a lot of clothes here.
I think we'll work on this next week.
A couple of volunteers have said they're going to pop in.
This will come in.
So this would be like £2.50 today.
The set there.
It's got all the bits of it.
So that's lovely.
We are thinning it out a bit here in Caerphilly.
Pontypool is doing really well today.
Slow start today but doing really well.
There's some sort of craft fair down the bottom but I don't know what.
We've sold some of the big stuff.
I won this chair gone.
The leg needs screwing back on.
So that's free if anybody wants it today.
But this stuff, that £10, £50, £50.
I want it gone today guys because we've got quite a bit.
What's going on now?
Got some kids hanging about now.
Good job I don't have any pumpkins.
And then we did have a lady who couldn't reverse because the sign was there and couldn't reverse into the gap.
So maybe we need to reset a test if we can reverse into this huge gap.
Maybe that would be better.
I've found some bits up there.
Trying not to do them with the neck because they look a bit...
We still have the Halloween bits up there.
So yeah, got those as well.
A 50p to go.
If not we'll give them to our painter to do signs on because they're quite big.
I know some stuff went out of the window so I could have put something out there couldn't I?
I could have put something out there.
I've ordered some nice lights to go in all the windows as well.
We've got a lot of people interested in our vintage Mickey Mouse.
We're just watching because we've got lots of kids.
They look okay.
They don't look like they're going to create a problem.
I hope not anyway because we've been okay here.
There's CCTV out there from the other shops and us so any problems they'll be on CCTV.
Yeah, so I was going to move the fetish way off the door.
Might put people off.
Oh, little one, she's been in once.
Oh, I know you love her, don't you?
You love Boo, don't you?
She's been in once.
She's after Boo.
The monkey's saying, no, don't wait for Christmas.
She might come back.
Perhaps they already got her one.
We've had some people in buying CDs.
You can see they're...
Because we've put them down to a pound at the moment.
Because we're not 75% anyway, so we've put them down to a pound.
We've got loads at the moment.
My mum's working so she's got about 10 bags to go through.
So, we've got a few so we can do that.
I love the caterpillar bag.
He's so cool.
Nobody's found the jelly cats as of yet.
So, I think... I've checked the one today and nobody has.
Nobody's even come close in Cookely shop to even finding it.
You're not being imaginative enough.
They have checked.
Look, you can see my Moses basket is at the shelf.
They've been up there looking.
And nobody's had the drills yet.
So, we will do a check tomorrow to make sure it's still in Pontypool.
It was when I was there the other day.
Where did they come from then?
Those frames.
I just leave them there?
I don't know.
I can't remember now.
Yeah, so we've had a good day.
Good day in...
Where are your pumpkins gone, Sammy?
You have little faith you didn't think we'd get rid of them, did you?
I'm the pumpkin queen.
I've been doing that now for nearly five years.
It's the most we've ever had, mind.
The most we've ever had.
We had 300 and I think we had some more.
We have about five off another lady this year.
Most people have been good.
They've re-ormed in themselves, I think, this year.
But yeah, we did well with that.
Right, so...
I need to get something now to go in that corner of that window over there, don't I?
Because it looks a bit bare.
I found some more of the flowery things because they go really quickly.
We had some people trying on some jackets yesterday.
It's that time of year now, isn't it?
Waste court.
I still got a waste court.
Usually they fly out, so...
Nobody's seen him yet.
That's the only one I go on.
He's down as a large guy.
He's settled back.
They usually fly out, like...
I can sell waste courts for a living.
I've got a bouncer out there, but I don't hang it up yet.
Because it might go...
today.
See this big bike gone, guys?
£40.
Let's get it gone now, because it is in the way.
It's a lovely donation, but it's in the way.
I've done a few Christmas cards that come in.
They're 10% off cards in January.
As a thank you.
Coming out in the cold weather after Christmas.
I've got pricing and stuff to do.
As always.
I think we'll be in Ponty...
Yeah, we'll definitely be in Pontypool tomorrow.
Because he's still got quite a few donations to go through.
And the trolleys will be out for the free toys.
So if you haven't had a chance to pop over for the free toys, they're going to be out again tomorrow.
But they've gone well.
The guys have said they've gone well, the free toys.
And that's what we wanted to do.
Not on that scale, on a bigger scale.
But I couldn't do it this year.
Because we just didn't have the room in the shops.
And...
You know, we're waiting on a warehouse.
Like I said.
If we get a warehouse, we'll have our announcements and different things that we're going to do.
But...
I wanted to get a warehouse.
So that when the number came through, I knew then we could have a party in the warehouse.
And then we're not paying additionally for a haul.
But there we are.
We can have a party.
We can book a haul, I'm sure.
Or somewhere.
I don't particularly want to do a pub.
But then again, a lot of pubs have offered us spaces for free.
So...
I don't know what they're trying to say.
Guys, are they trying to say we're all a bunch of...
Pieds?
I don't know.
But yeah.
We probably have the children there.
Disco maybe, buffet food.
See if we can get some mascots there.
Let's see how we go.
Could do that, couldn't we?
That'd be nice.
Be nice now.
But the time is ticking now, isn't it?
Towards Christmas and that's when people get busy.
So we'll have a look.
I know there's a little haul in Pontypool.
I'm not sure if it's a church haul or something.
And that wasn't a lot to hire that.
Because one of the mums came in and told me about that haul.
Once before.
But we really need somewhere...
Well, Pontypool might be good because it's free parking.
In the multi-storey, isn't it?
And then everybody can walk back to the cars together.
Like, couldn't they?
But it would be good if we had somewhere communal.
Like, if we had like say Blackwood.
Somewhere in Blackwood.
It's sort of in the middle, isn't it?
Of everywhere.
Of where we sort of, we are.
And then it'll be free party.
Obviously we're on charge.
We might do a raffle in there.
Raffle license has been submitted.
So we've got free raffles going at the moment.
Which you're allowed to do.
Erm...
We could do that.
School pictures are really expensive this year, guys.
So, I mean...
I don't know when they do them, see.
If I knew when they were doing the school pictures.
I could say, look...
I have them.
If you want.
But we can get the backdrops in.
And you can come in and take your own pictures of the children.
You only want a fancy background and them in their uniform.
And them smiling.
That's all you need.
Which is, you know, the expenses for us.
And then we can roll up the...
Erm...
The backdrop.
Put it in the tube.
And then get it back out in the summer.
So you can have a summer picture in their summer uniforms.
Or whatever.
You know, and then it's only sort of twice a year.
We need to get it out.
And they're only about 40, 50 quid.
Even for like 40, 50 pounds.
Which is a lot.
For a really good one.
Because you can buy cheaper ones, you know.
And we could buy a couple of backdrops.
And you could do it a couple.
So let me know if that's something you'd be interested in.
Because we did it once before, but we didn't get a lot of people in.
But I think now the photo prices have gone up.
And you've got to print them off yourself.
You don't even get...
You don't even pay that and get the photo.
It's rough, isn't it?
It's rough, that is.
Erm...
Then yeah, we could just do it like on a Saturday.
And just, you know.
Or do it like whenever.
And you just turn up with your kids in the uniform on a Saturday morning.
And get them all done like, you know.
Friday evening, Saturday morning.
And get them all done in there.
And then you take the pictures and you print them off.
You don't need a blooming...
Photographer to take nice pictures of your kids.
It's the backdrop, isn't it?
The backdrop in a minute tidy uniform is all you need.
You know.
You're pressured into buying these things all the time.
So we can do that.
I mean it's too late now.
Well I can get one if you want.
Don't buy the school pictures.
It's up to you.
Let me know.
Let me know with that.
We're going to... I don't know what to do now about pricing.
I don't know whether to carry on pricing the way we are.
And as to the 50% and the 75%.
Or just take it down to cheaper prices anyway.
Because I mean we're never going to run out of stock.
You know, we're the only ones that's expanding.
In this current climate.
You know, we're desperate to expand.
And we can't do it because we can't find what we're looking for.
You know.
So that's interesting.
Isn't it?
I was at the money laundering shop.
At the top end of Blackwood.
With clothes.
It's going into Blackwood shop.
How bizarre.
Makes me wonder.
Is it something to do with that landlord?
Under a different name.
Never really looked.
I did have a Google to see if I could find the company.
But I couldn't find it.
But it's not top of my priority today.
Top of my priority was.
Pile of doom in Pontypool.
Getting some numbers on our...
Posters that's in the windows.
And...
Getting rid of the pumpkins.
Because obviously the quicker they go the better.
For us.
We've asked the group to take down the post.
And they refused to take down the post.
About the pumpkins.
And we were like.
You just want to create drama.
You know.
That's all you want to do.
Is create drama.
They want an issue.
The council boys come round and said.
We've picked most of them up.
We said.
We'll do the rest in the morning.
You know.
Which we were grateful for.
Because we would have had to shut up the shop to go and pick them up.
But again.
It's just the same old people causing drama.
You know.
I could be chucking £20 notes out.
Couldn't I?
And somebody would be going.
Oh she's chucking paper on the floor.
She's chucking paper on the floor over here.
Perhaps we'll do it.
Perhaps we'll do it and see what happens.
And see who complains.
Yes.
So we've changed.
We've contacted some people now.
To tell them that we've got this number now.
And obviously.
We start doing applications to companies.
Now for grants.
And food bank stuff.
And nappies.
Because obviously we've got this number now.
The CIC number.
And obviously.
Some people.
Some companies can't release anything.
Without a number.
And we know that.
Some can.
Some can't.
Or some can release.
I think Wilco's could do like £25 help in hand voucher.
Which we bought nappies.
Wilco's in black would have done that for us.
But if you wanted to access their £150 grant.
Then you would have had to have a number at the time.
But we've proved.
I've proved my point.
Haven't I?
I've proved my point.
I've proved all these other charities are wasters and lying and up to no good.
Haven't I?
I've proved my point.
So let's crack on now.
Let's crack on and just absolutely finish the rest of them now.
Let's crack on now and do what we can.
Well we didn't start out to do all of this.
But we are here now.
We might as well as rock it.
So there we are.
So the next step now is grants, funding, warehouses, looting van, more cages, industrial racking.
The equipment we need to go with the industrial racking.
Such as the hard hats, the hives, the steel toe caps, the pump tracks
and jobs.
Let's start giving some people some jobs, is there?
Giving some mums some jobs and employing them part time, full time.
Let's see what we can do in there.
See how we can help people that way.
You know, we really, really appreciate all our volunteers who have worked so hard for us all the time.
And you know, when they need a job then hopefully we've got a job there for them and we can pay them.
So that's the plan guys.
It's always the plan.
Always the plan from the start.
But we don't divulge out everything.
We only divulge what we want other people to share.
We keep other things close to our chest.
I don't know what the time is.
I think it's ticking on now and it's got to be 2 o'clock or later, haven't it?
I was a bit better this morning.
I've had crackers, cheese this morning.
But yesterday I had a hypo.
I was in a state yesterday morning.
Seems to be in the morning.
And I don't know why because I have a little bit of breakfast now.
And I never had breakfast in my life and now it's like, oh dreadful in the morning.
But that's when I take my, well I start taking my tablets now.
Straight after 12.
So I'll start taking them and slowing them down and just instead of taking the whole handful I'll slow them down a bit more.
But just in case it was that.
Oh I don't know.
I don't know.
I had a Subway last night.
Subway meal.
I forgot loads of stuff off it though.
It's a good price and you get loads of stuff.
Comes to £20 I think.
But you get loads of stuff off it.
But you don't always get the stuff.
Like I didn't have my giant cheerio thing.
I was looking forward to that.
And then I didn't have something else.
And I was like, oh.
Not that I would have eaten it all.
But, you know, Daniel had the fry things with it.
Plus you had two free items with it as well.
£20 plus two free items was good.
But you miss out on bits.
Didn't get my gherkins either.
I asked for tons of gherkins and they didn't put any gherkins in.
I like my pickles.
I don't know what we have tonight.
We've got spag boli we could make.
Oh, I got lots of bread there.
Actually nice bread I'd forgotten about.
From the church.
So might do beans on toast or soup.
And have the bread and butter.
Might do that.
But I don't want the bread in order to go to waste.
Might do that.
So I think Monday.
We are a bit short staff next week.
Monday we are all open.
I think it was Friday.
I can't remember what you said.
So I think Monday and Friday we will all be open.
And then it will be just the two shops on the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
But I have got some volunteers coming in next week.
So we can get people trained up.
We can open the other shops up then.
And then what we will do going forward is we will employ people to open up the shops.
Just one person.
Like the other charity shops to do.
So we will employ one person.
The rest will be volunteers.
And then either me or Dan will run the warehouses.
Or eventually perhaps we can take on people to run the warehouses as well.
That's the way it goes.
The bigger we get now, the more we can help out people.
See what we can do in there.
Because everywhere else is shutting down fast.
Everywhere is shutting down fast.
We are going to go now and make or get some snacks from next door.
We don't have any snacks next door.