At the time I was looking for work in the hotel and restaurant sector. To prepare my image for this field of work before going to interviews I went to lots of garage sales and unofficial curbside markets where I lived in Belsunce, especially the market at the Porte d’Aix. I arrived with nothing, but at these markets I managed to collect together, piece by piece, some shoes, a shirt, a very classy leather briefcase. The garage sales at Place Sébastopol and at Cinq-Avenues are other places I found good bargains.