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What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

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  • GreyQueen
    GreyQueen Posts: 13,008 Forumite
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    Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »
    QI Facts Book, 25p (Sense, I think). New enough will do for Xmas gift. Trying to get all my Xmas gifts done for less than a quid per person from the chazzers.

    PS you can iron the spine of paperback books to get minor reading creases out.
    :p I must be getting extravagant, I'm budgetting about £3-£5 per person.

    Very curled covers on softcover books (I'm talking 45 degree + curvatures) will flatten if you lay the book on a hard surface (not carpet) and place several heavy books on the top. Can take a week or so.

    Got 3 books for £1 yesterday. One for a gift (for the history buff in my life), one for me for reference, and a paperback historical novel for reading and releasing. After I've offered it to muvver in case she'd like to read-and-release, also.

    Spotted two B & H giftsets yester, one each in two different chazzers, and one at a bootsale last Sunday. Once you start noticing them, they're everywhere, aren't they?:rotfl:

    I passed on a Per Una sweater at 50p yesterday because it was 100% acrylic and I'm in a lambswool and cashmere phase atm. Only at bootsale prices, natch.;)
    Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
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  • GreenBitterfly
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    I went into my local Age UK, the book shelves were pretty bare, but I picked up The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters in paperback for 50p. The spine is creased, but that's it as far as wear goes.

    It's the same Age UK shop I used to donate a lot too, but then a lot of my donations didn't seem to be on the shelves and I overheard the volunteers saying that the 'money was out', which made me think that it wasn't as well looked after as it used to be. But when I went into yesterday, and it smelt a lot fresher and a bit cleaner looking.
  • charlies-aunt
    charlies-aunt Posts: 1,605 Forumite
    Zilch for weeks in our CS but did buy a Morphy Richards Breadmaker "collect in person" for £2 from Ebay. Gave it a thorough clean and it works great!
    Very luckily, the bargain buy from Ebay arrived at the same time as a stock of bread mixes appeared on the shelves of our local "Approved-Foods"-style shop. Bought two 3.5kg bags of Mc Dougalls bread mixes - a two-in-one mix and a soft bap mix - for £1.50 each - these will make 7 x 1lb loaves and 130 baps respectively. :D
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  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 34,655 Forumite
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    I have a few pairs of leggings/treggings/jeggings that are patterned - mainly grey/black.
    I've been struggling to find a top to go with them so they hang in my wardrobe and I scowl every time I look at them. :(

    So, yesterday I had a wander round the few charity shops that are open on Sundays.
    Shock! Horror! Air Ambulance let me down (for once).
    I tried 2 tops on in Oxfam but put them back on the rail.
    Then I found a Laura Ashley quite fine jersey 3/4 sleeved top that just about covers my tummy.
    Very flattering neckline (for me) and a bit dressy so great with the more up-market bottoms, like M&S flock leggings.
    Not a bad bargain (considering usual prices) in BHF at £2.79.

    Now I just need a less dressier top too.
  • Miró
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    A nice little find for me today in Oxfam of all places, (cannot remember when I last bought anything there as I find their prices rather high!). Twas an M & S, 'Flexilite', teeny tiny umbrella in black with a cheerful bright pink flutterby pattern on it. Brand new with a price tag of £15 still attached....Oxfam price £2.99. :) I've now got that Rihanna umbrella song stuck in my head....been singing it all afternoon. :( I do find these titchy umbrellas handy as they fit in the smallest of handbags and have saved me many a drenching in the past - I always carry one.

    Spotted loads and loads of the B & H gifty sets today....I swear they are multiplying! :rotfl:
  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 34,655 Forumite
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    From my favourite Air Ambulance:
    a brand new with tags (BNWT - £25.00) Wallis cardigan in a light purple colour. Slightly longer than I usually wear at just below waist level but with 3/4 sleeves and nice mock pockets at the front, it will do the business. Eh, Miro? :)

    a Boden summer dress in khaki with bright orange, fuchsia and very dark purple massive flowers on it. A lovely cotton that has texture to it - like Mantaray summer dresses. Looks unworn.

    £1.00 each
  • Chris25
    Chris25 Posts: 12,918 Forumite
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    bought a large, shag pile rug for £10 the other day. Am so pleased with it, thought I'd look online today to see if I could get a another matching one - £250!!
    I'm even more delighted now :)
  • VfM4meplse
    VfM4meplse Posts: 34,269 Forumite
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    Mir! wrote: »
    I've now got that Rihanna umbrella song stuck in my head....been singing it all afternoon. :(
    If it rains tomorrow, we know who is to blame :D

    Today I bought what looked like a BN unread copy of Adam Rutherford’s “A Brief History Of Everyone Who Ever Lived” for £1, and this Capriware teapot and cup combination for £1.65:

    SQpDrV

    https://goo.gl/images/SQpDrV

    I let my niece unwrap it (she is obsessed with “cuppa tea”, just like Elise Doolittle) and she thinks it’s her new toy now. For once, I shall stand firm and insist it’s for grown-ups and not her dollies.
    Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!

    "No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio

    Hope is not a strategy :D...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!
  • purpleybat
    purpleybat Posts: 477 Forumite
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    Iloveteasets wrote: »
    I counted 7 B&H sets in 1 charity shop today. Almost as much fun spotting them as hunting for bargains!


    i'm guessing you all mean Bayliss & Harding sets... not Benson and Hedges as I keep thinking :D
  • Miró
    Miró Posts: 6,895 Forumite
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    Pollycat wrote: »
    From my favourite Air Ambulance:
    a brand new with tags (BNWT - £25.00) Wallis cardigan in a light purple colour. Slightly longer than I usually wear at just below waist level but with 3/4 sleeves and nice mock pockets at the front, it will do the business. Eh, Miro? :)

    I'm looking for a smart black shorty cardi at the mo....seen squillions of them in the past but now cos I want one all I can see are bobbly, raggedy ones with iron marks :(

    VfM4meplse wrote: »
    If it rains tomorrow, we know who is to blame :D

    Oooops....I was quite hoping for a light shower in order to unfurl my new acquisition! :D
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