What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

Wheeeeee....back in the swing of it after a couple of very lean weeks

Today's trip to the Martin House Childrens Hospice shop found me a pair of knee high leather boots for £9. Brand new, still had the cardboard leg shaper thingies in and the toes stuffed with tissue paper. They are a very dark navy, almost black and are just perfect to go with a very dark navy coat that I got in an M & S 'end of sale' sale a few months ago. Half a size too big but nothing a thick pair of tights won't sort out. I couldn't see the make in the shop but now having searched inside with the aid of a torch I can see that they are Miss K G by Kurt Geiger so must have been fairly expensive! Before I spotted the boots I had picked up a nice quality Cotton Traders cream sweatshirt with a scoopy neck, in as new condition for £1.50. So happy

ADon't you just hate it when you can see someone has had a clear out and they have the same impeccable taste as you but they're two sizes smaller or larger or in my case 6 inches shorter!

A pair of navy M&S exercise trousers (not leggings) £1.00 Air Ambulance. I'll wear these round the house as they're very comfy. Would also be good for travelling.

Also Air Ambulance was selling last year's Christmas cards for £1 a pack.
I bought 3 packs and am on a mission to get some more for my sister.

A M&S Autograph Weekend tunic in navy and grey stripes with a red hem and bottom of sleeves. Cotton & cashmere, very soft. £3.30 Age UK. Looks great with opaque tights and ankle boots.

I've been taking advantage of being on annual leave to visit a charity shop which sells everything at 50p. I can't normally get there on a weekday as it closes before I can get down there, and it's mobbed on Saturdays, for obvious reasons.

They have a lot of also-rans but also some real gems among the tired ex-primarche clothing. This week, I have bought a pair of Next lined white linen trousers, which will look divine with a summer top and sandals (they've been put away for next summer), a Per Una embroidered tunic-length blouse in a muted barely-there pink, several pairs of linen trousers in useful hues like navy and chocolate brown and my current favourite thing, a Hobbs gossamer-fine silvery-grey cardi in a mohair/ wool blend which is lacy and had bead detailing and is very warm but unbulky. For some bizarre reason it was racked with the nightwear........:rotfl:

Some of these things will be getting outings at the t'office next week and I am in expectation of compliments.:D

I'm going to look in the CS shop today when I drop off my donation. I am going to look for a couple of scruffy teddy bears for my dog to rip up. I remove the eyes first so she can't choke on them. It makes me feel a bit mean to the poor teddies, but they last as long as a proper dog toy and she loves them.:D

I will also look at the books in the shop as I keep spending too much money on books for my kindle!:o I prefer non-fiction but they don't usually have a great selection in CS. Hopefully I will be lucky.

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Popped into a local charity shop today that is always busy, because of its ridiculously low prices (I have another of the same charity equidistant to me that is just silly with its prices).

Which shop is that? I think you said on here that the Spitalfields crypt shop was expensive? Sorry if I sound like a stalker, lol, but I thought I might take a wander up the district line to look at the CS round that area in the next couple of months.:)