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What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

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  • Skadi
    Skadi Posts: 168 Forumite
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    Went to the cinema yesterday so looked around the ones in the city. They're mostly the expensive ones I don't normally have very much luck with, but found a very pretty deck of tarot cards for £1.49! :D
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  • Suzexxx
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    Picked up a blue and white striped loose fitted White Stuff top from BHF in Worcester today £3.29 :)


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  • VfM4meplse
    VfM4meplse Posts: 34,269 Forumite
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    Skadi wrote: »
    Went to the cinema yesterday so looked around the ones in the city. They're mostly the expensive ones I don't normally have very much luck with, but found a very pretty deck of tarot cards for £1.49! :D
    When buying tarot cards, it is recommended that you buy the pack that you are instinctively "drawn" to. There's nothing wrong with being drawn to a bargain.;)

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  • silvasava
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    I had my Tarot cards given to me as a present about 40 years ago. Haven't used them for years but they are still kept carefully ;)
    Not seen any bargains lately - I've donated more haha
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  • Ballymackeonan
    Ballymackeonan Posts: 605 Forumite
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    This is a busy time for me in work, so I've been suffering CS withdrawal in the past couple of weeks. Made it into my local one on Saturday afternoon, and got a brown wool Sisley mini-dress which will make a great tunic over the warm brown trousers I got a couple of months ago in the same CS - only £3.00!
  • Horace
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    I went to a local hospice shop earlier and came out with a pure wool bright red cardigan with brass buttons - the label says St Michaels (which is M&S) Made in the UK, pure new wool. It looks new although it can't be because the St Michael brand disappeared a while ago. It cost me £3.50 - a similar cardigan in Marks today would cost about £40.

    I also bought a vase with dried and fake flowers in - the vase is tall and elegant and has a picture of mauve alliums on it, two of the flowers in the vase are silk alliums (the rest is ting and some other weird stuff). This cost me £3 and I am sure I have seen the vase in Sainsbury's or Next (I will have to look at the bottom).
  • empressemma
    empressemma Posts: 194 Forumite
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    In the last week....
    High street branch of 'Relate' closed this week - which was a shame as these are the ones who have a blanket price for everything, regardless of makes, such as all dresses £3.50
    So I popped in on closing day and picked up 2 dresses, both George for £2 each, a skirt for £1 a Mary berry hardback book for 50p and a downtown Abby book for a friend for 50p - plus some paperbacks for 25p each. As I was paying I spotted 2 fortnum and mason tin tea caddies which were new and sealed- £1 each! I bought my hubby some tea from there last time I was in London, and a cardboard caddy was around £7/8 so very pleased with the teas! (Well hubby is as I don't like 'funny' tea - but the tins are very pretty!!!)

    Then, my local relate store, picked up some more paperbacks and a lovely mustardy yellow long sleeve top, and a holiday dress for my friend out of the 10p bucket - it seems they are receiving the old stock from the high street store so were pricing things at a reduced rate! Whole lot was £1.40!!!! Must pop in again this week and see if there's any more bargains!!
  • good_advice
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    I went on a CS hunt this morning.
    I wanted more stock of material for crafting. I bought a pink duvet cover, stripy sheet and some new material on a coat hanger x2.
    Spent £12. Now washed and out on the line.

    I thought the second hand clothes were costly. I think I am a bit spoiled with a m & s outlet store nearby.
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  • Frith
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    Horace - I think I used to have an identical M and S cardie! I hacked the buttons off and put plain flat ones on. A friend of mine had the same cardie and we both wore them out!


    Went to Pershore today. First shop I went to (Oxfam? have just thrown tags on the stove!) was the one.


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  • Horace
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    Ooh Pershore - I haven't been there for ages - I love Pershore and all its charity shops. I occasionally drive down there in the summer for a mooch.
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