Best Car Boot, Charity Shop and Jumble Sale Bargains - New Thread 4/10/09

sweetnothings

Hi fellow bargain hunters. Ive had a stressful couple of weeks so popped into the local charity shop to have a rummage and hopefully cheer myself up and cheer myself up I did! Best haul in a while, it is as follows -
Gorgeous suede feel short Next summer dress 50p
Next lace look bustier top 50p
Stunning Monsoon grey and peach floral dress, this season and very pretty £3
Stylish Zara grey wrap around cardi coat, nearly passed out in the heat trying on such a warm coat in this weather but it looks gorgeous on and at £2 Im more than happy to hold on to it until the colder months.
Genuine Ralph Lauren nautical style hooded top £1.50 and finally my favourite piece a Coast maxi evening dress with lace strapless top and gorgeous deep lavender floaty chiffon skirt stunning and since it had a slight mark on the lining (going to rehem it so mark with be hidden) the manager said I could have it for £1!!:j

goanmad

Hi sweetnothings! Nothing like a bit of bargain shopping to lift the spirits.
Hope you feel less stressed very soon.

Stranger_Than_Fiction

I am always in awe of all the great stuff you find! I've had a few small bargains myself recently from both charity shops and a boiling hot car boot sale today which include:

Jean Muir top £1
Men's linen chinos £1
Paul Costelloe linen cropped trousers £2.50
Betty Barclay linen trousers 50p
Karen Millen lace-up trousers 50p
Karen Millen tops £1 and 50p
Cashmere jumper 50p
Miss Selfridge linen cropped trousers 50p
Gap linen shirt £1
Per Una linen shirt £1
MaxMara navy blue long length jacket in pure wool £7.50
Jane Norman angora jumper with tags £2

I love finding bargains! I look forward to reading about more of your finds

GrammarGirl

I made a quick trip to my favourite charity shop to drop off a huge bag of clothes and came out with:

Topshop peach suede platforms, £6 (more than I'd usually pay but I NEVER find second hand shoes to fit my size 8 feet and they're so gorgeous!)
Jane Shilton black patent bag, £4
Topshop black cotton sundress, £4

GrammarGirl

Great car boot this morning, but my goodness it was windy! Clothes rails flying everywhere, poor sellers! I picked up:

Maroon original Doc Martens, 50p
Nine West grey leather shoe boots, £1
Topman black cardigan, 75p
Floral tea dress, 75p
Glass jug, 50p
Ted Baker wool coat, £2 (so pleased with this, it's gorgeous!)
Vintage Levi's denim jacket, 65p
H&M lace crop top, £1
Vintage Levi's 501 jeans, 50p
Topshop printed weekend bag, £1

I very nearly came home (with some help from the burly stallholder as I'd never be able to lift it!) with a solid oak coffee table for £5. I changed my mind at the last minute (poor guy looked quite relieved he didn't have to lug it back to my car) because it was a little scratched and maybe a tad too low. Totally regret it now!

begley

This morning I picked up a brand new Restform 3 layer double air bed, complete with pump, also unused, for 6 quid!! Checked online, new ones are £69.99 to buy!! Wahoo!!! VERY chuffed, although when inflated it's massive, we're a bit worried that it'll fill our tent!

goanmad

At CamperJam this weekend so no boot sales for me.

I did pop into town on friday and whizzed around the charity shops where I was rewarded by:

1970's Norman Linton turquoise maxi dress £2.95
1960's black leather belted tunic dress £1.50
Mexican Oaxaca embroidered A-Line skirt £1.25
Alexon emerald green 1960's coat dress £1.25
Christy Turlington's gorgeous coffee table yoga book 20p

lucy*locket

begley wrote: »

This morning I picked up a brand new Restform 3 layer double air bed, complete with pump, also unused, for 6 quid!! Checked online, new ones are £69.99 to buy!! Wahoo!!! VERY chuffed, although when inflated it's massive, we're a bit worried that it'll fill our tent!

Wow that's bargain. I've been looking out for one for a while now, eventually I bought one on Ebay for £30...would rather have paid 6 quid! Mind you I did buy a camping stove today for £4 so we're all kitted out for camping now.
It was good car boot sale day today, I went to 4:j. I bought:
Lots of clothes for myself and DD, nothing over £1
8 balls of wool for knitting scarves for Christmas pressies £1
A pine bathroom cabinet like new £4
7 beautiful reference books about fashion from a girl who's just graduated from Uni--my DD is studying fashion at college so we're well pleased with these. £1 each.
Brand new pair of converse trainers £4
Big bundle of house magazines 20p each
3 bottles of perfume £1 each
Couple of nice shopping bags £1 each (one is very Cath Kidston)
Vintage pink jug for my collection
Couple of paperbacks 20p each
Laura Ashley mirrored coat hooks brand new in box 50p

Could have bought so much more! Here's to next weekend!

Hezzawithkids

Well I've never had much luck finding such wonderful bargains in charity shops or boot sales as you lot seem to, but I went to our local CBS yesterday looking for some cheap plants and managed to get 3 trays of summer patio plants for £5 (18 plants in all). I've planted them all up in a couple of unused patio tubs that have been lying around at home for ages and they will be put of for sale at our school's summer fete next weekend, hopefully fetching a tenner each, all proceeds going to the school, so I'm well happy!

MadelinesMum

Well, I mistakenly took my 5 -yr-old to the bootfair and only got halfway along the first row before she had a strop because she wanted a £10 dolly pushchair. I did manage to get a Mickey Mouse red dog collar and a beany lap tray (£1 each) both as new. Then it was £1.50 on the bouncy castle, then home. I missed about 3/4 of the stalls, lol.