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

goanmad

Someone else left that tip, too, Jesa. I'd never heard of it before so thanks. Should prove very useful when hunting for heavy car parts!

Charity shop finds today:

6 x 1960's silk kipper ties £3
Austin Reed 1960's gents' suit £2.50
Harris Tweed vintage man's jacket £2
1950's brown leather brogues £2
1970's psychedelic day dress £1.50
1960's cotton mini dress £2.99

Charity stall on market
St Michael purple patterned 1960's nightie (which I'll wear as a maxi dress in Goa) £1
Black 1960's mini dress with gold daisy braid £1.50
1960's linen striped summer coat £2
Turquoise 1960's scootergirl dress £1.50
Polaroid camera bag 25p

JesaRose

Great 60s dress on your blog Goanmad! My era would have to be the 1950s - I love nipped in waists and big skirts. With a little 1940s too as floral tea dresses are my biggest love. For the music though, it has to be 80s!

I recently picked this up while charity shopping - its a brooch in two sections. It is like a small dagger (although not sharp) and the handle pulls out of the cover. 50p

goanmad

That's fab. My Dad used to work in the Middle East when I was small and brought back lovely things like that for us.

Charity Shopping today:

1970's ladies green leather blazer £5
1950's man's mohair and wool car coat with faux fur collar £5
1960's man's suede fronted wool cardi £3
1950's Ladies' Pride purple and white wool jacket £3.20

JesaRose

We didn't get far today but did pop round town to the local charity shops and hubbie picked up a book for 50p. Went to WH Smith afterwards and the same book was in the top 20 best sellers for £6.99. He's happy

Kaz2904

I managed to pick up an as new (doesn't look used but not got tags) green suede Fat Face handbag in a local chazza shop for £2.50. Everything else in there was really expensive though. This one must have slipped through the net. I doubt they realised what Fat face is and I don't think they thought it was sued because other not nice bags were far more expensive. Shame the shops are so dear now

jasmineswhiskers

Some things still slip through the 'ridiculous' prices. Just last week I got a still sealed face cream - an expensive but little known brand, sells in selfridges, harvey nics etc at £75 - for .... £1.49! Yipeee!

medsdemon

Did the CB yesterday- it was sooo busy and only got a couple of things.
A purple silk shift dress from Gap for £2 9 fits me perfectly
A floral tea dress from DP £1 Also perfect fit.
A Green leather floral brooch for my coat 20p
A huge tartan scarf 80p
A couple of xbox games for £1.50 each.

freddie_2

Visited a CB yesterday. Found -

Build a bear brown boots
Build a bear purple flip flops
Build a bear pink shoes
Build a bear sunglasses
Build a bear dog collar.

All for 1.50, really pleased, have put away for DD for Christmas.

3 small toy car things ( for DS, 8 mths, as part of stocking. Have so many baby toys from DD that I refuse to buy more but she will wonder why santa has loads for her and not him so picking up small baby toys at CB and CS to give him with out spending a fortune!)

Lovely cream scarf - 50p, may have ruined it though as washed it on a 90 wash and its a bit stretched!

Cuddly Hello kitty for DD - 50p. Went into same 90 wash and came out perfect.

Girlpantsx

I know it sounds a bit mean, but I agree with the comments about CS' being over-priced. It *IS* for a good cause and all that but some shops seem to over evaluate their goods (and sometimes undervalue for our own advantage!).

I've had some lovely bargains, but some things I've put back. Such as a gorgeous stripy dress that was missing a belt, yet the shop had priced it up at £7.99. I dunno, maybe I'm too much of a scrooge

Carolyn12

Hi all,
New to this thread, but what a great thread it is!
Well done to all of you on your fantastic bargains!
I am a fan of CS, only really starting to appreciate them (I was dragged round them as a child).
I thought i'd share a couple of my purchases...
A gorgeous murano-style glass yellow heart necklace, complete with sterling silver chain. £5
A lovely River Island short sleeved lilac cardigan, with each button different, bit of angora through it so lovely and soft. Looks brand new, probably around £30 new. £3.49.
Both PDSA (Probably my favourite CS).
I have a Christmas meal/do coming up next month, so my aim is to find something new to wear from a CS!