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

mirko

NBirdy wrote: »

I can only imagine he was a jilted boyfriend taking some revenge by selling all that lovely stuff so cheap, or he picked up the wrong boxes that morning and his other half is going to kill him later :rotfl:

Thing is, when I started dating my now wife I bought her perfume on a couple of occasions, but she's never used it. Seven years on and we're married and it's still in the packaging. She doesn't wear perfume. (She does wear deoderant though obviously ;-))

Everyone's different I guess.

(though I do prefer the jilted boyfriend story! :rotfl:)

ruthber

hi, I am an occasional lurker here and I just thought I would share my recent bargains. In a local CS last week they had a £1 sale of all the clothes, shoes, etc. I bought:
black leather jacket (ladies)
Principles white blouse
lovely purple blouse
pair of clarks shoes new
M&S cooler bag BNWT
Country casuals rucksack BNWT
bath gift set unopened
BHS long cardigan
Escada sequined jumper
pink cardigan
all for the princely sum of £10
I now have to do a good clearout and take some donations to them as they have a lovely empty shop now. they have sold lots last week so everyone is happy.

ThriftyBelle

todays bargains:
- black lace vest, 50p
- grey cropped knitted best, 50p
- light blue denim shirt, 50p
- h&m polka dot dress, £4

recent bargains:
- zara plum dress, £7.50
- purple topshop knitted jumper, £1
- grey uniqlo cardi, £1

check out my blog (look on my profile) for pictures of some of my purchases.
once again, thank-you goanmad for taking over this blog


xxx

goanmad

The lady who runs the monthly jumble sale asked for my number last week and just called to say she'd been given a few bits I may be interested in.

I've got to pop round to the church tomorrow afternoon....how exciting! :j

ruthber - Good karma! I always take a bag of nicely pressed and well presented clothes to a charity shop if I've done well from there.

shoetoyou

Have been looking forward to the start of the boot sale season on sunday:j
But it seems the weather will keep me indoors again:mad:

mariashi

Yesterday i bought one 50mw green laser pointer for my little brother and he like it very much. It is really a bargain. Much cheaper than what i expected.

vicki_b

i bought a pair of brand new Seven for all Mankind mens jeans in a charity shop for £3.80!!!bargain considering they are VERY expensive!

emerald_starcat

Hi, loved reading about your bargains this week, got some of my own today as I had a tour round my local CS's.

Vintage black leather waist belt with gold clasp (label says IBEX, real leather, made in England) for £1

Ted Baker Endurance mens black pinstripe suit jacket for my OH for £5.99 - looks brand new!

Gorgeous jade green scarf with black cat print (I own a black cat) for £2.99.

Really pleased with my finds!

Keeping fingers crossed that the weather will behave itself for the upcoming car boots at the weekend. Really excited - our regular saturday one starts this saturday - love it!!!! :j

NotQuiteNorbert

Stuck in potty training dd this week so haven't managed out- bah!

Managed to get a load of stuff for ds last week though-Tomy starlight dreamshow for 50p in Shelter, a bag of Next and Gap clothing for £3.50 (15 items) from the Salvation Army, and 2 dungaree outfits (1 Next, 1 Disney) for 99p each from Marie Curie.

Love charity shops for kids clothing! Just a shame not many around here seem to stock much.

jasmineswhiskers

emerald_starcat wrote: »

Hi, loved reading about your bargains this week, got some of my own today as I had a tour round my local CS's.

Vintage black leather waist belt with gold clasp (label says IBEX, real leather, made in England) for £1

Ted Baker Endurance mens black pinstripe suit jacket for my OH for £5.99 - looks brand new!

Gorgeous jade green scarf with black cat print (I own a black cat) for £2.99.

Really pleased with my finds!

Keeping fingers crossed that the weather will behave itself for the upcoming car boots at the weekend. Really excited - our regular saturday one starts this saturday - love it!!!! :j

These sound like great finds. My mum gave me a vintage leather belt she had in the late 60's branded Ibex. I used to wear it all the time - must dig it out again. Went to my first car boot last week and got a few bits:
2 old looking framed oil paintings £2 each
Pair of shoe trees 25p
Christmas decorations (can never be too prepared!) 50p
Sealed 1000 piece jigsaw 20p
Ikea lamp 50p
M&S footglove shoes brand new were £35 - £1

Best of all was a pineapple shaped ice bucket. Have wanted one for a while and they are approx £20 on ebay. The guy selling it looked like a bit of a dealer and I was presuming it would be a fair few quid as it was still there after a couple of hours. Thought i'd ask him anyway - he rolled his eyes - I presumed he'd been asked the price a hundred times already - then said £1. I nearly choked then grabbed it quick!!!
Hopefully loads more car boots on over the Easter weekend. Hooray!