What frugal find came your way today?

anne99

A lovely pine bookcase, which is now holding towels and pretty wicker baskets of 'stuff' in our bathroom.

A 32" widescreen TV. The TV had a dodgy on-off switch which DH sorted, otherwise it's great.

They were sitting outside a relative's house, waiting for the council to take them away, when we went to visit. Yes, I have some brass neck, but I also have a two very nice items!

alisong_2

A lovely soft pure wool double blanket in eggshell blue, £1.25 in cs, perfect to replace the dog's now tattered remnants. Also, a brand new knitting bag with matching needle case for £2 for mil's birthday (will be just right with the £2 cardi I bought last week which has washed up really well!). A Disney Tigger mug which has come up as new in the d/w and will be perfect for dd and an as new bear factory bear which says I love you for £2 for her b/day or Christmas.

hart44

I love OS finds. I won 2 pairs of Etam jeans on Ebay for 99p and when they arrived one still had tags on and one pair in new condition had a £5 note in the pocket .

Also just before xmas I wanted to buy my son a camcorder bag but they were pricy untill I spotted a leather one in mint condition on Ebay starting at 99p with £2.49 postage. I won it for 99p and it cost the seller £2.74 to post and yes it was in mint condition, so very happy (my 9yr old son too ).

densil32

Loving this thread.

This week:
A Moses basket with stand and bedding (Freecycle)
Johnsons Baby Oil marked down to 88p in Tesco's
2 x baby wipes special offer £1 each (Tesco's)
3 pairs of baby shoes (from a kind colleague)
New Next Mobile for a cot (from kind colleague)
1 beautiful knitted cardy, hat and booties (kind colleague) - all baby things for sister who is 5 months pregnant
£100 from extra work from a second job (only for 10 weeks)
1p found on floor - added to money box of found money.

Butterfly_Brain

Don't know if this counts but fixed SIL's computer and she is coming round to colour and cut my hair this afternoon as a Thank you (She has her own mobile hairdressing buisiness) She does a lovely job - don't know how much hairdressers are now but I know it's not cheap.

zarazara

Yet another stamp. All those unfranked letters.....................

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Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Don't know if this counts but fixed SIL's computer and she is coming round to colour and cut my hair this afternoon as a Thank you (She has her own mobile hairdressing buisiness) She does a lovely job - don't know how much hairdressers are now but I know it's not cheap.

I reckon it counts as it's a 'thankyou' . If only we had a hairdresser in the family...sigh

GraciesGran

The 50p rail in my local hospice shop - a beautiful throw for my bed, a double duvet - converted into 2 dog beds, some curtains which became covers for the dog beds.

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My find today was a very nice BNWT cream hand towel. It has a pretty embroidered fabric panel and will look 'Oh so posh' in my downstairs cloakroom. (actually the tiny loo off the kitchen :rotfl:) £2 in the CS.

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Earlier I posted that I had found a brand new, beautiful, floaty material suit to wear at DDs wedding at the CS. Well, my hubby had 'won' some M&S vouchers at work - long story. He gave them to me as a gift.
I went in to M&S today and immediately found a gorgeous, bright fuschia outrageous hat, and a fuschia jacket that go perfectly with the suit. The total cost was £69 and the vouchers were for...£70!

I'm so thrilled to have found my perfect outfit and have only lashed out £8. :eek: