What frugal find came your way today?

mummysaver

Thanks to this thread, I have just realised that the old wooden plinths from the kitchen that had gone a bit mouldy will be handy for another raised veg bed! Must be slipping as had them out on the drive ready to take to the tip! Eek! So not exactly a find ......

meg72

I love Fridays, its a local car boot and market day.

My friend and I use our bus passes and go to stock up on fruit and veg very
reasonable Theres also a small charity shop and sometimes the local christian centre has a table top sale where we have had many bargains.

Today my best finds were a pair of almost new hotter shoes for 2.99 and a pair
of rebound type pillows for a 1.00

So a very frugal enjoyable morning for us, and as a bonus the sun was shining too.

OrkneyStar

Been charity shop browsing again, not that MSE lol but I was in town for some shopping....DS got a 'Happy Feet' penguin (was new with tags until he ripped it off lol!) and I got some wool (I'd say about 300g in nice colours) for £2. Quite pleased .
Mum also sent me some biscuits and a car for DS- not really a find just a very kind mum.

Grebe

Splurged today went for a wander round the sally ann shop and spent a whole £2 on a lovely pure silk Liz Clairborn shirt then spotted a box footstool for £3 which will be perfect to convert into a small cupboard for the bathroom saving me a fair amount given the prices they come in at.:D

luxor4t

A Ted Baker 'travel' toiletries bag for 63p & 3 pairs of socks for £1.50 instead of £9 in Boots!
(I can now recycle my oldest socks with the transparent heels )

balmaiden

Free lunch at my volunteer job. Two magazines that were going to be thrown, from the same job. Also won four paperbacks in a raffle at the same job!

meg72

luxor4t wrote: »

A Ted Baker 'travel' toiletries bag for 63p & 3 pairs of socks for £1.50 instead of £9 in Boots!
(I can now recycle my oldest socks with the transparent heels )

Wow great bargain, just curious but how do you recycle old socks, I use a few as dusting mitts and then just bin. I also fill some with a bit of cat litter and dried lavender to stick in shoes I am not needing for a while. Would love some more suggestions.

gsysezz

I was given a bulging bag of lovely clothes for my DS - all great quality stuff (well apart from the Arsenal shirts ;-)!! Also been offered a free Nissan Micra this weekend but not that ideal so holding out on that one for a while. I do love freebies :-)

Caterina

My friend won two tickets to the Vitality show and has invited me (THANK YOU! You know who you are!). I also got two free online tickets for the Grand Designs Live and of course will invite my friend!.

angeltreats

Oh I'm so so chuffed, I've wanted the Delia 8 book box set for ages and am always borrowing the individual books from the library, and a lovely lady from Freecycle has just offered me the set! I'm picking them up on Monday, so excited. I'll bring her some home made goodies to say thanks.

Also I found in a charity shop a little cupboard with a glass door that was originally for keeping your hi-fi (the top lifts so you could get at the record player). It's a good size and has an adjustable shelf, so I snapped it up to keep my cookbooks in and free up some much needed kitchen space. I'm surprised how many I managed to pack in and it looks really nice and it was only a fiver!