What is your charity-shop weakness?

heavenleigh

Heels, unwalkably high strappy sparkly girly heels! I only ever go out around 3 times a year and unless its a wedding etc i wear jeans but just putting on an amazing girly pair of shoes can make me feel a million dollars :0) the fact i don't go out very often means they last for years too, the pair i wore last weekend cost me £3.00 and still look like brand new, that was 7 years ago! xx

BitterAndTwisted

Dragoncry: you need to find a neighbourhood much posher than where you have been looking. In my experience that's where the really keen bargains are to be had. Where I live just old Pr!mark tat priced at almost what that rubbish cost new. Somewhere more prosperous is Armani suits and nice Burberry macs. I passed on each of those at the weekend for less than £30. I think I need to start selling on ebay or something.....

Cat501

Books, books and more books. Last summer on holiday in Devon I got myself a bus ticket and over three days visited Seaton, Honiton, Sidmouth, Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth, Exeter, Dawlish and Teignmouth - and just managed to squeeze in a pub lunch and a couple of cream teas in between my CS book hunting!:o

I've started looking at the clothes and shoes recently and have picked up a couple of good bargains

Hobsons_Choice

I was staying at a friends in Pinner recently - their charity shops are brilliant. Chanel handbag anyone? Yours for a tenner (and no, I didn't but sometimes wish I had, could have sold it on)!

BitterAndTwisted

OOOOOH! I have friends who live over that way. I might have to beg for an invitation to visit over a weekend some time. Not now, as I'm currently all spendied up

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

http://www.stlukes-hospice.org/shops/50+50+Designer+Wear


That's the scheme for designer stuff. HTH.

jess1011

I love a good root around in the CS, think I need to venture to posher areas though lol. I was in a high street CS the other day and saw the dynamo pig torch (wind up torch) I already have one and was quite shocked to see them priced up at £1.50 more than I paid from a high street shop.

I always head straight for the books, buy them, read them and take them back to be re sold. Ive recently been looking for beads as well for my new jewellery making venture x

MummyD

I love looking for old fashioned jelly moulds - usually glass. I have a couple of gorgeous ones all crenelations and wobbly towers!
Was dropping some stuff of at a c/s yesterday and came out with a brand new space themed duvet cover and pillow case for DS (£6) and a Wedgwood Thomas the Tank plate for a friend's DS (£2.50).
Fantastic!
rx

Turkishdreamer

jess1011 wrote: »

I always head straight for the books, buy them, read them and take them back to be re sold. Ive recently been looking for beads as well for my new jewellery making venture x

Just the sort of book lover we like. Our shop thrives on book recycling.:T

With regards to the beads, it is worth calling in to a couple of your local CS's and asking if they will keep broken jewellery for you, it just gets thrown away. They will often put it to one side for you and then you can make a donation. Happy customer, happy shop, less waste. Everyone is happy:)

laurel7172

At the moment, records.

DD (17 next week) has decided to go retro. Film cameras and a record deck, lol.

But mostly books.