What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

kah22

A Hugo Boss cashmere jacket. £20 in Action Cancer.

DianneB

A pair of raw silk curtains, lined and interlined, eyelet style with a linen centre panel for handling in a soft gold colour. Brand new, donated by a curtain making company due to wrong size, fit my bedroom perfectly. £35 the most I have ever spent in a cs but they must have cost £100's originally and they are beautiful.

hoo

We went into local our cat protection, banardos and age concern C/S today to donate and have a little look around; forgive the terminology but the shops were all really whiffy. Musty I can cope with but this was really rank!! Things we donate are always clean however if they've been stored a while we usually give our things a quick airing and spray with febreeze if it calls for it!

Are our shops the exception or are C/S starting to get stinky???

BitterAndTwisted

I think it must be a local issue because the shops I go to smell very strongly of Febreeze.

Latest purchases while staying at my sister's for Christmas were some funky jeans and a lovely multicoloured Per Una cardi for a fiver each plus an Easiyo yoghurt-maker for 2.99

kah22

I've generally found that the smaller the size of the shop the more likely it is to be, what shall we say 'a bit off?'

My favourite charity for space and cleanliness is Banardos.

Islandmaid

Hi all,

Before Christmas, I tried on a lovely red wool coat in BHS £45 but the fit was all wrong for my shape, really disappointed.

Sulking off up the road, noticed a red wool coat in CS window, stuck my head in asked what the size was, and if I could try it on - perfect fit, perfect shape, looked brand new - £8..... One happy bunnie.

I am in the process of clearing DD,s 'floordrobe' to take to them, like most 16 yo girls she only ever wears things for 5 minutes before discarding them.

*niptuckfan*

Hi all, how did i not know of this thread haha! i love chairty shops (and car boot sales) and its great to read of all your finds...people often remark on my clothes...little do they know i pay very little for them and i honestly now grudge paying full price for clothes when i can get so much new/nearly new for a fraction of the price.....happy shopping

jem132

My mum and her partner are always commenting on my clothes I just say cs they laugh all there clothes come from big hs shops they say you must get the eye of what goes together off your nan mmmmmm maybe but she allso shops is hs store I begruge buying anything new now. All my new clothes for the last 2 yeRs came for cs allmy new shop clothing before that never gets worn.

empressemma

Wow, more than 1000 posts, aren't we all little bargain hunters!

Back to my fave chazzer shop today, the 50p rail was loaded!! :T

Men's next double cuff shirt 50p
Dotty p's dress 50p
Next long black skirt 50p
Red herring top 50p
Little girls dress for friends daughter 50p

They had run out of change, so instead of accepting 50ps worth of penny's and tuppences, I donated an extra 50p :rotfl:

Good start to the year!

*niptuckfan*

i am impressed Emma - 50p bargains - you can hardly get a packet of crips for 50p hahah

i havent been to my shops for a few weeks so am looking forward to doing that tomrorow morning - could do with some new pieces for wearing to the office