What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

OrkneyStar

My bargain these last two weeks? I have spent nothing in any of the charity shops due to being ill, and you know what? I am not missing any of the stuff I didn't buy!

Chris25

On my travels today, happened across a CS that was open & bought a wooden walking stick for £1- they had been given a huge amount of them. Plus, a comedy dvd for £1.50 & a Christmas dvd for £2.50.

also came across a carboot sale packing up today & had a look at one stall where the lady told me that she was selling everything for 20p each as she didn't want to take it home.

I bought -
2 brand new spice/pepper mills with £8.99 each price tags attached.
2 oval trays,
a new & boxed fabric covered photo album,
a lemon drizzle cake,
a sweet little cruet set for my mum,
& a silk headscarf for her.
**edit - & a china mug
& a teapot**

and then the seller asked if i could possibly take 7 wooden dining chairs with me :eek: - no I couldn't, I've only got a small boot!

from another packer-upper i got for 50p each, 2 tall, wooden barley-sugar lamp bases that will match some candlesticks

Luciferswench

I got a mothercare moses basket and rocking stand for £10 in the sally army shop thats a huge saving means i can put the money i saved towards clothing baby bean when it arrives

savetosave

Hi

Not at CT but at carboot today I bought 42 knitting mags for £4! I am a very happy bunny.
Just need to find somewhere to hide them from OH now.

lucylema

building_with_lego wrote: »

I made my second lot of five bags today and dropped them in. They take about 10 minutes each, tops, and are no-sew. We think they're a great way to upcycle shirts which would otherwise be sold to the rag man


Not bad, huh :j

do you have a pic of your bags you make - i am curious

Lois_and_CK

We're brand new charity shop converts!

CK and I wandered past a charity shop on Friday and I saw a lovely maxi dress in the window. In the time the shopkeeper got the dress off the dummy and I had established it was my size, I turned round and CK had three shirts in his arms and looked terribly pleased with himself!

We've since visited a few others in the local area and are now the excited owners of:

CK:
Six short-sleeved 'holiday' shirts - M&S, River Island and H&M

Me:
Maxi dress from M&S
Rainbow scarf
Cardigan from M&S
Pink top from Monsoon

In total we've spent £43! Bargain.

silvasava

Shopping with friend & just 'happened' to look in the BHF shop .... nice little pink handbag that is a perfect match to a jacket I have for £1.99

building_with_lego

lucylema wrote: »

do you have a pic of your bags you make - i am curious

Those are the bags in the pic: drawstring cut from the detatched sleeves fed around the bottom seam or tassels cut into the bottom tied to their opposite to seal the bottom. Bingo!

OrkneyStar

OrkneyStar wrote: »

My bargain these last two weeks? I have spent nothing in any of the charity shops due to being ill, and you know what? I am not missing any of the stuff I didn't buy!

Well I ventured out yesterday for some shopping and managed to make it to a couple of charity shops . Got a lovely M and Co short sleeved red jumper top for £2, looks brand new and I love the colour. Resisted getting anything else though- I can use this as had a clean out of some bobbly jumper tops last month .

*niptuckfan*

morning folks, love reading about all your bargains...had my BEST EVER at the weekend. Gorgeous coat from Phase Eight for myself - swing style cream with blue stripe (kind of sailor style) anway just gorgeous on - still with tags.....£130!!!eek - i got it for £20 - most i have ever spent in a CS before but its a jacket i will have forever...timeless