What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

tryingtobethrifty

My mum's drummed in to me never to buy any plates bowls etc with cracks or chips in it so was sad one day to leave behind a Mason Cash mixing bowl although I thought it was pretty expensive at £7 or £8.

Last week I picked a large one up with no cracks/chips for a whole £1.

Woohooooo...........I used it today!

Miró

Beenie wrote: »

Is anyone else a bit 'schizophrenic' with their CS clothing purchases?

I was looking at myself in the mirror this morning and was wearing a brand new cashmere cardi from White Company (over £100, a present from OH) and a full price shirt from Boden (£29 from memory), a pair of Moshulu shoes (£79) but all teamed with a pair of trousers from the hospice shop for a fiver.

I've also bought online today a yellow pure silk scarf (£37) to wear with a yellow lambswool pullover (£3.25 at BHF). Does anyone else do this???

YES! But it's usually the other way round with me
Went out for a posh Sunday lunch last week-end wearing M & S wool trousers and a silk shirt, £3 and £1.50 from the hospice chazza shop, a patterned pashmina - £1.50 in another chazza shop and a pair of Anne Klein leather boots, £179, ( birthday prezzie). Crazy but I love it! :rotfl:

Chris25

a paperback for my daughter for 40p and a lovely Sheridan duvet set for my mum for £4.50. She's done very well with all the bedlinen I've managed to find her this last few months .

silvasava

I'm a 'schizo' too - like Miro my shoes usually cost more than my outfits but there again thrifty clothes mean I can have a 'treat' with new shoes now & again (well, that's my excuse!!)

Ballymackeonan

I was in France for a week, then of course work was manic until I caught up, so I've been having chazza withdrawal syndrome until today. Got a pair of brown Gollehaug cords and a soft camel cashmere stole to wear with them, plus series 4 of House (got 1-3 a couple of years back for £9.00 in total) - each £2.00. Plus a hand-coloured Vistorian engraving of a Millais picture in its original frame for £2.50, and a huge 1960s cookery book (Purnell's - over 8,000 recipes) for £1.00!

The cookery book looks useful for cakes, breads and biscuits, although some of the savoury recipes will need tweaking for modern tastes - lamb curry for 8 with 1 teaspoonful of curry powder?

Cwtchie

Found my daughter a really lovely soft cream and beige boucle jacket, fitted from m&s for £6

MoaningMyrtle

Although I have been donating more than buying in Charity Shops, I still love reading about everyone's bargains.

I also mentally add up the cost of my outfit most days. Today - Earl jeans, FatFace top and Celtic sheepskin boots. Total of £14.00ish. When I popped out I had a Barbour jacket on (£100.00ish).

madelaine

Thats whats great about charity shops, i don't shop there because i have to, thankfully, but because, i couldn't justify some of the prices the shops charge, also means, i get to have a few holidays a year, which if i payed full price for everything, i probably couldn't afford.

paulineb_2

Beenie wrote: »

Is anyone else a bit 'schizophrenic' with their CS clothing purchases?

I was looking at myself in the mirror this morning and was wearing a brand new cashmere cardi from White Company (over £100, a present from OH) and a full price shirt from Boden (£29 from memory), a pair of Moshulu shoes (£79) but all teamed with a pair of trousers from the hospice shop for a fiver.

I've also bought online today a yellow pure silk scarf (£37) to wear with a yellow lambswool pullover (£3.25 at BHF). Does anyone else do this???

No, because I dont tend to buy expensive clothes full stop, cant afford them.

maman

Beenie wrote: »

Is anyone else a bit 'schizophrenic' with their CS clothing purchases?

Definitely.

I think it's an extension of an OS way of dressing.

My DGD wears a mixture of full price Jack Wills, outlet Ralph Lauren and bits of Primark, Tu and George.

So tomorrow I plan on wearing a Jigsaw top (CS) with my Sainsbury's jeans and my lovely Puffa (TK Maxx) jacket.

Not so different to a piece of slow cooked meat with loads of veg and a decent bottle of wine!:rotfl:

Result!!