What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

springchicken

I picked up a Barbour jacket for Hubby last week for £12, same item sold on Ebay second hand for £90. :beer:

Beenie

Blimey springchicken, that's the sort of thing that makes trips to the CS really worth while! Well done you.

maman

Quick post about buying cards in CSs. Loads of us buy Christmas cards there at this time of the year but wanted to flag up that they do some lovely cards for all occasions.

I know you can get them dirt cheap in the Card Factory and similar but for a 'nice' card you can't beat the CS. Cancer shop has been doing them for ages but now some others (definitely PDSA and Save the Children) are doing them too. I buy all my cards there except for family birthdays where I want daughter etc. on. They tend to be about £1-£1.25 each which compared to say Clintons is excellent.

building_with_lego wrote: »

I "had to" dress up again today (you may remember my 1940s get up earlier in the thread), only this time we went back to 1897 for a trip to a Victorian school. Rather terrifyingly I only got the phone call asking me to go at midday yesterday :eek: and I dashed down the road to the nearest CS. There I found a rather wonderful man named Richard, who took no longer than ten minutes to find me a long, brown Per Una skirt, a Zara blouse and an M&S cardigan plus a hat! When the manager learned that the ensemble was for a day trip she offered to loan me the clothes, for a mere £2! I'm very happy, DD's teacher is impressed with the costume and the CS gets a couple of quid plus the clothes back clean and ready to sell.

What a lovely story, such kind people.

sweetpea26

Was travelling through large market town yesterday and picked up a few bargains.

Beautiful Christmas wreath centre piece measuring about 17 inches wide with fruit, cone decoration...£2 ! Will look lovely with a large candle in the middle for the dining table.

old satin fabric cushion cover 50p

Really pretty blue hanging glass tea light candle holder .... I will store this away for using on the patio when the good weather arrives I can but dream

Wooden hanging Christmas decoration...prob fromt the 70's in the shape of a bell with candle painted on it. 50p !!!! Now hanging in my dining room. So chuffed with this find.

some other vintage Christmas decorations ranging from 50p to £1 so am a happy camper.

Wallis tweed waistcoat £1
Gerry Weber Black skirt £1 needs to be taken in...not sure if I would tackle this myself.

Good shopping and spotted a little chair that if it is there at the start of the week I will buy it.

Saw a beautiful pine table and six chairs oh i wish I needed them...so well made but I don't need them.

Mrs_Cheshire

I got 2 duplo diggers and a playmobil figure on a horse with some fences and a trailer for a tractor all for £2 this week!

bobsa1

I got a bumper haul when collecting dd from UNi got ladies boden wool trousers boden ladies jeans boden ladies trousers boden ladies top pair child's jodhpurs and a silver metal display dish for grand total of £12.50

Taranaman

A Constance Spry cookery book in excellent condition dated 1967. Similar on Amazon from £16 to over £100. Bought for £1.99. It'll sit on my shelf with Delia, Nigella and Mrs Beeton's. It will be wrapped and given to me for Christmas!

Frith

Hobsons Choice - do you know the street in Worcester that has about 7 charity shops in it?!


I find Pershore very good too but Ludlow probably the best of all.

piecemeal

In East Anglia, Break run fabulous CHEAP charity shops. We have just got a local branch and today I spotted a lovely greens and blues dragonfly pendant ( no chain) in a cabinet, asked the assistant for it and it was 75p! Yes, I'd like that, please. She replied, there's a matching pair of earrings; 90p! She said she had just that minute put them out. I won't wear them as they are, but use them in my recycled jewellery making.
I also saw the same lady about to wrap a lovely scarf round a mannequin's neck, asked to see and it was beautiful in shades of dark blue, sheer bits and paisley bits £1.50.
My day today!:j

MoaningMyrtle

Prices are silly here. I recently donated a lot of clothing to Sue Ryder. One item was a Next dress I had paid £1.00 for at a Car Boot Sale. They had priced it at £12.99.