What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

stormchaos

Had a trip out to the mencap centre and got,
a huge old enamel washing bowl (made in ireland),
Sasson ceramic 'S' shaped curl/straighteners ,
Purple double cellular blanket,
Micheal Crichton hardback 'Next',
A solar colour changing garden light,
5 wooden handled skewers (i'm building a tandoori oven),
a long vintage silver plate pickle fork from regent st London,
and a lambswool jumper that has been shrunk, perfect as i want it for felting,
all together ...£5.50, :T

Lilyplonk

Came home from the CS that I volunteer in with a brand new 'Was-gij' - all pieces still in their sealed bag - DD loves these :j.


Plus a very nice 'pre-school matching card game' - also new with pieces in sealed poly-bag - which will go to great-nephew as part of his pressie .

Pollycat

Does anybody else like to get in the charity shops soon after Christmas to check out all the donated unwanted gifts?

Bunny82

I found a pair of New Balance running shoes for £3 the other day - a little grubby but hardly worn. A 30 degree spin in the washing machine has them looking sparkling. Googled them and they're £75+ new. :T

Also found new black and colour ink cartridges for our printer for £2 each. Saves us about £40 buying them new.

Chris25

I bought a candlestick for £10 which I thought was made from wood but think it's terracotta sprayed gold.

There's a new church candle in it and it has a ring of oasis around the top of the stick studded with green foliage, glitter encrusted ivy, some cinnamon sticks wrapped with tartan ribbon, dried orange rings, some 'snow' covered pine cones & has a little cheeky cherub poking out from some of the greenery.

It stands about 75 cms tall and is very heavy - I love it!

The lady in the PDSA shop said that she made five different types of arrangements especially for Christmas. This is the only candle one, all the rest were rings and they were all £8.50.

sweetpea26

Some super items being found this week for us all.

Yesterday travelled quite a distance to visit family popped into the local village charity shop and found

Topshop dress ....for my daughter
House of Fraser Shabby Chic large tea cosy with label !!
Tots tv large Tilly pyjama case
Box full of vintage red/gold 1970's Christmas decorations love these
2 Kathie Winkle cereal bowls

Lady asked me for £8 and I gave her £10.

So chuffed with my purchases and met a lady that I knew as a child so that was special too.

I love charity shops.
Ps...I went back at start of week to see if the little chair I fell in love with was still there and it was :)

Amber_Sunshine

I have visions of a massed invasion of Worcester's CS by Old Stylers. I'd fly over and join in, but that's not very MSE, sadly.

MoaningMyrtle

A hand crochet shawl and two pashminas - I have a few of the nice quality ones I've collected over the years. All three for £7.50.

Pollycat

I bought a lovely White Stuff dress, not dissimilar to this one but not wrap-over:

http://www.whitestuff.com/winning-dress-prod407290_dk_chinese/

for £3.50 in shades of bluey-grey, pink and washed-out lime from our local Hospice shop.
It's a great shop and I take all my old stuff there. In fact, I saw the dress when I dropped off 2 bags of clothes & bric-a-brac yesterday.

It fits beautifully and even better - it's a size 12! :T

grandmasam

Bought a full length, red Alexion coat, wool and a size 10!! Also a fake fur cossack style hat both for the grand sum of a fiver. So thats me sorted to visit posh rellies over christmas.
Caz