What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

alexnder

£1 charity shop was having a bogof on ladies trousers so managed to get two waistcoats and two pairs of trousers for three pounds.
I found some red heels for a costume party in the local barnados which cost £3.

Frith

This week I've found a few nice things:


Droitwich yesterday - White Stuff red tunic style top with butterfly pattern. It said size 16 but is cut quite strangely round the neck/top so sort of billows open. :-/ Might wear it a couple of times then Ebay it!


Kidder today: DVD of steam trains for smaller son, Terminator 3 for bigger son. Jeans for smaller son (£2.50)

dogcat_2

I bought today....two lovely monsoon tops for £2.50 each.......bargain..:D

Lilyplonk

I got a 'Hello Kitty' hooded dressing gown - age 9-10 - for my extremely tall 6yr old dgd.

All her clothes are age 9-10 so I know that it'll fit her; not 7 until October, she also wears size 2 shoes :eek:!

Blether

datlex wrote: »

I personally think the Heart Foundation Furniture shops are good value for money. You seem to save quite a bit by buying from them rather than elsewhere.

Must depend on the area. Saw beds with stained mattresses in their Aberdeen shop and it was quite a bit cheaper to buy the new bed off ebay. Tatty drop leaf tables were about £30 and they were really fit for the skip.

Blether

Frith wrote: »

This week I've found a few nice things:


Droitwich yesterday - White Stuff red tunic style top with butterfly pattern. It said size 16 but is cut quite strangely round the neck/top so sort of billows open. :-/ Might wear it a couple of times then Ebay it!

Why not try putting a broach in it to pull it in . Watch the programme about the vintage as they alter a lot of clothes.

seven-day-weekend

I got a beautiful leather handbag in new condition £2.50. Delighted.

Ballymackeonan

I got a copy of Elizabeth David's "English Bread and Yeast Cookery" in a CS the day before yesterday, plus a Tuscan Cookbook, large format hardback and perfect for the OH to leaf through... £3 for both.

The Elizabeth David one is absolutely pristine, obviously never used, with an undamaged dust cover - and one I've been looking for for ages as I lent my previous copy (also CS but battered....) to someone and had given up any hope of getting it back! And since I'd looked at Abebooks to see if I could get another copy, I knew I'd got an absolute bargain - I reckon I wouldn't have got both of these for under £40!

Living_proof

I got a boxed Lakeland bread slicer for £2.50. It is the lightweight plastic fold-up one with a cutting guide which sells at £20.79. There is no way on earth I would ever pay the full price, but it will be a handy gadget when I have resumed my bread making. If you just keep looking you will eventually find all your wants for very little indeed.

alexnder

Oasis plaid dress and a Miss Selfridge jacket, £1 each!