What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

bobsa1

i bought a ladies silk scarf for 99p yesterday and just looked up the make it is by fraas a German company and similar ones are up to 100 euros

Floss

Picked up some lovely things in Sue Ryder & Barnardos shops near to a training venue:
SuperDry hoody BNWT - £4.25
Joseph merino jumper - £4.25
Zara ivory smart coat - £4.25
M&S cashmere pullover - £3.75
Ralph Lauren Polo needlecord jacket - £4.50
Viyella black wool boucle pencil skirt - £3.75
Alprauschen (Swiss brand) feather & down ski jacket BNWT - £6.95
and an Asda G2 long line jumper in black with big daisies on - £3.75

sparrer

5 books for £1 at a cs on the south coast. They had hundreds of interesting titles, I'll have to visit more often!

Bogof_Babe

lucy_lemon wrote: »

I'm off to Liverpool tomorrow, and wondering if anyone had any charity shop recommendations? We're going to be in the city centre, and don't know the city very well, but we both love charity shopping!

Disappointingly few in Liverpool city centre, I only know of three. Two are by Central station (come out of the station exit on the left by the cake shop), there's a BHF a little way down on the left and a Cancer Research across the road on the right. Head down towards the Waterfront and there's a Scope just past Tesco Express on the right.

If you find any more please let me know!

kboss2010

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Disappointingly few in Liverpool city centre, I only know of three. Two are by Central station (come out of the station exit on the left by the cake shop), there's a BHF a little way down on the left and a Cancer Research across the road on the right. Head down towards the Waterfront and there's a Scope just past Tesco Express on the right.

If you find any more please let me know!

There used to be an Oxfam Originals vintage store on Penny Lane (I remember trying to track down an item from the Manchester store that they'd sent there once with no success!) they're a bit more expensive but I've had Karen Millen trousers for £20 (RRP £180) and Lakeland leather jackets for £20 (RRP £200) from them.

lucy_lemon

Thanks for the Liverpool tips! We managed to find several in the city centre, mostly on Bold Street. I spotted a lovely wool blend Whistles jumper in the British Heart shop there, but they wanted £25 for it, so I left it behind! The best on this street was one called Take Two, which was massive and really cheap, compared to the others. I got a like new Dorothy Perkins dress from here for £3.99. There was also an Oxfam Originals on the same street, along with a Cancer Research.

There's another British Heart shop just off Whitechapel and a Scope at the top of Lord Street. Really wouldn't recommend that one, as everything was really overpriced and everything seemed to be pretty shabby - worn out shoes and bobbly clothes. Not nice.

We also spotted a Books for Free shop just to the left of the Central Station entrance, which was pretty cool. I've wanted to go in one since I first heard about them!

Sorry for the long post, but thought I would share in case anyone else visits Liverpool any time soon! :j

TravellingAbuela

I had a trip to Otley yesterday and told myself I wouldn't buy any more summery clothes. Time to look now for winter clothes! But I fell at the first hurdle! I spotted a beautiful cotton/linen skirt in BHR - white and navy with a red trim - I fell in love with it (even at £5.99) and couldn't leave it behind! Also a brand new bone china mug for 99p.

sparrer

One of the books I bought at a cs at the weekend was a sports quiz book. Gave it to DD, she used some of the questions last night for her pub quiz where they raised almost £100 toward their chosen children's cancer charity. That 20p book was far better value than I anticipated

Timalay

Picked up a Savoy Taylors Guild three piece mens suit for £15, from the charity shop my mum volunteers at. Needs altering and dry cleaning, but that will only cost me around £40.
It nearly went on display at the regional managers branch.
Got a wedding reception and my sisters wedding coming up, so that will do nicely.

janb5

Lovely `haul` today. Bought a Nike top for my son(£1) about 20 children's books at 20p each- my favourite being Miss Miffy with pull out covered coloured markers. A smocked dress for 6-9 month old baby(50p) a beautiful African style tablecloth(£1.50) a Gap top BNWT, a pair of children`s trousers £1)( M & S) and best of all 6 vintage sherry glasses which look Edwardian ( £2.50!)