More Charity Shop Bargains for 2018 & beyond!

Smoosh

We have a £1 clearance outlet for a local hospice a few minutes down the road. I used to go all the time a couple of years go, but stopped, but I've been the last 3 Saturdays in a row and got some great finds!

A blue and white striped Joules sweatshirt.
High waisted floaty burgundy and white floral New Look shorts, BNWT.
A black and white, almost knit-style, Topshop skirt.
A light pink Next sweatshirt with tie details on the bottom.
A pretty floral Warehouse t shirt.
A silky floral black, blue and green strappy Red Herring top.
A black Quiz dress with gorgeous pink and red floral embroidery.
A simple patterned black and white strappy style vest from Topshop.
A pair of dark wash Abercrombie and Fitch skinny jeans.
2 pairs of Hollister skinny jeans, one light wash and one a bit darker with ripped knees.
A lightweight pink New Look jumper with cute grey polka dot embroidery.
A light linen style pastel blue Dorothy Perkins shirt with silver buttons.

Today I also saw a gorgeous (fake) fur coat, originally Dorothy Perkins. So tempted to go back and get it!

Pollycat

Smoosh wrote: »

We have a £1 clearance outlet for a local hospice a few minutes down the road. I used to go all the time a couple of years go, but stopped, but I've been the last 3 Saturdays in a row and got some great finds!

A blue and white striped Joules sweatshirt.
High waisted floaty burgundy and white floral New Look shorts, BNWT.
A black and white, almost knit-style, Topshop skirt.
A light pink Next sweatshirt with tie details on the bottom.
A pretty floral Warehouse t shirt.
A silky floral black, blue and green strappy Red Herring top.
A black Quiz dress with gorgeous pink and red floral embroidery.
A simple patterned black and white strappy style vest from Topshop.
A pair of dark wash Abercrombie and Fitch skinny jeans.
2 pairs of Hollister skinny jeans, one light wash and one a bit darker with ripped knees.
A lightweight pink New Look jumper with cute grey polka dot embroidery.
A light linen style pastel blue Dorothy Perkins shirt with silver buttons.

Today I also saw a gorgeous (fake) fur coat, originally Dorothy Perkins. So tempted to go back and get it!

Why didn't you buy it there and then?
Go back now!

Not had a bargain for ages (but I have been on holiday for a couple of weeks).
Yesterday, I went to the city and bought:
a Victoria's Secret 'PINK' strappy dress in fluorescent colours. Perfect for the beach. £3.99. No idea how much it would have cost new but their bras are £20+. From BHF

A linen mix sleeveless dress in white with tropical flowers & leaves pattern. This had the brand label cut out and the care label too. Might be Per Una. It's a size too big but it will be easy to seam it down and I'll shorten it too. Was £4.99 but she let me have it for £2.50 as we chatted about alterations. Cancer Research

An as-new Signare shopper-style bag in a tapestry material with a lovely poppy design. £3.00. Local charity shop. These retail about £15.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=signare+tote+bags&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjy0qir-I7cAhVkBcAKHeLuDoAQsAQI9wI&biw=1366&bih=631

In BHF they had a last season's Next linen mix dress that originally retailed at £26. They wanted £10.99 for it. I declined.
My sister managed to get me one on her VIP Next sale slot for £13.00. :T

Smoosh

Pollycat wrote: »

Why didn't you buy it there and then?
Go back now!

Not had a bargain for ages (but I have been on holiday for a couple of weeks).
Yesterday, I went to the city and bought:
a Victoria's Secret 'PINK' strappy dress in fluorescent colours. Perfect for the beach. £3.99. No idea how much it would have cost new but their bras are £20+. From BHF

A linen mix sleeveless dress in white with tropical flowers & leaves pattern. This had the brand label cut out and the care label too. Might be Per Una. It's a size too big but it will be easy to seam it down and I'll shorten it too. Was £4.99 but she let me have it for £2.50 as we chatted about alterations. Cancer Research

An as-new Signare shopper-style bag in a tapestry material with a lovely poppy design. £3.00. Local charity shop. These retail about £15.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=signare+tote+bags&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjy0qir-I7cAhVkBcAKHeLuDoAQsAQI9wI&biw=1366&bih=631

In BHF they had a last season's Next linen mix dress that originally retailed at £26. They wanted £10.99 for it. I declined.
My sister managed to get me one on her VIP Next sale slot for £13.00. :T

I think I'm going to pop in today and see if they've still got it! I'm hoping it might still be there as it's definitely not coat weather!

You got a real bargain with the Pink dress. I have some Pink clothes (bought from the shop, never been lucky enough to find any in a CS) and you're looking at over £30 For a pair of gym shorts!

Pollycat

Smoosh wrote: »

I think I'm going to pop in today and see if they've still got it! I'm hoping it might still be there as it's definitely not coat weather!

You got a real bargain with the Pink dress. I have some Pink clothes (bought from the shop, never been lucky enough to find any in a CS) and you're looking at over £30 For a pair of gym shorts!

Hope it's still there for you.

Had heard of Victoria's Secret but not PINK. It's really vivid, perfect for holidays.

Pollycat wrote: »

An as-new Signare shopper-style bag in a tapestry material with a lovely poppy design. £3.00. Local charity shop. These retail about £15.

Re this ^^^^
Clearly not unused as I've just been through the pockets and found a 50p. :rotfl:

Owain_Moneysaver

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Outside of Edinburgh, Scottish chazzers are very reasonably priced :beer:

That was their "outlet" shop, everything 99p (bric-a-brac 49p). Their city centre shop (the one with the Aga, plastic grass on the floor, stained glass windows and wood panelled walls with floral wallpaper above) isn't nearly so reasonable.

kboss2010

DigForVictory wrote: »

Himself has just lugged back an IKEA rug. New, £39, ours for £15 and currently on the front path being hoovered & washed, looking distinctly exotic on the the grey flags. Valby Ruta, I think and very charming in person whereas a bit busy on screen....

I love that Ikea do actual unique Persian rugs for about 1/2 the price of antique dealers. We got two for the price of 1!

kboss2010

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Gone already, that took less than 24 hours

Outside of Edinburgh, Scottish chazzers are very reasonably priced :beer:

Depends where you go. I used to get bargains galore from the ones on Dalry & Gorgie! I once got a £400 ski jacket for £5!

Hopeless_Case

cbsexec wrote: »

Im in Wales. I do sometimes have a bargain when our local hospice shop reduces stuff to £1 but lots of the other stuff is priced very high. I have just got a lovely cardigan on that rail. I am envious of others' bargains tho.

I don't usually get any of the super-cheap bargains some people do, but I'm happy paying £4 for a skirt which would have been £25 new, I know I'll get loads of wear out of it, plus I got it from the only charity shop in walking distance, so no transport or parking costs.

You can get much better bargains in the town centre, where pretty well a whole street is charity shops, but I'm staying away from town and trying not to spend money, on the other hand I live very close to a supermarket and often pop in on the evenings and manage to buy nearly all of my fruit and veg, meat fish and bread YS so it's swings and roundabouts for me

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A beast quest book for a grandson for 50p
2 x beautiful fringed scarves one in grey and silver, the other in shades of green and gold for 50p each

and

A DRESS!!! I haven't owned a dress in 30 years but I found a really pretty summer dress from Next for £4.99 in the BHF shop and in a moment of madness bought it!

VfM4meplse

kboss2010 wrote: »

Depends where you go. I used to get bargains galore from the ones on Dalry & Gorgie! I once got a £400 ski jacket for £5!

I'm starting to see why her Majesty takes a summer holiday in Scotland

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

A DRESS!!! I haven't owned a dress in 30 years but I found a really pretty summer dress from Next for £4.99 in the BHF shop and in a moment of madness bought it!

True madness would be to not wear it