More Charity Shop Bargains for 2018 & beyond!

ScarletRibbons

i would agree about Regatta sizing - I've got a waterproof jacket with a zip out quilted inner jacket and I had to get a size 16 - ok there's wriggle room in it, but normally I would get a 12!! Hey ho , as long as it fits.

Pollycat

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I also picked up a couple of these for 95p each, v heavy and will come in handy...although I'm not entirely sure for what, atm:



And another 14 books, of course

These look like they should have poles at each corner so you can stack them.


I have something similar in the top of my wardrobe to store my handbags.

VfM4meplse

Pollycat wrote: »

These look like they should have poles at each corner so you can stack them.


I have something similar in the top of my wardrobe to store my handbags.

Its the nearest image I could find, but mine don't have the stacking mechanism. I'm wondering if they came from someone's freezer and am still debating their use.

Also I notice that Primark has launched a "Friends" branded range of merchandise. I predict I will spot this in chazzers by January

dolly84

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Its the nearest image I could find, but mine don't have the stacking mechanism. I'm wondering if they came from someone's freezer and am still debating their use.

Also I notice that Primark has launched a "Friends" branded range of merchandise. I predict I will spot this in chazzers by January

They've been doing the Friends range off and on for a few years now, it does crop up in CS's now and again but not that often in my experience and it is overpriced.


Yesterday I got a pair of black Topshop trousers with white polka dots, ankle length - £2.

Hopeless_Case

ScarletRibbons wrote: »

i would agree about Regatta sizing - I've got a waterproof jacket with a zip out quilted inner jacket and I had to get a size 16 - ok there's wriggle room in it, but normally I would get a 12!! Hey ho , as long as it fits.

There's a huge difference between brands, Per Una and Wallace obviously aim to flatter , and I find I need much smaller sizes in them, but variation within a brand takes it further! I do always try on though just to be sure even if it's only a couple of ££

DigForVictory

I somehow never got handbag software installed, so I leave the dratted things behind. I do have a goes nearly everywhere with me tote, which lives on a shoulder or nuzzling an ankle, but for social events I have to borrow something "appropriate" & leave all my default kit behind. Which when you could use a sewing kit, or sticky plasters, or something to take the heat out (sugar lumps for the win!) is very irritating.

I like the idea for bag with outfit (HRH does it so well) but prefer a stylish bag with Everything (almost).

Recent delights include an x-acto tool and heads for £2, which are all British made (bonus!), and some decals with which to fend off acquisitive offspring (a baby pink case wasn't keeping them off the kindle, but a wonder woman sticker and they recoil like vampires from holy water!) Bargain for 10 pence! (Not sure they'd protect Le Creuset though.)

Pollycat

DigForVictory wrote: »

I somehow never got handbag software installed, so I leave the dratted things behind. I do have a goes nearly everywhere with me tote, which lives on a shoulder or nuzzling an ankle, but for social events I have to borrow something "appropriate" & leave all my default kit behind. Which when you could use a sewing kit, or sticky plasters, or something to take the heat out (sugar lumps for the win!) is very irritating.

I like the idea for bag with outfit (HRH does it so well) but prefer a stylish bag with Everything (almost).

I was at the front of the queue.

Just counted my bags and I have 61.
Some are leather, some are Kipling, Cath Kidston, Desigual, fake Mulberry/Miu Miu/ Jimmy Choo from India. :eek:

Hopeless_Case

DigForVictory wrote: »

I somehow never got handbag software installed, so I leave the dratted things behind. I do have a goes nearly everywhere with me tote, which lives on a shoulder or nuzzling an ankle, but for social events I have to borrow something "appropriate" & leave all my default kit behind. Which when you could use a sewing kit, or sticky plasters, or something to take the heat out (sugar lumps for the win!) is very irritating.

I like the idea for bag with outfit (HRH does it so well) but prefer a stylish bag with Everything (almost).

Recent delights include an x-acto tool and heads for £2, which are all British made (bonus!), and some decals with which to fend off acquisitive offspring (a baby pink case wasn't keeping them off the kindle, but a wonder woman sticker and they recoil like vampires from holy water!) Bargain for 10 pence! (Not sure they'd protect Le Creuset though.)

I did and didn't get the software, I feel lost without my bag, but I just have one main bag which I use everyday and take everywhere, although I do have a couple which I've bought for weddings over the years which I will use on special occasions as a one-off, but usually it's the same old same old with me

Miró

DigForVictory wrote: »

Recent delights include an x-acto tool and heads for £2, which are all British made (bonus!), and some decals with which to fend off acquisitive offspring (a baby pink case wasn't keeping them off the kindle, but a wonder woman sticker and they recoil like vampires from holy water!) Bargain for 10 pence! (Not sure they'd protect Le Creuset though.)

Frequently, when D for F posts, I have to resort to Google to find out just what the latest bargain actually is....(x-acto tool?????)

Pollycat wrote: »

Just counted my bags and I have 61.
Some are leather, some are Kipling, Cath Kidston, Desigual, fake Mulberry/Miu Miu/ Jimmy Choo from India. :eek:

Sixty flippin' one!!! Course I had to go and count mine then didn't I? Somewhat horrified to find I have 49 The two most used are one black leather Rowallan cross body messenger and a tan Mulberry cross body messenger. Like to be hands free when poss and both have a little zipped pouchy thing at the front for quick, easy access to keys/phone/change purse. Either one or the other seems to go with anything. Then there are the totes, the quirky, the smart dressy, the fancy colours and my beloved inherited vintage Chanel (Didn't count in the rucksacks or the beach typee bags) Always room for another tho......

PositiveBalance

Pollycat wrote: »

They simply had your name on them.

I like this way of thinking but it's also dangerous...I could see myself justifying any number of purchase this way!

VfM4meplse wrote: »

_pale_ faints with shock

*Passes smelling salts*