More Charity Shop Bargains for 2018 & beyond!

dolly84

Yesterday I got a blue and red checked shirt for DH, it's a brand I've never heard of but it is nice soft cotton and quite thick - £1.50. Some brand new pj's for DS, fleecy inside, nice and thick £2.49, a grey F&F turtle neck jumper with buttons on the cuffs and lovely long sleeves £3, and a Miss Selfridge top which has a layered effect with a black chiffon blouse, with elbow length sleeves with an elasticated bottom to give a puffed effect, a small standup collar and a !!!!! bow with a grey angora mix waistcoat with buttons all the way - £2.59.

VfM4meplse

Lucy5781 wrote: »

Not sure if you mean me, if someone else's real name is Lucy...? :rotfl:
I'm 5'8, so hardly short but not so tall that I have constant problems with clothes etc

Ignore me if I've got the wrong end of the stick!

Somehow I thought you were taller than me - think it was a post you made when you were expecting #2 - but obviously I was wrong!

My latest chazzer-haul: 4 books for £1 inc Les Miserables (can't believe I did not have a copy in my classics bookcase!) plus a load of Christmas decorations including festive napkin holders that I can do some really creative stuff with for £4. I left happy

dolly84

dolly84 wrote: »

Yesterday I got a blue and red checked shirt for DH, it's a brand I've never heard of but it is nice soft cotton and quite thick - £1.50. Some brand new pj's for DS, fleecy inside, nice and thick £2.49, a grey F&F turtle neck jumper with buttons on the cuffs and lovely long sleeves £3, and a Miss Selfridge top which has a layered effect with a black chiffon blouse, with elbow length sleeves with an elasticated bottom to give a puffed effect, a small standup collar and a !!!!! bow with a grey angora mix waistcoat with buttons all the way - £2.59.

The type of bow has been blanked out - what a world we live in.

Owain_Moneysaver

I think we need a little cat emoticon to represent the word, instead of !!!!!

Miró

dolly84 wrote: »

The type of bow has been blanked out - what a world we live in.

PC gone mad innit?!!

Pollycat wrote: »

Lucy
It refers back to my posts #1970 & #1975 where I mention a Planet alpaca coat that was too long for me and I said I thought of several posters who I thought may be tall.
I mentioned Miro, Dolly and Greyqueen but not you.

You have a good memory Pollycat...I'm 5'10" if I do the 'shoulders back chesticles out' thingy my old headmistress insisted upon, (you got a whack across the shoulders with a ruler otherwise!).

Soooo yesterday I called into the community chazza just as some 'new' stock was being put out. Loads of spangly, glittery sequinned party wear but then I spotted something with the original price tags attached....always a draw for me! It was a gorgeous, brand new, black, soft, dull satin knee length evening dress. Sleeveless, V necked and with loads of intricate folds and tucks across the shoulders and into the waist & hips. Can't remember the make but it was a 'premium' one. (I would love to have taken it to bits just to see how the tailoring/pattern cutting worked!). My size and the original price was £125 but the chazza was asking £35. This is an enormous price for this chazza as normally nothing ever sells for more than £10 or so. I have absolutely no need for this dress as will not be attending any functions that would would require it in the near future but I just loved it. I now have the chazza equivalent of an 'earworm' and can't stop thinking about it!!! Please send help:o

Pollycat

Mir! wrote: »

PC gone mad innit?!!



You have a good memory Pollycat...I'm 5'10" if I do the 'shoulders back chesticles out' thingy my old headmistress insisted upon, (you got a whack across the shoulders with a ruler otherwise!).

Soooo yesterday I called into the community chazza just as some 'new' stock was being put out. Loads of spangly, glittery sequinned party wear but then I spotted something with the original price tags attached....always a draw for me! It was a gorgeous, brand new, black, soft, dull satin knee length evening dress. Sleeveless, V necked and with loads of intricate folds and tucks across the shoulders and into the waist & hips. Can't remember the make but it was a 'premium' one. (I would love to have taken it to bits just to see how the tailoring/pattern cutting worked!). My size and the original price was £125 but the chazza was asking £35. This is an enormous price for this chazza as normally nothing ever sells for more than £10 or so. I have absolutely no need for this dress as will not be attending any functions that would would require it in the near future but I just loved it. I now have the chazza equivalent of an 'earworm' and can't stop thinking about it!!! Please send help

Sorry.
No help from me. I'm hopeless at resisting things that I don't need but lust after.

I'd have snapped it up at £12.50 but £35.00 sounds a bit steep.
Even for premium brands, I like to pay 1/10th of what the original price might have been.

But that may just be because of where I live and the pricing I see locally.

Are you still here, Miro - or have you gone back to the shop? :rotfl:

Miró

Pollycat wrote: »

Sorry.
No help from me. I'm hopeless at resisting things that I don't need but lust after.

I'd have snapped it up at £12.50 but £35.00 sounds a bit steep.
Even for premium brands, I like to pay 1/10th of what the original price might have been.

But that may just be because of where I live and the pricing I see locally.

Are you still here, Miro - or have you gone back to the shop? :rotfl:

I shall be passing the shop again tomorrow....eeeeek!! I think, because of the price, it may hang around a while. If it ends up on the half price rail I may be unable to resist

Pollycat

Mir! wrote: »

I shall be passing the shop again tomorrow....eeeeek!! I think, because of the price, it may hang around a while. If it ends up on the half price rail I may be unable to resist

If that happens, you will have my blessing.

Lucy5781

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Somehow I thought you were taller than me - think it was a post you made when you were expecting #2 - but obviously I was wrong!

My latest chazzer-haul: 4 books for £1 inc Les Miserables (can't believe I did not have a copy in my classics bookcase!) plus a load of Christmas decorations including festive napkin holders that I can do some really creative stuff with for £4. I left happy

Ah I think it was where I was talking about having a bit of a long body normally and the need for even longer tops with a bump as well.

bobsa1

If a psychologist looked at my eclectic haul today I think they would be very concerned! CS shops bring something out in me that means I’m attracted to trinkets and fripperies I would never normally indulge in!
Today I bought a lovely villeroy and boch Christmas ornament thing that is going to be my Xmas centrepiece on the table it cost £5.95 I had no idea I either wanted or needed such a thing and it nearly stayed on the shelf as I left the shop, got as far as the car and had to return unable to resist. I also bought an electric pie maker new in box (why????) thinking to put it in Dhs stocking. He certainly won’t be expecting that!! I also got some paper mache letters spelling LOVE which are the decorate your own kind and I have no idea why I got them £2 and a square lampshade of the type my mother in law asked me to look out for £1.99.

The strange thing is the villeroy and boch ornament retails at nearly £200 and was being sold for £5.95 whilst 2 green Denny lidded turrets were being sold for £15 each so quite random pricing