More Charity Shop Bargains for 2018 & beyond!

DigForVictory

Miro, awed at your finds! Mighty huntress!

Have I mentioned recently Himself’s a hunter too?
Recently a Lovatts yellow ridged wide necked jug/vase (basestamp Stoneware Lovatts England so 1950-1959 made)

Today, Denby Cotswold salt & pepper pots & 2 individual lidded 2 handled casserole dishes for me.

Then...
Pro Arte 106 size 3/4 flat one stroke brush (Cass art £12.95)
Winsor and Newton Cottman III size 10 round brush ("" £14.50)
Winsor and Newton Cottman III size 12 ("" £ 16.50)
Winsor and Newton Cottman III size 14 ("” £ 17.75)
All new, plus
Vintage M Grumbacher 615 no. 4 paint brush, as new or new
2 Robert Simmons Aquatip brushes' size 1 and 5, excellent condition
2 tins of kids poster points, given back to shop to sell again.
18 tubes of quality water colours, full or same as including colours I don't have, all soft
2 new charcoal pencils
New Winsor and Newton putty rubber
6 sheets of 12 x 9" Cotman 140lb waster colour paper
12 sheets of German sketching paper 21 x 29.7 cm
9 sheets of A4 Daler-Rowney Canford Black paper for chalk and pastels. The lot was £9.99!!! (He handed me the box it had all been piled in & there was Another Sable brush still in there, overlooked!)

Still labelled Farah navy blue cord trousers brand new, (will fit Himself) £2.95

Unissued combat wicking shirt in Coyote brown for £1.90 - ideal for mountain biking son.

Rusty no visible brand leather knife like this sort of to restore and sharpen £1

Karrimor Sabre 60-100 rucksack in black, used once but dirty from storage, should clean up beautifully - £8.95.

He picked up a hat that’s big enough for his skull and hair - on research it turned out to be a Jaxon and james large sized crushable outback hat. RRP £52.95!

Then further happy cries as he found a bar of Vanish soap, £1, (yes they have started making it again. “New” it says - Rollocks - we used them on toddler stained garments til they discontinued selling the bars.)

Katiehound

Just to report that I have feedback from a friend who opened her 'birthday box' this week- it's the £5 challenge.
Probably reported on here what I had bought but suffice it to say the M& Co cotton blouse is a hit and going on a cruise (£1) and the purple micro fibre coat (£1) seems to have barely been off her back! - it's so cosy and bright and has been much admired. Surprising that you don't actully have to spend a fortune to please folk!!:j

(At Christmas one friend loved her s/s pet bowls & holder (20pence) and another loved her 'long eared dog mug' (50pence) I hasten to add they had other goodies too!! but seemed to like the cheapest best :rotfl:)

Today picked up a double duvet cover-£1- green/blue- perfect for the doggy duvet charity fundraising. Actually same shop (AgeUK) gave me a single duvet on Monday. It wasn't pristine so no-one had bought it. now washed, dried & ready for hemming.

Katiehound

DigForVictory wrote: »

Pro Arte 106 size 3/4 flat one stroke brush (Cass art £12.95)
Winsor and Newton Cottman III size 10 round brush ("" £14.50)
Winsor and Newton Cottman III size 12 ("" £ 16.50)
Winsor and Newton Cottman III size 14 ("” £ 17.75)
All new, plus
Vintage M Grumbacher 615 no. 4 paint brush, as new or new
2 Robert Simmons Aquatip brushes' size 1 and 5, excellent condition
2 tins of kids poster points, given back to shop to sell again.
18 tubes of quality water colours, full or same as including colours I don't have, all soft
2 new charcoal pencils
New Winsor and Newton putty rubber
6 sheets of 12 x 9" Cotman 140lb waster colour paper
12 sheets of German sketching paper 21 x 29.7 cm
9 sheets of A4 Daler-Rowney Canford Black paper for chalk and pastels. The lot was £9.99!!! (He handed me the box it had all been piled in & there was Another Sable brush still in there, overlooked!) storage, should clean up beautifully - £8.95.

Jealous ... big time!

balabooberlies

Me too Katie..........and I can't paint !

tee-hee

DigForVictory

Years ago I saw a meme of art materials & the comment - “get your kids into art & they’ll never have the money for drugs”.

Youngest has a talent so husband hunts to supply/equip him.

Astonishing what people buy & give up on, or never even unpack!

balabooberlies

my niece, age 9, shows a talent so am always looking out for her.

I bought her a charcoal set from Liddly at xmas for about 7 pounds.

She is one of 4..........they all loved it.........

dolly84

dfv - you do very well with the art supplies, we are not arty in that way so I never look for them. I use Fairy soap bars for stain removal and they are fab, I bought a pack of 2 years ago and am still on the first bar but I've now found that they are no longer made. Why do we seem to be moving away from the lower waste effective products to more bottles of liquid at a time when we all know the damage it's doing?


miro - I am on the look out for new hankies as we are moving away from tissues.


Katiehound - glad to hear your gifts went down well. I have no problem giving or receiving second hand gifts.

tessie_bear

i got a lovely mason cash pet bowl for the cat £1 in cr it says dog on it but the cat is enjoying the bargain x

not charity shop but if anyone is passing a tkmaxx they are doing their yellow stickers...i got 2 lovely massive portmerion holly and ivy bread bins reduced to £2.50 each around 35/40 pounds on line.They are adording the dresser currently and look splendid

Miró

dolly84 wrote: »

miro - I am on the look out for new hankies as we are moving away from tissues.

:T

Never really thought of it before but I suppose it is more environmentally friendly :j Tissues make my nose sore and the balm(y) ones fall to bits. Have spent hours picking shredded bits of tissue off washing after a rogue tissue gets left in a pocket. Also, there is nothing like keeping a large clean mens hanky in your bag for a whole variety of purposes. (I really am turning into my grandmother )

luxor4t

Earlier this week, as I was dropping off a bag of donations, I found two items for toddler DGS on the clothes rail at my local CS.
One was a dino onesie that needed mending, the other was a rain jacket with a label that said "dirty pocket" - ink scribbles etc, but fine for garden play I thought.
At the till, after I had paid, the two assistants looked at each other and then started grumbling about how "cheap" they were, and how the shop shouldn't bother selling things at those prices.
I'm a grumpy old woman, so I asked loudly "Were the prices wrong? Do you want me to pay more?"
What a surprise, they didn't.