More Charity Shop Bargains for 2018 & beyond!

tessie_bear

i have on a pair m and s jeans 20p dr b a striped top and orange hoodie tu sale hope everyone is well x

dolly84

tessie_bear - you do get some very bargainous jeans.

The dyeing sounds like a result, I'm always a bit scared of it.

Today I am wearing a pair of Next slim leg jeans and a George grey thin knit jumper which has a panel in the back from underneath the shoulders in a white silky fabric with a large paisley pattern in blue, don't remember the price of the jeans but £3-4 I expect but I do know the jumper was £1.

tessie_bear

i do indeed x the h and m pair i got are the best pair of jeans i have ever had usually go to m and s for jeans but would buy h and m as fantastic x

Footpather

DigForVictory said:

I did suggest refreshing some bedding with a new dye colour & the chaps universally said No! - they didn't want the washing machine contaminated with lurid colour which might affect their delicate sensibilities, let alone smallclothes...

it doesn't contaminate the washer though. If you think it might wash a dark wash the next time around.  I did that and the next wash was all light coloured items and no problem at all. 

Footpather

dolly84 said:

The dyeing sounds like a result, I'm always a bit scared of it.

Give it a go.  I used to do hand dying years ago and loved it but it was faffy.  The ones you do in the washer are straightforward. If you've got something that would otherwise get thrown/given away you've not much to lose. It's good for covering up stains. 

DigForVictory

May suggest a compromise with the lads - we play the old tie dye & wax resist games on fabric that will be sewn into masks, then run another wash with a single teatowel before returning to the usual stoking with house laundry...

Miró

Worrying news - as a result of fundraising coming to a halt and the closure of their charity shops, the Sue Ryder, charity who run Hospices up and down the country announced yesterday they may have to close all of their Hospices because of a collapse in their finances due to Covid 19.  This cannot be allowed to happen surely???

Sayschezza

Our local hospice says their biggest income comes from legacies and is well in excess of anything the shops/fundraisers make so I was surprised to read this.

Miró

Sayschezza said:

Our local hospice says their biggest income comes from legacies and is well in excess of anything the shops/fundraisers make so I was surprised to read this.

I too would have thought that would have been the case for most if not all hospices.  Anyhoo, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak has just this minute announced the allocating of extra funding, (£750m) for charities, including hospices! 

dolly84

Miro - I think St Gemma's said the same thing this week.

I've done a couple of charity donations this week, there is such a domino effect to this whole situation and there will be many victims that are forgotten about just because they didn't die of the virus.  I chose the RSPCA and NSPCC, I am very concerned about children in volatile and abusive homes with nowhere to go for help, particularly little ones that are too young to call anyone, the pressure of all being cooped up together for some families just doesn't bear thinking about.