More Charity Shop Bargains for 2018 & beyond!

DigForVictory

Argh, the invasion of B&H has begin Already?
Although. this year, soap doesn't seem Quite so wrong as a gift.

Owain_Moneysaver

Found a dress sporran in Cancer Research for £30. 
The new one I'd already ordered from the kilt shop for £130 arrives tomorrow.

DigForVictory

Brilliant! And after a couple of glasses of the creature, you can start to tell tales of the things This Sporran Has Seen.... (Shouldn't be too hard to date it roughly & credit it with a military career, possibly with diplomatic stints. Any notably repairs/replacements can be the equivalent of wounded in the line of duty.)
And what an origin myth for the very young - "It Was Found in the Sporran"... I think I'd have a wrapped barley sugar, a £2 coin and a little origami creature with my name & phone number inside it for emergencies/contingencies. Other items may suggest themselves also, but Never a Mobile.)
What a Wonderful find! (Update your Will forthwith - Who gets The Sporran in decades to come?) Will it be lent to nervous grooms, and sent to stabilise Best Men? Be a sterling part of your Very Best Dress for Hogmanay & when we're allowed them, massed gatherings (it don't half speed Identification!) Or will you also allow yourself to wear it just to cheer yourself up? (And others - the full kit has all ages & genders stopping to admire - share the glory!)

Floss

Owain_Moneysaver said:

Found a dress sporran in Cancer Research for £30. 
The new one I'd already ordered from the kilt shop for £130 arrives tomorrow.

Can I assume that you are in one of the Celtic lands, as the chazzers near me are all closed...

Happy_Kitties

Brand new ‘Pinch of Nom’ Everyday Light bought today in Cats Protection for £2. Very happy  

Bogof_OAP

Owain_Moneysaver said:

Found a dress sporran in Cancer Research for £30. 
The new one I'd already ordered from the kilt shop for £130 arrives tomorrow.

Can it be returned, or are these things "made to measure"? 😊😏

goldfinches

Bogof_OAP said:

Owain_Moneysaver said:

Found a dress sporran in Cancer Research for £30. 
The new one I'd already ordered from the kilt shop for £130 arrives tomorrow.

Can it be returned, or are these things "made to measure"? 😊😏

You have just made me shriek and then rock with laughter, thanks for that I really needed cheering up. 

wondercollie

DigForVictory said:

Brilliant! And after a couple of glasses of the creature, you can start to tell tales of the things This Sporran Has Seen.... (Shouldn't be too hard to date it roughly & credit it with a military career, possibly with diplomatic stints. Any notably repairs/replacements can be the equivalent of wounded in the line of duty.)
And what an origin myth for the very young - "It Was Found in the Sporran"... I think I'd have a wrapped barley sugar, a £2 coin and a little origami creature with my name & phone number inside it for emergencies/contingencies. Other items may suggest themselves also, but Never a Mobile.)
What a Wonderful find! (Update your Will forthwith - Who gets The Sporran in decades to come?) Will it be lent to nervous grooms, and sent to stabilise Best Men? Be a sterling part of your Very Best Dress for Hogmanay & when we're allowed them, massed gatherings (it don't half speed Identification!) Or will you also allow yourself to wear it just to cheer yourself up? (And others - the full kit has all ages & genders stopping to admire - share the glory!)

I bought both of my sons their kilts and sporrans for their high school graduation.  I'll never forget the sight of number two son in full regalia on an escalator going to his graduation ceremony.  Heads turned to look at him.  He had his photo taken with more people than he knew.  The conference centre where the ceremony was held was convention centre and three other schools were holding events that night.  He was invited to their after events and had yet more pictures taken.

DigForVictory

Middleson says he's "not entitled" to wear a kilt (full breed quarter Scot) & would look a twonk - which from a chap who gave us a hard time being a Very Snappy Dresser strikes me as celestially unsporting. I think he hasn't see the Wow Effect, the heads turning, the rush of folk for photos, (even the 'join us for a pint' & the phone numbers etc that a couple of my caving pals credited to their [hired] Full Highland Turnout - we don't usually do much more than wash the mud off but when we scrub up, we go the whole hog!) & once That penny drops then there will be consultation on exactly which is the family tartan.

Bogof_OAP (you'll always be Bogof Babe to me), as I understand it from helping my father, the sporran is mercifully adjustable, it's when you plump out further than the kilt straps you have problems. His kilt was sent away for dry cleaning and a replacement strap when this was discovered, but hurrah was returned in time for a family wedding...

wondercollie

Kilt cleaning is an expensive nightmare over hear.  Some cleaners charge by the pleat!  Luckily my sons have kept in with the woman who used to own the Scottish Shop and knows everybody who owns a kilt.  She knows when the pipe bands put their stuff in for cleaning and emails everyone to let them know.  The drycleaner does a job lot rate and divides it by the number of kilts!

Lost my trifle bowl.  Don't ask, I have no idea how.  Arcoroc 1980s.  None to be found in local thrift shops, so made do with a Mikasa crystal one, $9.99. Who's betting the missing bowl surfaces soon?  Last seen at Easter after being washed.