More Charity Shop Bargains for 2018 & beyond!

DigForVictory

Matron_Midge said:

Thanks very much. Hope I get as much use out of mine. I shall use some leather cream on it.

Remember it doesn't need to be "nutritious polish, leather for the use of" but Nivea has been shown to work & any moisturiser that you may have forgotten, outgrown or generally let get over its use within Q months. Just not the tinted sorts...

balabooberlies

Many many moons ago, seems like a lifetime, I was fortunate enough to be in Italy and bought a leather holdall (?).  Think Gladstone bag but huge.  I asked the owner what to use to keep it beautiful.  He handed me a massive pot of Nivea.

Miró

DigForVictory said:

Matron_Midge said:

Thanks very much. Hope I get as much use out of mine. I shall use some leather cream on it.

Remember it doesn't need to be "nutritious polish, leather for the use of" but Nivea has been shown to work & any moisturiser that you may have forgotten, outgrown or generally let get over its use within Q months. Just not the tinted sorts...

balabooberlies said:

Many many moons ago, seems like a lifetime, I was fortunate enough to be in Italy and bought a leather holdall (?).  Think Gladstone bag but huge.  I asked the owner what to use to keep it beautiful.  He handed me a massive pot of Nivea.

Well, I never knew that!!  Next time I'm a little bored I will collect up all the odds and ends of samples/old stock etc and give all my bags a going over.  Thanks for the tip.

Today's meander found me in the community chazza where I found a pair of B/N, Clarks, light navy patent shoes with a very small wedge heel and flat bow on the front, could not resist at £5.  Also, got a B/N tan leather belt for £1, (very useful for jeans!)

Magpie100

ooh I just spent a happy 20 minutes catching up! I have been out and about with my Magpie eyes...
First stop was a post seaside town on the Suffolk coast (I'm sure some of you would be able to guess where; famous for their fish and chips...). There were only 2 charity shops there but I found a Nicole Farhi 100% silk skirt in the Sue Ryder for £7.50! It is LOVELY and it's yet another reason to wish it was summer. Navy with a pink-ish pattern and the side zip is set at an angle, which somehow makes the whole thing very luxe! I also bought a couple of jumpers. 

Yesterday I went to posh local town near me before I had a hair cut. Found a pair of New Balance trainers in my size for £6.99. Look hardly worn and in a lovely shade of pale blue - I already have my eye on spring. A pair of Nike light blue Dri-fit leggings for £4.99. Not sure about the colour of these but my life right now is dog walk/boot camp/repeat to infinity, so these will go under my dog-walking trousers when very cold or be used to lounge about the house. 

A Gerard Darel shirt for £5. I LOVE a bit of Gerard D; the kind of label I can only afford secondhand. Cream, short-sleeved with navy piping and a v-neck with zip. Tres chic. We are having a reaching-the-end-of-term-ish posh dinner tonight (delivery from a fancy restaurant) so I might wear it for that. 

A cream Banana Republic slouchy jumper for £5.50. Strangely, despite being covered in mud most of the time I have recently bought secondhand cream gloves (from Harrods originally, no less!), the cream Gerard D top and this one. Ridiculous, but if you're not buying new it doesn't matter quite as much if they get destroyed. 

A white (so impractical - what was I thinking?!) lightweight waterproof jacket by Trespass. It was tucked away in the Men's section but it says 'M' 'Size 12' so I am sure it is a woman's one. Lightweight, waterproof, breathable, should wash and wear well, which will be essential given the amount of mud I will get on it...

I need to get some secondhand stocking fillers next week (for MIL; she will appreciate the upcycling and does have some new presents, too!) and I fear for my wallet...

A very satisfied, head-to-toe white, Magpie100

 

Owain_Moneysaver

A headset for my phone, usually about £30-40 but £4 in Cancer Research.
Will be useful for working from home type stuff using the phone. I got a Plantronics headset for the computer last year.

Owain_Moneysaver

Happy_Kitties said:

I’m sure our BHF shop doesn’t know the true value of things. Picked up 3 big Molton Brown crackers today for 1.49 each. These will be very well used

"Price those low, Ethel, they're not Baylis and Harding."

Happy_Kitties

Owain_Moneysaver said:

Happy_Kitties said:

I’m sure our BHF shop doesn’t know the true value of things. Picked up 3 big Molton Brown crackers today for 1.49 each. These will be very well used

"Price those low, Ethel, they're not Baylis and Harding."

Ethel did me proud today a Boots royal jelly brand new with items hatbox for 2.49.
I pick up items for a charity auction later in the year. My best buys still have to be the Jo Malone soap, in a bag with 2 other soaps for £1 with a bomb cosmetics bath bomb and a mouse cheese slice that I picked up for £3.
Both the mouse and the Jo Malone soap went for £10 each in the charity auction.
There are some rich pickings out there courtesy of Ethel

Pollycat

Not bought anything for months but today...

A Castro Black long sleeved checked shirt for OH. £2.00 Air Ambulance. Not heard of this make before but it looks very well made, patterns matching and contrast fabric to inside cuffs and collar

A pair of thick M&S treggings in a brown square check pattern. Lovely fabric, look unworn. I think they are treggings rather than leggings as they have a feature side zip. £3.99 Oxfam

3 boxes of Thorntons dark chocolates, only 8 chocs but delectable sounding - Sicilian mousse, Seville caramel etc. On the cusp of best before date but only 50p per box. Will polish off before the end of the festive season.

A TUI 3/4 sleeve jersey short dress in a Rennie McIntosh design, very colourful. £2.99 BHF

And...

...a glass Christmas bauble for £25.00.

To put this into perspective, it's a brand new in box with label & ribbon attached Waterford Crystal one and I've seen one very similar on Amazon for £103.73.

I only have glass baubles on my tree and I have some that I bought from the top of the Twin Towers in NY 10 months before the terror attack.

And a Macys 2000 and 2015.

And some from Harrods.

And some from Cairo.

And some Dartington crystal icicles.

And some that I bought from a local flea market that we think probably started life as part of a chandelier.

And some with painted reindeers on sent by a friend from Canada.

And a Benjamin Chee Chee (Canadian artist) one of Canada geese (I have this one on permanent display with my glass perfume bottles and this Waterford one will also be).

Sayschezza

That's beautiful Pollycat.
Ethel Ethel who the .... is Ethel?

LittleVoice

Pollycat said:

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A pair of thick M&S treggings in a brown square check pattern. Lovely fabric, look unworn. I think they are treggings rather than leggings as they have a feature side zip. £3.99 Oxfam

Treggings - is that trouser/leggings hybrid and more formal than Jeggings?