Charity Shopping - bargains galore for 2021!

berries

I'm going to set aside some extra pennies from next pay day for once the c.s are back open!! I don't need any clothes.  My wardrobe is full!! I enjoy just seeing if there's anything for my house. Do need some nice pictures frames for photos of my horse and dog that I lost last year.  

I suppose the lockdown has saved me from buying stuff I dont need. I've lasted this long so that's a good sign!! 

moneyonmymindsam

Missed the new thread so bookmarked. 😉
I have been looking at cancer research shop online to scratch an itch 😂

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Hope everyone is safe and well
Sam x

Lucy5781

Biggest problem myself, Ebay only used Paypal, don't know if that's changed? But I still have a basic account with Co-op bank from when I did my DRO on 2013 and there were issues linking it to my Paypal due to the online banking not allowing a reference to be put in etc. So, in short, no Ebay for me. 

Plus, it really is the actual rummaging I love. That being said, I also can't wait to go back to my local Choice outlet store, half price or less Next clothing all the time *sigh*, Had a morning to myself in October, no kids, went to my outlet shopping centre, got some new winter boots and jumpers and had a Nandos lunch by myself. Bliss (my kids are four and almost three, so this really is a big deal!!). I will treasure that day in my mind for a long time to come!!

Lxx

Lucy5781

SO, 12th of April.

goldfinches

Hooray for that, just in time for me to find something nice for my birthday then.
I'm crossing my fingers for a decorative bundt tin like these Amazon.co.uk : Nordic Ware Heritage Bundt Pan or some Microplane graters or a Mandoline slicer.  I'd love a jam pan too.
I've also shrunk out of all the waists of my trousers (three cheers for my abs of steel) so would like some new to me pairs and some brown leather brogues with plenty of room for my toes.
I'm planning to redecorate my bedroom once the weather warms up so a couple of rolls of beautiful wallpaper would come in handy as would a nice rug or lampshade.
For cookbooks I still long for everything Yotam Ottolenghi has written as well as the rest of his team, I'm looking for some of the BBC Good Food series especially the Christmas ones and I don't have anything by Meera Sodha yet. 
That'll do for a start, what is everyone else hoping to find this year?

nightsky224

Anyone used Olio, its a bit like freecycle but with photos I have found a few nice bits for free that I can collect locally on my walks. Also has a section for food waste, worth a look

Pollycat

goldfinches said:

That'll do for a start, what is everyone else hoping to find this year?

I'm hoping to find my local hospice shop open so I can donate quite a lot of stuff, including a VGC sheepskin coat (pity I couldn't let them have it before the start of winter), Next leather jacket, half-a-dozen pairs of shoes/boots/sandals and various items of clothing.

DigForVictory

I need a charity shop that takes books. As there are 17 banana boxes in the hall & I'd quite like that space back. Also I am now reconciled to clearing the front room, but not to emptying it all into a skip - I want a charity shop or shops to mop up the children's stuff before it gets retro, and the kitchen pans which have been replaced by shiny new things for the new cooker.. (Himself has blown his birthday funds on whizzy shiny metal, and there are Words being had about the Wedding Present le creuset.) 
I'd like to find some of the Rackham illustrated Shakespeares but I think the charity shop  would need to be blind deaf & dumb not to twig they were worth a small ransom. Also bathtowels and fleece fabric chunks as there is the possibility of a dog entering our lives...

Pollycat

DigForVictory said:

Also bathtowels and fleece fabric chunks as there is the possibility of a dog entering our lives...

More info required please, DFV.

Miró

goldfinches said:

That'll do for a start, what is everyone else hoping to find this year?

I'm hoping to find my fitness again!!  With all the rain/snow/ice/wind/freezing cold I seem to have spent much of this lockdown housebound and I daren't look to see what my weekly step count is these days.  I toddled to a cash machine the other day and was shocked at how out of breath I was after just a small incline   Soooo looking forward to better weather and regular walking trips incorporating visits to the charity shops.  Also looking forward to hearing about everyone's bargains again too!