Charity Shopping - bargains galore for 2021!

Pollycat

Sayschezza said:

Burgundy Hobbs dress BNWT £1. Two other dresses by Gerry Webber which are a bit snug but hopefully by next year I will be a little slimmer so worth keeping them as they were also only £1 each.

Great bargains from good brands.

I bought a Paraphrase top/shirt (the sort you wear not tucked in) with gold buttons for £3.50. It looks like it had come from TKMaxx. Identical on eBay £4.50 (used, slight pull on front). 
And a TU navy top similar style. £2.50. These are great for wearing with patterned leggings. 
Both from Scope.

Potternerd

These little cuties Kelsi pink loafers £3 and H and M bag white with pink striped shoulder strap£2. Also a long grey fleece Cotton Traders skirt with drawstring waist and zipped pockets £3 and large Soap and Glory body butter 50p and travel size Crabtree and Evelyn conditioner 50p.
8 items donated.

balabooberlies

Great shoes !

CAFCGirl

Another 4 books for £1 and two delightful hive shaped glass jars, with a blue tinge with metal hanger for 50p each - they remind me of wasp catcher jars, or they may have been votives for a candle but all clean. I plan on making candles in them myself, and they may be gifted out.

Rosa_Damascena

CAFCGirl said:

Another 4 books for £1 and two delightful hive shaped glass jars, with a blue tinge with metal hanger for 50p each - they remind me of wasp catcher jars, or they may have been votives for a candle but all clean. I plan on making candles in them myself, and they may be gifted out.

Where did you get the wicks from? I know you can get them online, I'm just wondering where the biggest bargain is to be found

Miró

Been looking for a traditional oversized Aran sweater for ages but haven't found one even in a proper shop.  My local community chazza shop always has a big box of assorted knitting wools and today, on top were 3 bags of mixed wools but each with several 100g balls of Emu traditional Aran100%wool and also several balls of 'curly wool', (I assume someone had started knitting something but had given up and unravelled it and just dumped the remaining unused wool as well as the 'curly wool at the charity shop).  Have now hanked the curly wool and soaked it in warm water to straighten it.  Now to find a pattern.  Haven't done any knitting for yonks so this is going to be a real challenge.....might keep me amused over the forthcoming seasonal festivities though which will be rather subdued again this year.  The bags of wool were £3 each but I will have loads of other wools to play around with too.  Now where did I put my blooming' knitting needles???  Oh, also got a pair of grey George jeans from the £1 rail too. 

Miró

Rosa_Damascena said:

CAFCGirl said:

Another 4 books for £1 and two delightful hive shaped glass jars, with a blue tinge with metal hanger for 50p each - they remind me of wasp catcher jars, or they may have been votives for a candle but all clean. I plan on making candles in them myself, and they may be gifted out.

Where did you get the wicks from? I know you can get them online, I'm just wondering where the biggest bargain is to be found

I just use natural string, (NOT the nylon sort!).  I save those silver do dah's from bought candles and just feed a length of string through and tie a knot underneath.

CAFCGirl

Rosa_Damascena said:

CAFCGirl said:

Another 4 books for £1 and two delightful hive shaped glass jars, with a blue tinge with metal hanger for 50p each - they remind me of wasp catcher jars, or they may have been votives for a candle but all clean. I plan on making candles in them myself, and they may be gifted out.

Where did you get the wicks from? I know you can get them online, I'm just wondering where the biggest bargain is to be found

I used ebay for mine, moons ago and still have plenty to get through

Rosa_Damascena

I've just seen this MSE article about renting clothes. It caught my attention as I'd like to reduce how much stuff I've got, but the prices are eye-watering if you are used to finding good quality clothes at a fraction of the price from the chazzer. So I'll stick with my current MO.

kboss2010

Absolute bargains this week!

I got a picnic hamper for a family Christmas gift for £7, a long Next layering jumper for £2, a new Radley-style purse with a dog on it for £3, some ribbon for £1 & some baskets for £1 each for smaller hampers.