Charity Shopping - New to You in '22! 24 December 2021 at 11:07AM in Old style MoneySaving 1.6K replies 217.8K views

Floss

Shiny new thread for sharing our bargains when the chazzers reopen after New Year... Happy chazzing everyone!

Rosa_Damascena

I have a chazzer problem and must be stopped

CAFCGirl

Rosa_Damascena said:

I have a chazzer problem and must be stopped

Surely not!

Poppy_Golightly

I have a chazzer problem too and despite declaring a New Year Resolution to stay out of them, I know where I will be next week!

Rosa_Damascena

I only realised how much stuff I have when I had to move it round this year (I've been living in clutter for 7 months and this Christmas break has given me a chance to make a big dent in in) that was not a happy experience. Most of my purchases are low value (think under £3), lots of which are books and good quality clothes but I cannot bring myself to pass any of it on. Furniture aside, I'm confident that I spend a lot less that £400 pa at chazzers but it is crowding me out somewhat now,

topsyturphy

I did quite a bit of my Christmas shopping from my local charity shop

Tower of London - model kit
magnetic - children’s make a face kit
2 x mechano sets
1 Camembert baking pot - brand new in original box
John Lewis - solitaire game
2 x brand new Joe wicks cooking books
candle set
cufflinks - silver in case
cookery book stand
hair band set to make.
Dog washing kit
heart shaped mini blackboard and stand

saved myself so much money this year by shopping there. 

Also got napkin rings, candles, meter of red felt and red glittery table cloth and bits and pieces for crafting

Potternerd

I try to deal with my CS addiction by aiming to operate a one in, one out policy. Ideally donating the one out unless it is tatty and needs chucking.
Just before Christmas I bought M and S black PE leggings with pinky red trim £2.99. I then found a black Adidas PE top with the Adidas stripes in the same pinky red in another shop for £3. Mind I’ll need more than matching clothes to shift all the food I’ve eaten this weekend!
Also a Sainsbury’s pretty floral big teacup £1 and an octagonal glass bowl perfect for my Christmas clementine trifle £3.
5 items in the donate bag.

Brie

OH has def found the chaz spirit - got himself some nice LPs (Fidelio playing loudly in the next room....) as well as lovely presents for me.

There was an Emile Henri escargot dish - (mislabelled as something in which one could cook quail eggs!) and a lovely square vintage silk scarf apparently designed by one of Mary Quant's team.  

Frith

I got a lot of Christmas presents (and December birthday presents) from charity shops. Unless brand new, I just put a ribbon round and told the recipient where I had bought them: 

Emma Bridgewater pansy vase (£1.50!)
Delia Smith How to Cook, books 1-3
2 other books
3 sporting autobiographies for my brother
Jack Wills jumper
Posh coffee press 

goldfinches

Brie said:

OH has def found the chaz spirit - got himself some nice LPs (Fidelio playing loudly in the next room....) as well as lovely presents for me.

There was an Emile Henri escargot dish - (mislabelled as something in which one could cook quail eggs!) and a lovely square vintage silk scarf apparently designed by one of Mary Quant's team.  

Very envious of the Emile Henri dish, I've never yet managed to find/fondle anything from that range. The scarf also sounds rather lovely too.

CAFCGirl

Wandered into Sue Ryder.
People must have been having a clear out as they had stacks of bags and boxes by their till!

Poor things, about to over run by the new year decluttering all over again.

I did my duty and helped clear a little bit of space for them by taking 5 books from them, £1 each including one hardback.
They must have had a run on them since my last visit as a lot of new titles in. I could easily have bought double but I only had £5 in cash on me.