Charity Shopping - New to You in '22!

Rosa_Damascena

Wednesday2000 said:

I stopped in at The Cornerstone shop again and finally found a fleece top which is the pink one. That was £1 as was the red M&S cardi. The blue GAP jumper was £4 as was the Gerry Weber blue jacket. I hadn't heard of that brand, but I looked and it is quite pricey. I also got the panda cup, the reusable bottle, the ring and the teddy. All for £12.

That shop is addictive as it is quite cheap and seems to turn over it's stock quickly.

I HAVE to take a trip in that direction! I could take in the Hadleigh chazzers and the ones on the parade on London Rd, Leigh. The Barnardos is a bargain-free zone but the rotary club shop next door to it is an absolute treasure trove.

On Friday I popped into a local chaz on the way to work and bought a smart leather handbag for £2, a Planet dress for £3.50 and a couple of jeans for my niece.

I popped into Shared Space in Southchurch yesterday morning and found a mobile phone cover for 30p and bought 2 pairs of sunglasses for 20p each. Handy because my favourite pair broke (ironically I managed to fix them when I got home). Then I bought a nice thick gilet from The Project Too. I really don't want to be cold this winter!

Brie

I've got another 6 bags of MiL's stuff to recycle. 3 bags are bed linen so I've contacted the food bank as they have a rehousing service so always need furniture and other bits.  The rest is clothing including a massive fleece lined bathrobe/dressing gown - weighs a ton and will be exceedingly warm so I'm sure someone is going to love it more than my MiL (too long and too heavy for her to manage unfortunately).  I'd keep it for myself but I'm a bit EWW about wearing something of hers despite it being freshly washed - lovely lady and I don't mind used stuff, I just don't want hers.  Hope that makes sense.

Trying to sort out what to do with her various mobility aids - most are council supplied but not all.  I've been told it costs too much for the council to collect/recycle so I'll be checking with charity shops if they want them.  Her expensive wheelchair and mobility scooter we'll try to sell.  And her furniture and electric fireplace will either go to one of the larger charity stores or the food bank.

On the plus side - and despite my EWW - for now I've kept a couple of her scarves.  There's a white 30% silk pashmina and another thing that may have been meant for a neck warmer inside a formal winter coats - feels like silk on one side and has a gold and red brocade fabric on the other.  I've also kept a tshirt the OH made for her which has a photo of 2 of our cats on it.  Not sure I'll ever use any of these but just didn't want to "throw them away".

Miró

Just picked up a couple of little items on my tour of the local charity shops today.  A pair of very elaborate tasselly curtain tie back thingies in cream, as new and 25p and a thingumidoo for hanging ties in the wardrobe made from a lovely piece of wood 75p....this will go in the present drawer!!

Brie

Had a bit of a wobble packing up MiL's stuff.  Came across a bag stuffed to the back of a drawer that was filled with baby stuff.  I expect some of it was from OH was a tiddler but there's some lovely knitted stuff as well that may have been something she had made on the off chance there would be grandkids.  It's the one bit of her stuff I don't know what to do with.  We obviously have no need of any of it, there's no babies really even into the cousins, no nieces or nephews.  And even if there were I suspect no one would want OH's used toddler shoes or anything that needs to be hand washed.  I suspect I will tuck it into the back of one of my drawers for someone else to deal with.  I don't dare show it to the OH.  It's a weird thing....like if you find something really personal in a pocket of a coat you buy or a picture tucked into a book and you have no idea the real story behind it.  Sorry - very maudlin of me.  I'll go have a cuppa tea.

Cherryfudge

It's these little personal things that hit the spot, isn't it. I have various bits tucked at the back of drawers that I don't want to let go but other people wouldn't know the history. Have some hugs x

Frith

Ludlow today. A Lily and Me top. It sounds like a brand of maternity wear but I don't think it is!

Floss

Brie, would the new clothing be donatable? And maybe find a nice box for the worn things & put them to one side until another day?

Potternerd

A small navy leather with a sparkly finish tote bag £2
A River Island denim jumpsuit £7
And a blue and white dinner plate £2.50. I already have a bowl in that pattern (Adam and Eve Tachikichi).

luvchocolate

Frith said:

Ludlow today. A Lily and Me top. It sounds like a brand of maternity wear but I don't think it is!

It's a mid range brand...sell in local designer discount shop 

Pollycat

luvchocolate said:

Frith said:

Ludlow today. A Lily and Me top. It sounds like a brand of maternity wear but I don't think it is!

It's a mid range brand...sell in local designer discount shop 

It's a lovely top (I could probably wear it as a dress with teal or grey opaques).
Great design.
I've never seen this brand in shops but I have bought a couple of items from charity shops.