Charity Shopping - New to You in '22!

YoungBlueEyes

I have a similar note-on-my-phone system for a particular author I like. I can never remember which ones in a series I'm still looking for and end up buying duplicates. I wrote a list of wanted ones, which I could never find cos it was always in the wrong coat. So I wrote another list and took a pic of it with my phone

florianatwobob

I have a few notes on my phone for books, DVDs I have (to avoid duplicates) and would like to find and a wish list of things to keep an eye out for in charity shops. 

Floss

I take photos of books when published & have a wish-list folder in my phone, also with a list of "things to acquire" which currently says 'sheepskin rug'

goldfinches

I keep a note of the baking tin sizes and shapes I'm looking out for tucked into my phone case and snap photos of things I want to remember for whatever reason.
I thought that others on this thread might find this newsletter interesting as it shows some fascinating photos of East End markets in the early 70s. David Hoffman In Cheshire St | Spitalfields Life There are all sorts of things for sale that I half recognise and I'd definitely have been interested in the dovecote with the weathervane on top. 

liberty_lily

Wednesday2000 said:

liberty_lily said:

Love Pollycat's brooch, btw 😍 although I'm also not a brooch person...don't think I own a single one these days although I did have some huge diamanté ones in the late '80s when I was a student 😀 

Pics or it didn't happen!

Wednesday...just for you (although I've still not found all our old photos and none with brooches yet 🙄)....these have some big jewellery though 😁

Me, when I was a student in 1986 (aged 19) with hair extensions done at Antenna - all clothing either charity shop or made by me. The shiny *dress* in the last pic had gorgeous little horseshoe fastenings -

Wednesday2000

OMG you looked amazing! I hadn't heard of Antenna before. How long was your real hair?

YoungBlueEyes

Wow you look fab in those pics LL, that look really suits you! 😃

Floss if you’re looking for sheepskin I hear good things about a certain Kiwi company. Decent prices and delivery is quick too  

[Deleted User]

Sheepskin ???
I've bought from these people a few times .... jackets and rugs !

 Sheepskin Rugs | Luxury Leather Products (leathercompany.co.uk)

C_J

Fabulous pics @liberty_lily!

I had a good day, chazzer-wise. In various local hospice shops I managed to tick off a number of things from my wish list, including a dolly car seat, kiddy supermarket basket and groceries and a dolly accessory set with potty, magic milk bottle, reusable nappies, hair brushes etc for my three year old granddaughter to play with when she (regularly) visits.

I also bought a book on my latest hobby of making fused glass, some unused cross stitch kits, and a king sized Christmas patterned brushed cotton duvet cover and pillow cases, still new in packaging. 

Then there was a little VTech handheld sound and light thing for my nine month old granddaughter who is at the age of wanting to press buttons all the time and I’d rather she didn’t do this with the TV remote 🤣

Finally I bought a really useful ‘adjustable’ cake tin - an oblong non-stick tray bake which has repositionable cubes so you can bake cakes in whatever number or letter shape you wish. I think it’s something I may have seen in Lakeland before but it was pricey. I have been silently hankering after one for a while, so for £3 it got snapped up!

Floss

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Sheepskin ???
I've bought from these people a few times .... jackets and rugs !

 Sheepskin Rugs | Luxury Leather Products (leathercompany.co.uk)

Their cheapest at £40 is way over budget - I'm hoping for a chazzer bargain, not to blow a month's disposable income!