Charity Shopping - New to You in '22!

Pollycat

Had a good day on Saturday:
A New Look denim pinafore dress £4.50 Lighthouse
A wool hat in mottled shades £2.00 Air Ambulance
A TU brand new cream polo jersey top - great with the pinafore dress. £2.00 Age UK
A pair of brand new Hawkshead walking boots, lightweight Goretex. £8.00 local hospice
A John Rocha long sleeved shirt in shades of burgundy & grey thin stripes. £3.00 local hospice

Miró

Dodged into the CRUK chazza in Northallerton for the second time for shelter after the rain started coming down sideways on Sunday.  Found a very nice Sosandar jersey midi dress with a wrap top and tie belt in burgundy for £7.99, (John Lewis price £69.99).  I'm sure it wasn't there on my previous visit an hour earlier.  Always amuses me how there are two CRUK shops in Northallerton, one each end of the high street....sadly, due to the dreadful weather, I didn't manage the trek to the one at the other end 

CAFCGirl

Miró said:

 Always amuses me how there are two CRUK shops in Northallerton, one each end of the high street....sadly, due to the dreadful weather, I didn't manage the trek to the one at the other end 

I also find them completely different in vibes between the two. Like if I didn't know they were both CRUK, I'd think they were a different charity each.... like the 'branding' of them doesn't marry up to me LOL Perhaps I'm just odd like that, maybe @Cherryfudge (the other local) has some thoughts on that LOL

Cherryfudge

CAFCGirl said:

Miró said:

 Always amuses me how there are two CRUK shops in Northallerton, one each end of the high street....sadly, due to the dreadful weather, I didn't manage the trek to the one at the other end 

I also find them completely different in vibes between the two. Like if I didn't know they were both CRUK, I'd think they were a different charity each.... like the 'branding' of them doesn't marry up to me LOL Perhaps I'm just odd like that, maybe @Cherryfudge (the other local) has some thoughts on that LOL

LOL, thanks for tagging me, I have to confess I'd not only never registered there are two CRUK shops in town, but I wasn't aware of this thread! Obviously the shops are so dissimilar that I'd never made the connection, despite going in both!

Well, I've subscribed now so I'll have a bit of a catch up before joining in properly. I don't think I've bought from a cs so far this year, but DH got me some wool (£2.50). It's a shame charity shops aren't doing yarn so much now when so many people have unwanted items in their stash and it's not good to send it to landfill.

CAFCGirl

Cherryfudge said:

CAFCGirl said:

Miró said:

 Always amuses me how there are two CRUK shops in Northallerton, one each end of the high street....sadly, due to the dreadful weather, I didn't manage the trek to the one at the other end 

I also find them completely different in vibes between the two. Like if I didn't know they were both CRUK, I'd think they were a different charity each.... like the 'branding' of them doesn't marry up to me LOL Perhaps I'm just odd like that, maybe @Cherryfudge (the other local) has some thoughts on that LOL

LOL, thanks for tagging me,

Apologies x 1000, I had it in my head you were here - cringe face!

Wednesday2000

I was in Southend-on-Sea this past weekend and I popped into a Sense charity shop in Leigh-on-Sea. I've heard before that the chazzers in Leigh are good. I was going to go to the hospice charity shop but apparently that has closed down as the volunteer in the Sense shop told me.

I bought a navy New Look jumper, a dark grey cardigan for me and a pair of grey gloves for my husband as he forgot to bring his with him and it was quite cold that day. It all came to £10.:)

There was a lot more I would have bought but I thought we were going to some bars afterwards so I didn't want to lug stuff around. Typically then we didn't go into any bars so I could have bought more!

specialkaye

Hey @CAFCgirl @Miró @Cherryfudge Im a Northallertoner too! (well Romanby now!) 

Lurked in this thread today for the first time only to find 3 locals! Subscribed!

Miró

Waves to @CAFCgirl, @Cherryfudge & @specialkaye and welcome to the thread to the new recruits   (I'm only a part timer in Northallerton....I spend my weekends in Bedale and the rest of the week in the Big Metrollops)

I'm sooooo excited at the mo cos we have a big new St Gemma's Hospice chazza opening up on Saturday, (in the BM!!!)  It used to be an Asda so is quite sizeable.  Will be selling furniture, bric a brac, clothing and all the usual stuff.  It's all set up already and looks very smart.  Can't wait to see what goodies they have...it feels like looking forward to Christmas!!!  Only downside could be it's right next to the bargainatious Community chazza and they are concerned that they may lose some donations to the new shop.  Time will tell I guess.

Quite proud of myself for not buying two items that I seriously considered today.....a B/N pair of Phase Eight burgundy wide legged trousers at £10 and a pair of M & S, B/N white slim fit jeans at £4.49.  Already got similar items in my wardrobe, (not that ithat's stopped me before tho! )

Rosa_Damascena

Wednesday2000 said:

I was in Southend-on-Sea this past weekend and I popped into a Sense charity shop in Leigh-on-Sea. I've heard before that the chazzers in Leigh are good. I was going to go to the hospice charity shop but apparently that has closed down as the volunteer in the Sense shop told me.

I bought a navy New Look jumper, a dark grey cardigan for me and a pair of grey gloves for my husband as he forgot to bring his with him and it was quite cold that day. It all came to £10.:)

There was a lot more I would have bought but I thought we were going to some bars afterwards so I didn't want to lug stuff around. Typically then we didn't go into any bars so I could have bought more!

I wouldn't go out of my way to visit Leigh-on-Sea chazzers. There are plenty of them but none are particularly cheap any more. The best chazzer in Leigh-on-Sea - raising on behalf of the hospital's breast cancer unit - has now been replaced by an ice-cream parlour.

killerpeaty

Gabor shoes (to be my comfy back up pair for amy bridesmaid gig later this year) £6.99 looks like they've been worn twice honestly.

Pretty pleased!