Charity Shopping - New to You in '22!

Wednesday2000

Pollycat said:

Wednesday2000 said:

I tried the Southend Hospital charity shop in Leigh-on-sea today. I got a dark purple chenille jumper, a black sheer jumper, a pair of blue jeans, a necklace and a teddy bear for my dog to chew. I also got a Thomas Pink white men's shirt for myself to wear under jumpers. This all came to under £15 so not bad.

Have you googled Thomas Pink?

I recognised the brand name when I saw the shirt.:)

Lucy5781

Cherryfudge said:

Exactly. Seen it in real life too, meeting people we knew from other towns while on holiday far away etc!

When I first met hubby's best mate in 2014, (later best man at our wedding etc) I was a bit puzzled by how familiar he looked but knew I'd never actually met him before.
Once he became a facebook friend I had a look through his pictures and found old ones he had been tagged in by someone, no longer friends with either of us, but still tagged, of him with my ex, out drinking etc, back in about 2008, which I'd looked at hundreds of times for  love-sick/obessesive reasons years ago. I'd seen Best Man's face repeatedly, for years. Long before I ever met him, or my husband!

Lucy5781

Hubby tested positve on the 4th (Friday) so, I've been home ever since, I tested positive on the 8th (Tues) and might not get back until the 18th. Mild thankfully, bit tired and irritated sinuses and I've lost my voice between the sore throat and having the kids home all week (they both have glue ear issues so any congestion and they both have some hearing loss which can get frustrating!) but otherwise OK. (We're both double jabbed and boosted, I'm 40, he's 39 next month)

Hoping for some stock shifts in my local CSs by the time I return to raid them lol

IN the meantime, where we finally sorted out our loft and moved the excess contents of our bedroom and my office (little kind of cupboard off our room) I've sorted my office and it now has a small storage rack and rail for all those cosplay/costume type Items I aquire and, it's like a mini CS of my own with perfect items, was a bit surprised at how happy that makes me when I work in here now !!

Lxx

Miró

Had a squiz on Saturday at our newly opened St Gemma’s Hospice shop.  Loads of 99p racks and so picked up a pair of LongTallSally white trousers & a pair of unbranded black trousers….then queued for 35minutes to pay cos it was soooooo busy .

Frith

Lovely haul in Severn Hospice shop in Cleobury today.

CD my son wanted - £1
Oil painting of Malvern - £2
Dualit toaster - £15 !! 

Lucy5781

I got out today!

Mint Velvet top with real silk peplum £2
Edina Ronay thick, beige cotton hoodie £2

Several other bits including unworn & BNWT Primark, TU and Nutmeg items all £2 as well.

Couple of things for DD totalled about £3.50 including unicorn print tracksuit bottoms, a hot pink net/tutu skirt and a Minion T-shirt ahead of Minion Maths day at nursery.

Only one of the shops in town had a fancy dress rail, World Book day first week of March....

sweetcharity66

Called into the local Salvation Army shop at lunchtime and came away with a really lovely Sosander dress with gorgeous fluted cuff details, could be really dressy up or used for work/interview situations. 

Currently on the Sosander website at £69, mine for £5 ☺️

Miró

sweetcharity66 said:

Called into the local Salvation Army shop at lunchtime and came away with a really lovely Sosander dress with gorgeous fluted cuff details, could be really dressy up or used for work/interview situations. 

Currently on the Sosander website at £69, mine for £5 ☺️

I had never heard of Sosander until recently when I too found one of their dresses in a charity shop.  I've worn mine loads as it's soooo comfy but can look smart if needed!!  Hope you enjoy yours   During my little wander around my local chazza shops today I found a pure silk pillowcase by PiccoCasa in pale grey, brand new, still in the snazzy presentation box!  I've always fancied trying one of these as I've heard rave reviews about how they help with pillow creases of the face and keeping hair smooth.  Just never fancied paying the 30 odd squids that they seem to retail at.  £4.95 in the BHF shop, (retails at $29 online.)

Potternerd

Yesterday, after a bit of a lean spell, I found a beautiful Dennis Basso faux fur, knee length coat. It’s black astrakhan style with fluffier grey faux fur collar and cuffs. It’s beautifully made and warm as toast reduced from £20 to £10 in the posh hospice shop. I googled Dennis Basso and he does a lot of real fur (ick) but this is defo synthetic.

Pollycat

Potternerd said:

Yesterday, after a bit of a lean spell, I found a beautiful Dennis Basso faux fur, knee length coat. It’s black astrakhan style with fluffier grey faux fur collar and cuffs. It’s beautifully made and warm as toast reduced from £20 to £10 in the posh hospice shop. I googled Dennis Basso and he does a lot of real fur (ick) but this is defo synthetic.

This sounds wonderful and worth every penny.

I bought 2 dresses from Barnados:
Weird Fish with lovely colours of plum & lime green - I have a pair of DM boots that will go with this. £4.00
White Stuff dress in purple & black in what I would call crimplene back in the day, just above knee length with 2 patch pockets and 3/4 sleeves. I have a pair of Moshulu purple suede boots. £3.00

Both in very good condition, I suspect the Weird Fish hasn't been worn.