Charity Shopping - New to You in '22!

Rosa_Damascena

killerpeaty said:

A pair of blue/grey very dramatic curtains for my room at mum's. £10. The cats have put holes in the current ones.

Decent curtains bought BN are so expensive, so it you get lucky with a clean pair that fit the window and match your decor its such a bonus!

Brie

killerpeaty said:

A pair of blue/grey very dramatic curtains for my room at mum's. £10. The cats have put holes in the current ones.

I expect that some people might suggest getting rid of the cats would help the situation.  (& they'd be wrong)

I don't know what I've done to deserve it but I've never had cats that ruined curtains.  I was told when we got our first "oh watch out!  he'll be climbing your curtains and snagging them or even pulling them down!"  Nope - has never happened even once.  I feel like I've missed a lot of fun!  (all the cats have been very naughty in other ways so perhaps I shouldn't be so upset)

killerpeaty

These are the only cats I've had that have attacked the curtains. I did have a hamster when I was little who ate the curtains, it's incredible how much damage that one tiny hamster can do. 

In the main, the cats have stopped with the curtains. One day they will stop clawing at me when they want under the covers at night. Lol.

Miró

Found a nice dress today.  Warehouse, heavy jersey, calf length, elbow length sleeves in a black & tan abstract pattern with a fitted waist and A-line skirt.  As new and £6 from the Sue Ryder shop.  Also saw a fabulous pair of white Gucci horse bit loafers, brand new and complete with individual dust bags for each shoe, Gucci shoe trees and pawsh magnetic box.  Beautifully made with leather soles and linings.  My size and priced at £9.95.  Only thing was.....they were the narrowest fitting shoes I have ever seen - they only looked about 3" across the widest part of the foot!  No way could I fit my trotters in them.....boo hoo!

Rosa_Damascena

Miró said:

Found a nice dress today.  Warehouse, heavy jersey, calf length, elbow length sleeves in a black & tan abstract pattern with a fitted waist and A-line skirt.  As new and £6 from the Sue Ryder shop.  Also saw a fabulous pair of white Gucci horse bit loafers, brand new and complete with individual dust bags for each shoe, Gucci shoe trees and pawsh magnetic box.  Beautifully made with leather soles and linings.  My size and priced at £9.95.  Only thing was.....they were the narrowest fitting shoes I have ever seen - they only looked about 3" across the widest part of the foot!  No way could I fit my trotters in them.....boo hoo!

Sometimes you just have to accept that its got somebody else's name on it!

killerpeaty

Rosa_Damascena said:

Miró said:

Found a nice dress today.  Warehouse, heavy jersey, calf length, elbow length sleeves in a black & tan abstract pattern with a fitted waist and A-line skirt.  As new and £6 from the Sue Ryder shop.  Also saw a fabulous pair of white Gucci horse bit loafers, brand new and complete with individual dust bags for each shoe, Gucci shoe trees and pawsh magnetic box.  Beautifully made with leather soles and linings.  My size and priced at £9.95.  Only thing was.....they were the narrowest fitting shoes I have ever seen - they only looked about 3" across the widest part of the foot!  No way could I fit my trotters in them.....boo hoo!

Sometimes you just have to accept that its got somebody else's name on it!

Best not to evil step-sister it!

I once found some Gucci but they were really ugly, can't say I regret it!

CAFCGirl

Grey sweatpants for DS £1.95
Blue and White 'tile' effect summer trousers for me £2.25
Bird Bingo - with some nice accurate illustrations £4.25 (bit pricey but looks to be good quality)

All from Cancer Research

Then two books including one hardback from Sue Ryder, £1 each.

Cherryfudge

Oooh, wonder if we were in Sue Ryder at the same time, @CAFCGirl?

My find was a display shelf that looks like a dolls' house - not sure where it's going to go but I couldn't leave it there. £5.

CAFCGirl

Cherryfudge said:

Oooh, wonder if we were in Sue Ryder at the same time, @CAFCGirl?

Look out for a child sitting on the furniture, catching unsuspecting browsers by suddenly moving and thus increasing their heart rate rapidly.
That'll be mine.... LOL

Also - what did you find?

OrkneyStar

So, I have set myself a 'no charity shop shopping' challenge for the next little while - in that case I need to see/hear about all your amazing bargains, and get my joy from that! Good luck folks, I say this sitting in my fleecy jumper dress thing which was one of my last charity shop bargains, purchased for £3, it's like wearing a blanket but it looks a tad less like actually wearing a blanket! Happy shopping.