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Charity Shopping - New to You in '22!
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I called at the Charity shop today, it was to drop off a bag of donations, not to buy.
I start a 'no buy' Jan tomorrow though, so was sucked in to a few books at 49p each!
- Nadiya Bakes by Naiya Hussain
- Penguin Orange Spine - 10 rules of life by Jordan B Peterson
- Penguin Orange Spine - How much is enough? by Robert Skidelsky & Edward Skidelsky
Treasurequeen, the beeswax pellets were a bargain!
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EcoIntent said:I called at the Charity shop today, it was to drop off a bag of donations, not to buy.
I start a 'no buy' Jan tomorrow though, so was sucked in to a few books at 49p each!
- Nadiya Bakes by Naiya Hussain
- Penguin Orange Spine - 10 rules of life by Jordan B Peterson
- Penguin Orange Spine - How much is enough? by Robert Skidelsky & Edward Skidelsky
Treasurequeen, the beeswax pellets were a bargain!No man is worth crawling on this earth.
So much to read, so little time.4 -
We were due to have our loft boarded out properly before Christmas but it's been put back to mid January so my room is half filled with boxes that are waiting to go back up in another three weeks time urgh. Amongst that though was a suitcase that I had completely forgotten included three bags of tiny baby girl clothes and sleeping bags etc from my friend before we found out our eldest was going to be a boy (he was five in September!) and completely missed using for my tiny little girl who is now almost four!
SO that went to the charity shop a couple of days ago and rumaging afterwards I found a gorgeous satin type Coast pencil dress in blue and black fade for just £2, can't find an original new price estimate but there's an identical one on Ebay for £25.
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Who was looking for a high viz jacket for cycling?? It appears that's what's in the middle of Lidl tomorrow. Not bad I guess for £18 but does also meant that some might hit the charity shops in a month when people who have purchased realise that they don't actually want to use their bikes.
Crivit Ladies’ Reflective Jacket - at Lidl UK - www.lidl.co.uk
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The KitchenAid blender is almond - and I already have the food mixer to match so I am really pleased!7
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My mum volunteers in one of our local charity shops so I dropped her off a huge bag of books and dvd's to take in on tuesday.
I popped into another on the way home and pucked up 3 crime novels for £1- new authors to me but all recent releasesApril £5 a day challenge- £15.05/£1503 -
planned charity off load prep to be done this weekend as I've got a spare day. (aka one when supposedly I'm not on a pc)
I've a lot of books in the garage but I'm vaguely reluctant to let them go to a charity shop as I think I might get something on ebay. They're mostly old miniatures that I used to buy when I was at uni so aren't the usual items but I could be corrected on that.
There are a number of tops/shirts I bought a few years back that I don't like. The fit or colour is not right. I learned too late that some shops sold things that fit me fine but would shrink up an inch when washed and left me exposing too much tum for a person of my age and size.
I still haven't tidied away some of the summer things and rather than wait until it's warm enough to wear them again I really do think I should swap out the winter things and add to the charity pile while I'm at it.
And there's the scarves of course (no, you may NOT have the new gucci!)
Ultimately I would like the tiddly back bedroom (big enough for a single bed and side table and little else but in practice is just a clothes closet.) to be tiddly but tidy. And ultimately that means getting proper clothes rails in there. Still a bit baffled after how many decades at the Brit way of building bedrooms without any cupboards for storage but that's a whole other foreign thread.
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Brie said:Who was looking for a high viz jacket for cycling?? It appears that's what's in the middle of Lidl tomorrow. Not bad I guess for £18 but does also meant that some might hit the charity shops in a month when people who have purchased realise that they don't actually want to use their bikes.
Crivit Ladies’ Reflective Jacket - at Lidl UK - www.lidl.co.uk
@C_J - almond is a nice colour and fantastic that you've already got another bit of kit in the same colour.
I'm having a bit of a think about kitchen kit, clutter and generally having too much stuff and not enough space at the moment. I'll let you know the upshot in a few days.
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I’ve had a big clear out of all the kids’ outgrown clothes and books they don’t want to read again, which we will drop at the charity shop tomorrow. It’s advanced offsetting, ready to fill the house again with the clear outs from other people! I’m on the hunt for pretty glass bon bon dishes to put home made scented candles in for birthday presents throughout the year. Loads of people buy them to put nuts and sweets in then clear them out after Xmas so I’m hopeful.
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