Charity Shopping - New to You in '22!

Sayschezza

M&S (midi on me) floaty skirt as new. Yellow/grey/white floral £3. I'm really pleased with this as will be ideal for evenings while on holiday.

Miró

DigForVictory said:

Miro, would you mind if I take up low-level silk scarf envy? Mostly as those colours are glorious, but also you can drape them next your skin, which is a bit less possible with Denby!

Scarves are just soooo forgiving aren't they?  They don't give a toss if you gain or lose weight and they don't take up too much room when not festooning the person!  In a former life I once went to Ladies Day at Ascot and one woman there was wearing a hat shaped like a teapot and her partner was wearing a top hat with a 10/6p tag on the side....very Lewis Carroll!

General_Grant

Miró said:

DigForVictory said:

Miro, would you mind if I take up low-level silk scarf envy? Mostly as those colours are glorious, but also you can drape them next your skin, which is a bit less possible with Denby!

Scarves are just soooo forgiving aren't they?  They don't give a toss if you gain or lose weight and they don't take up too much room when not festooning the person!  In a former life I once went to Ladies Day at Ascot and one woman there was wearing a hat shaped like a teapot and her partner was wearing a top hat with a 10/6p tag on the side....very Lewis Carroll!

Made me think of Gertrude Shilling though I don't know that she wore such a design.

Potternerd

A red Kenzo  PU tote bag £5. It’s a lovely pop of colour and it’s a good size with handles that sit right on my shoulders. I assumed it was the kind of gifty  thing you get when you buy toiletries but saw one for sale on eBay for £10 which I think is a bit steep.
A lightweight M and S turquoise French Foreign Legion style sun hat for DGS 99p
A Sistema water bottle £2. Good for protein drinks.

Brie

coffee out with a friend at a location where I knew there were 3 charity shops within a short waddle. (waddle due to strawberry custard tart....)

So standard line for me ....."a woman goes into a charity shop"  and my colleagues normally respond "and bought a scarf!".  A lovely wide and long silk scarf that is all crinkly (so no ironing!! ever!!!) bright blue and shocking green ends.  No price on it in the shop and when I asked was told "oh I think it's £3 but I'll go check".  Now I would have been happy with £3 but she came back and said "I was wrong! It's £2!!"  Which was nice.

Also 3 LPs for the OH for £6.50 - 2 deutche gramaphone - one of Berlioz, the other Vivaldi both conducted by Karajan. OH was pleased with the Vivaldi as he'd been looking at it online.  Not a big fan of Berlioz but that's ok.  The third was a greatest hits of Leonard Cohen - he was really pleased with that one!!!

janb5

I found some unexpected treasure..four finger plates which match the ones I already have  ...£2. A dress for my gd   £3- some table mats which were £8 and a Berndes cream casserole dish ( 4.7 litres) £8 which had a stain but has now gone!

Miró

Seem to be in dress finding mode just now…got my 3rd dress of the week today, a White Stuff jersey midi with a v neck,  3/4 sleeves and deep frill on the skirt.  Bluey grey background with an abstract sort of flowery pattern in cream and peach.  Chazza price £10 but BNWT and original price £55.  Super comfy so will be very useful!

Potternerd

I’ve been feeling a bit uninspired with CS recently and wondered if the magic was fading.

However, yesterday I found this Cowboysbag leather hold-all- something that has been on my wish list for a while. It has clearly not been very well looked after and may need a new zip. It is also missing its shoulder strap. But at £5 it was too much lovely thick soft leather to pass up.
I also bought a M and S Indigo white denim dungaree dress which is on the knee length on me for £5. Also a Harry and his dinosaurs book for DGS 99p and a hardback copy of Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve for me (love Arthurian stuff).

So my CS mojo is back.

And hopefully I will find some nice China this weekend.

Miró

Ooooh @Potternerd, that hold-all is just crying out for some TLC!! What a fab restoration project! I would be inclined to get one of those stripey webbing shoulder straps for it,  loads available on Amazon & EBay.  Lovely thick leather - is it very heavy tho?  I have one in a similar size but find it just too heavy when loaded up with 'stuff'.

Yesterday's purchase was a Jacques Vert floaty georgette midi skirt in cream with dark grey outlined flowers.  I saw it last week and couldn't stop thinking about it so when it was still there yesterday I splurged £4 and got it.  Called into the huge barn-like CRUK clearance shop today after not visiting it for a couple of months and was surprised at the price increases.  Used to be 'everything £3 or under', now it's 'everything £5 and under'.  Sign of the times I guess 

Rosa_Damascena

Miró said:

Ooooh @Potternerd, that hold-all is just crying out for some TLC!! What a fab restoration project! I would be inclined to get one of those stripey webbing shoulder straps for it,  loads available on Amazon & EBay.  Lovely thick leather - is it very heavy tho?  I have one in a similar size but find it just too heavy when loaded up with 'stuff'.

Yesterday's purchase was a Jacques Vert floaty georgette midi skirt in cream with dark grey outlined flowers.  I saw it last week and couldn't stop thinking about it so when it was still there yesterday I splurged £4 and got it.  Called into the huge barn-like CRUK clearance shop today after not visiting it for a couple of months and was surprised at the price increases.  Used to be 'everything £3 or under', now it's 'everything £5 and under'.  Sign of the times I guess 

Not a very good one, but we have to remember its for a very worthwhile charity.