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CAFCGirl

6 books today.

2 at £1.50 each in Cancer research
4 at £1 each in Sue Ryder including one hardback.

Rosa_Damascena

AlwaysAllie said:

Lovely coffee cup/saucer set today £3 in Victim Support in Bewdley.  Actually bought to make into bird feeders 

It strikes me they are too good to use for that intended purpose! Although not quite as extravagant as the £38 mugs in use here: https://www.indy100.com/viral/rishi-sunak-akshata-murty-johnson-resignation . 

It never occurred to me that a mug could cost so much! 

goldfinches

I popped into my favourite BHF shop on my way to the supermarket today and snapped up this lovely fully lined 100% cotton SeaSalt dress in a size 14 which will be comfortably loose in the hot weather, it's even got pockets (hoorah) £20. I also snapped up a paperback copy of Elizabeth David's French Provincial Cooking £2.50, a hardback copy of Margaret Forster's Isa and May £2.50 and a framed cartoon £2.49 about domestic differences.

Rosa_Damascena

Lovely dress! But I am so used to paying less I cannot imagine parting with £20. Having said that, there is similar on the website atm, £69.95 £49.95. 

Brie

goldfinches said:

I popped into my favourite BHF shop on my way to the supermarket today and snapped up this lovely fully lined 100% cotton SeaSalt dress in a size 14 which will be comfortably loose in the hot weather, it's even got pockets (hoorah) £20. I also snapped up a paperback copy of Elizabeth David's French Provincial Cooking £2.50, a hardback copy of Margaret Forster's Isa and May £2.50 and a framed cartoon £2.49 about domestic differences.

Lovely dress.  And envious of anyone who's a size 14 (or 16 or 18....)

But that in part is due to us having (I believe) everything Elizabeth David wrote plus all of her recipes as rewritten by Keith Floyd.  

Miró

Yesterday's perambulation around Northallerton produced a b/n Radley bag, black leather medium sized cross body. £25 in the BHF shop. Perfect size and hands free....yay!!   Funnily enough, the Cancer Research shop also had a similar one, well used and heavily scuffed on the corners and priced at £45!  Did buy a large candle tho in the CR shop by Crackle Wick which has a wick that crackles (wotever that is!), £1.50 and smells lovely.

DigForVictory

goldfinches - what a smashing frock & well done you (a) finding it & (b) fitting it!

Miró - hurrah Radley bag - did you find it or did it find you?

Today I am hunting pie dishes (need not be Denby!) as Youngest is eager to learn about the wonders of batch cooking! (You do have to rotate pies in the oven to different heights so they all cook evenly, yes?)

florianatwobob

@DigForVictory, if I can get them to nestle on the same shelf I don’t rotate otherwise rotate to your hearts content. Lack of rotation is one of my bug bears when my DBro cooks. That and he moves the shelves which makes me twitchy and incinerates anything on the top shelf if not careful. 

Miró

DigForVictory said:

goldfinches - what a smashing frock & well done you (a) finding it & (b) fitting it!

Miró - hurrah Radley bag - did you find it or did it find you?

Today I am hunting pie dishes (need not be Denby!) as Youngest is eager to learn about the wonders of batch cooking! (You do have to rotate pies in the oven to different heights so they all cook evenly, yes?)

Rotating pies?????  I now have the giggles thanks to a mental image of a shelf full of pies all twirling merrily like fairground rides! 

Cherryfudge

Miró said:

Rotating pies?????  I now have the giggles thanks to a mental image of a shelf full of pies all twirling merrily like fairground rides! 

Quick, patent that idea - sounds like tomorrow's must-have feature!