Charity Shopping - New to You in '22!

Miró

Aaaargghh typed and lost the post!!

A quick trundle around Ripon today and I came away with a pair of dark cerise leggings, (for wearing round the house only!!) by Bonmarche, BNWT, originally £16 and chazza price £6 and very nice quality.  Also picked up a pair of dark purple, ankle grazer trousers by Principles, originally £20 but chazza price £4.99.

Sorry Brie but I cannot think of a single reason why you should not festoon yourself with scarves of every hue/fabric/size and shape!!

Brie

Miró said:

Aaaargghh typed and lost the post!!

A quick trundle around Ripon today and I came away with a pair of dark cerise leggings, (for wearing round the house only!!) by Bonmarche, BNWT, originally £16 and chazza price £6 and very nice quality.  Also picked up a pair of dark purple, ankle grazer trousers by Principles, originally £20 but chazza price £4.99.

Sorry Brie but I cannot think of a single reason why you should not festoon yourself with scarves of every hue/fabric/size and shape!!

Challenge accepted @Miró!

Might have to post a photo some day of me in scarves and nothing else!!  I would end up looking like I'm wearing motley!!  (don't worry about them being too revealing....I have more than enough scarves to preserve my modesty!)  (not that I actually have any modesty!!!)

Aren't lost posts an absolute bother!!?!?!!!

Wednesday2000

I wandered down to a shop called Shared Space in Westcliff-on-sea today. It is quite reasonable in price and I bought quite a lot in there. Two black Wallis tunic dresses, a black Primark top with white stars, a blue BHS vest top, two floaty, sheer vest tops (one blue, one black) and some black shorts. That all came to £25. I could have bought a lot more as they had a lot of nice things there. I will definitely be going there again.:) I like the way they had put all the separate colours together as I wear mostly black, blue and red. I find it annoying when charity shops jumble different colours of clothes together for some reason. I'm very pleased with the dresses as they are lightweight despite being black so they will be good in this next heatwave with some sandals.:)

Frith

Bewdley today. 

Saltrock t shirt for son 2. White with a picture of a classic car with surfboards on the roof. (Or for son1, if it's too small for son2). 

M and Co long sun dress. 

VW long vest top. 

Quite wanted Josh Widdecombe's book but reluctant to pay for a new one so pleased to see it for £3 today.

Miró

A worthwhile trip to Otley today, despite the heat!  From the 99p St Gemma's Hospice shop I got a b/n  black cotton cable knit sweater, (think it may be a man's due to the sleeve length but very wearable).  Also got a black M & S thick, long sleeved t-shirt. (building up my stock of layers ready for the promised grim winter, fuel-wise!).  Then in the 20p shop I found a b/n tan leather cross-body strap with clippy things at each end - just perfect for a tote bag that is missing it's shoulder strap.  Also got a genuine Pyrex 12" mixing bowl in clear glass.  Then in the BHF shop I got a pair of Levi 550's, relaxed fit with tapered legs for £5.99.  Now, despite wearing jeans all my life I have never ever owned a pair of Levis before!  (And at my age I probably shouldn't now but..... pfffffttt)  I fancy wearing them with a white shirt tucked in, white sneakers and mebbe the black sweater nonchalantly slug over the shoulders??? (Don't laugh! ) I had quite forgotten what proper jeans are like as I'm soooo used to stretch denim....bit like wearing a corset innit?????  *No give* 

Brie

Miró said:

Then in the BHF shop I got a pair of Levi 550's, relaxed fit with tapered legs for £5.99.  Now, despite wearing jeans all my life I have never ever owned a pair of Levis before!  (And at my age I probably shouldn't now but..... pfffffttt)  I fancy wearing them with a white shirt tucked in, white sneakers and mebbe the black sweater nonchalantly slug over the shoulders??? (Don't laugh! ) I had quite forgotten what proper jeans are like as I'm soooo used to stretch denim....bit like wearing a corset innit?????  *No give* 

This reminds me of a book I read a zillion years back (by Margaret Laurence I think, but which one??).  In it a middle aged woman leaves her home and gets a job in a new town.  One of the male characters makes a comment about the fact she wears jeans but really shouldn't at her age.  This really puzzled me and I asked my teacher why he would think that and the answer was because she wasn't young and slim.  And I asked again what that had to do with anything and why a bloke should be allowed to have an opinion about what she wore, particularly as he was, if anything, older, was wearing jeans and that was appropriate for the work they were doing.  I can't recall the teacher had an answer to that.  

But pfffffttt!  wear whatevr the heck you want!!!

tooldle

An odd answer indeed. 

My mum (now in her 80’s) has always held strong opinions on jeans. They are apparently male work wear and should not be worn by women or by any male not doing a manual job. Not sure if such a view would be relevant to the era of your book. I think such views may have been common as neither parents or grandparents ever wore jeans. 

mandy47

I would be lost without my beloved jeans. 

retiredinfrance

I recognise that opinion quoted above. I, too, have never worn blue denim jeans. I could start but blue is not one of my colours.

DigForVictory

Miró said:

 b/n  black cotton cable knit sweater
black M & S thick, long sleeved t-shirt. (building up my stock of layers ready for the promised grim winter, fuel-wise!)

 I got a pair of Levi 550's, relaxed fit with tapered legs for £5.99.  Now, despite wearing jeans all my life I have never ever owned a pair of Levis before!   I had quite forgotten what proper jeans are like as I'm soooo used to stretch denim....bit like wearing a corset innit?????  *No give*  

Delighted to hear you are preparing for winter & dear gods yes, jeans can be viciously uncooperative so you depend on industrial stitching & the fabric around the zip cooperating. They are not everyone's cup of tea, but some people can't live without them. All I'd say is do not wear them if rain is forecast as they retain the wet, the cold & add kilos to the weight you have to shift - wear the Rohans instead. You'll almost never see a mountain rescue soul in denim (unless linedancing) as they can be fatal in the wrong environment. (Some Manchester pubs caution patrons about skinny jeans as an inadvertent dip in the canal & you can't move your legs, which makes getting out a lot harder.) Other than that, go the full Olivia Newton John in them & have fun?!