Shop Charity in '23!

Miró

@goldfinches Like the sound of both Oxford and Eastbourne….mebbe wait til spring tho! 🌞

Rosa_Damascena

@Cherryfudge - I love the personalisation! And so simple to do, I may give it a go should any garment require disguising.

Had a pretty fine time at the chazzers earlier today. 2 handbags at £3 each (I had to stop myself at 2, but could have easily bought many more!), a cute melamine sandwich tray with a Kidston-esque design, 2 scarves and a long woollen jacket from M&S for a further £5. 

Miró

Ermmmm….shouldn’t have moaned about the lack of bargains🤭

From the BHF shop in Thirsk today - a pair of Phase Eight black eveningy trousers in a patterned damask sort of fabric, £12 and an M & S midi skirt, also black, from the Herriot Hospice shop for £4.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Beautiful skirt !

Cherryfudge

@Miró, I've not been to the Thirsk shops for  while but they are usually worth a look, and nicely arranged around the market square too. I really like those trousers.

@Rosa_Damascena, you did well! And of course scarves and a long woollen jacket are perfect coming up to November. I'm a bit disappointed you only got two bags . What are they like?

I've not bought anything today though I went to the eco festival in town so I've met all sorts of interesting people and learnt interesting things. A Repair Café from another town had a stall so I sat there learning repair techniques from them - so I have further ideas to try out on the fleece.

Miró

Cherryfudge said:

@Miró, I've not been to the Thirsk shops for  while but they are usually worth a look, and nicely arranged around the market square too. I really like those trousers.

@Rosa_Damascena, you did well! And of course scarves and a long woollen jacket are perfect coming up to November. I'm a bit disappointed you only got two bags . What are they like?

I've not bought anything today though I went to the eco festival in town so I've met all sorts of interesting people and learnt interesting things. A Repair Café from another town had a stall so I sat there learning repair techniques from them - so I have further ideas to try out on the fleece.

I was reading something about the trend for 'visible mending', sounds a great way of personalising stuff!

Cherryfudge

Miró said:

I was reading something about the trend for 'visible mending', sounds a great way of personalising stuff!

If you Google 'Sashiko' (Japanese mending) there are lots of examples - sometime a CS piece is only there because of a tiny flaw, and lots of these can be mended invisibly but sometimes it's fun to go to the other extreme and make a feature of it. I saw some beautiful examples today.

Florenceem

Miro - love the skirt.
I went in charity shops while in Nottingham - got home on Thursday. Usually have found good quality items at reasonable prices but not this time. Prices were high and not a lot appealed to us.
 Mr F did get a pair of M & S black cord trousers for £1 and I found a cross stitch kit for my sister - again - £1.
Other buys were a small tart tin - 49p and a new removable bases 9 hole tart tin for £4.95.
 Last buys were 2 packs of Christmas wooden crafting shapes - 50p a pack.

Rosa_Damascena

I love the skirt @Miró , very smart and reminded me that I have many similar that I haven't worn at all! Now its officially autumn I'm going to get my boots out and wear them with one of my numerous shawls on top. 

Kintsugi is wonderful - brings beauty to the piece although once damaged it will never be the same as before.

Purchases referred to in the previous post:

Miró

Sue Ryder shop in Northallerton today…..pair of bnwt jim jams,  cream satin with a fleecy lining £4.95.  Alluring on the outside…comfy on the inside 😂