Shop Charity in '23!

Miró

I must be a centipede judging by the number of pairs of trousers I buy!  Today’s trundle around Northallerton found me getting another pair of Reiss trousers, from the Cancer Research shop, navy this time, as new and £6.99.  Also from the 50p table a pair of embroidered handkerchiefs.

goldfinches

@Cherryfudge - I might pluck up the courage to tackle a Kaffe Fassett cushion pattern one of these days but I think anything larger would be beyond me. My mother knitted one of the long sleeved jackets for my sister way back when and found it very heavy once she'd got about a third of the way through the pattern. She said it made all the colour stranding and changing so much more difficult because of the drag on the needles.

@florianatwobob - a very handsome beast indeed, I particularly like that shade of blue contrasted with the terracotta clay.

@Coxy11 - some lovely mugs there, the CK blue flowers one is very attractive.

@Rosa_Damascena - a very nice dress and such a low price too. I'm mentally picturing you wearing it in your new kitchen while eating mango ice-cream from a butterfly bowl.

@Miró - and a very smart centipede indeed! The idea of lots of very smartly clad trouser legs twinkling along the street in perfectly polished pumps is a rather jolly one, you could do a lovely morris dance with the hankies too.

florianatwobob

I do love a whittards mug too. 

Dropped some bits off to the CS and came home with an otter needle felting kit for £2 (original price tag when nee was £17.99) and a black bead woven collar necklace for 50p. 

goldfinches

I completely forgot to say I made these two walnut loaves, from the Dough book I bought the other day, this afternoon as it was tipping it down so I couldn't go foraging for apples as I'd planned.



They look quite like the photo in the book which is very encouraging for a first go, I think, and they taste delicious.

Miró

Ooooh that walnut bread looks scrummy!

Floss

I love walnut bread!

Rosa_Damascena

Floss said:

I love walnut bread!

Even more when the recipe contains dates! Dee-lish.

Coxy11

God I love bread. Unfortunately it doesn't love me very much 

Car boot booty update - the 4 Whittard mugs I bought for £2 total have already sold on Bay of E. Net profit after fees, initial outlay and postage is £35 whoohoo! and I have 5 watchers on the CK blue floral mug, so hoping that will go this week too 

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@Coxy11 - that's a marvellous profit, well done you. You've started me wondering about putting some of the Whittard mugs I have at the back of one of my cupboards up for sale, I was only thinking the other day that they're taking up space that I could make better use of. I'm sure I've got some matching coasters for them too, somewhere! 

Cherryfudge

Quickly, as I need sleep: I managed to arrive for a week’s holiday without my suitcase, which is still on the bed at home. Oops.

I have the clothes I was wearing - obviously - and DH said I could borrow from him but I’ve raided a charity shop call The Bridge in Jedburgh. It’s a tiny shop, the old cluttered style of charity shop and I love it! So much more interesting than a boutique-style. I got a couple of tee shirts from their £1 rail (a polo style and a Craghopper), some Shein jeans, an apparently new pair of PJs (Matalan), and a beautiful grey wooden wrap - all £3 each. For £4 I also got a merino wool cardigan.

I must forget my luggage more often. 😊

There’s also a Sue Ryder in Jedburgh but it was shut today. Later in the day we went into a big charity shop in Melrose, set out more like a Superdry than a charity shop. It’s the Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland shop, a bit more pricey than some but some very nice clothes. All I got was a china toad for £2.50. He was too sweet and unusual not to come home with me!