Shop Charity in '23!

Miró

YoungBlueEyes said:

Ooh good finds 👏🏻

No not expensive - you’ve just saved hundreds of pounds!! 😁

I like your thinking!!!

Now got another dilemma *sigh*

The bag is missing its cross body strap, (this was pointed out on the price tag).  I do like to be 'hands-free' when I'm out and about, both for convenience and safety so I was thinking of mebbe getting one of those....think they are called 'guitar straps' to attach to the bag.  Made of some sort of fancy patterned webbing, priced about £6-7?  Not sure if it would suit this style of bag tho???  Now, I've just come across a similar bag, (style and colour) on FleaBay - the bag is very, very battered, scratched and worn but the strap looks to be OK.  Tis priced at £15 but with P & P would be about £20.  `Just cannot reconcile spending more than the price of the flipping bag on a strap tho????  Ooooh wot to do, wot to do!!

YoungBlueEyes

Mmm dilemma… 

If it were me I’d have a careful trawl round the chazzers, see if something could be substituted. Perhaps a contrasting bit of something…? If not I’d buy the tatty bag for the strap then sell the bag. Think of the total cost - it’ll still be cheaper than buying it from a proper shop. 

£Your bag + £tatty bag - selling strapless tatty bag =£acceptable…? 

Edit Would the shop have the strap for it knocking around in the back by any chance (v long shot but you never know).

SandyShores

Miró said:

The bag is missing its cross body strap, (this was pointed out on the price tag).  I do like to be 'hands-free' when I'm out and about, both for convenience and safety so I was thinking of mebbe getting one of those....think they are called 'guitar straps' to attach to the bag.  Made of some sort of fancy patterned webbing, priced about £6-7?  Not sure if it would suit this style of bag tho???  Now, I've just come across a similar bag, (style and colour) on FleaBay - the bag is very, very battered, scratched and worn but the strap looks to be OK.  Tis priced at £15 but with P & P would be about £20.  `Just cannot reconcile spending more than the price of the flipping bag on a strap tho????  Ooooh wot to do, wot to do!!

Hi Miró, there are some handbag straps on Shein and I noticed your bag has orange highlights - this one is £3.50 plus delivery: 
https://www.shein.co.uk/Chevron-Pattern-Bag-Strap-p-10845557-cat-2156.html?skucode=I1275cbsvus6&url_from=ukadplasg2206131332986313_GPM&cid=16905480364&setid=&adid=&pf=GOOGLE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMItNHmx-_M_AIVB7LtCh1JeAprEAQYASABEgLnG_D_BwE

Rosa_Damascena

@Wednesday2000 - which chazzer? I have yet to come across one locally where the staff are rude, and now I am intrigued!

Cherryfudge

YoungBlueEyes said:

Edit Would the shop have the strap for it knocking around in the back by any chance (v long shot but you never know).

My thought too - it's worth an ask!

Such good hunting - and you're lucky I didn't spot the M&S jeans before you did!

Wednesday2000

Rosa_Damascena said:

@Wednesday2000 - which chazzer? I have yet to come across one locally where the staff are rude, and now I am intrigued!

The newish HARP store on London Road. 

My husband went to Tesco today and he was going to go past that charity shop so I said go in and see if they still have the cups we bought and the member of staff remembered him straight away and he took them. I think I will keep them actually as I do like the pattern. They are the Royal Doulton Vogue collection. My husband said they were perfectly polite to him in there today, to be fair.

Miró

SandyShores said:

Miró said:

The bag is missing its cross body strap, (this was pointed out on the price tag).  I do like to be 'hands-free' when I'm out and about, both for convenience and safety so I was thinking of mebbe getting one of those....think they are called 'guitar straps' to attach to the bag.  Made of some sort of fancy patterned webbing, priced about £6-7?  Not sure if it would suit this style of bag tho???  Now, I've just come across a similar bag, (style and colour) on FleaBay - the bag is very, very battered, scratched and worn but the strap looks to be OK.  Tis priced at £15 but with P & P would be about £20.  `Just cannot reconcile spending more than the price of the flipping bag on a strap tho????  Ooooh wot to do, wot to do!!

Hi Miró, there are some handbag straps on Shein and I noticed your bag has orange highlights - this one is £3.50 plus delivery: 
https://www.shein.co.uk/Chevron-Pattern-Bag-Strap-p-10845557-cat-2156.html?skucode=I1275cbsvus6&url_from=ukadplasg2206131332986313_GPM&cid=16905480364&setid=&adid=&pf=GOOGLE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMItNHmx-_M_AIVB7LtCh1JeAprEAQYASABEgLnG_D_BwE

Thanks for that…..I was thinking along those lines actually but in a dark grey/orange combo, (bag is actually a darkish bluey grey, looks much lighter in pic)).  Will certainly ask in the shop if the strap has turned up!  Don’t think I will buy the tatty bag as I don’t want to invest too much more.  I have *ahem* rather a lot of bags and this one probably won’t get too much use!  Thanks everyone for your thoughts…much appreciated 

Frith

A just what I wanted sort of a day! 

Bewdley and Stourport today, dodging the floods.

M and S dressing gown. £4.50
Syrian recipe book £2
Juggling balls £1
Beryl (possibly) milk jug £1

Frith

Sorry, there seems to be no way to delete a photo, at least not on my phone. 

Brie

Frith said:

Sorry, there seems to be no way to delete a photo, at least not on my phone. 

All so nice you posted it twice!!!  Off to google what recipes one might cook in Syria.