Shop Charity in '23!

Cherryfudge

Thirsk charity shops are a nicely arranged square of potential!

I did quite well this afternoon too, though I resisted a few bits that I quite liked. Yorkshire Cancer Research was the best as they had one of 'my' Denby Homestead mugs, £4 (which I've instructed DH is to go in my Christmas stocking - I'm not sure Father Christmas can get hold of things like that). They also have bundles of un-banded mixed embroidery threads at £1 and a hardback book (for DH's Christmas stocking) at £2.50. The embroidery thread is, I've just discovered, better than sewing thread for certain mending tasks: I fixed two of DH's jumpers and two of my tee shirts using a single strand thickness which is closer to the commercial fibre weight so it blends well.

goldfinches

Miró said:

I seem to have replaced the Saturday Bedale Car Boot  with a meander around Thirsk now.  Today’s finds…. A dark grey cashmere polo neck sweater by Isle for £3.99 and a pair of b/n Hobbs lined,  black & white ‘birds eye check’, wide legged trousers with turn ups for £5.99 from the Herriot Hospice shop.  Gonna take some getting used to this stylee of trousers after all the slimfit/straightlegged styles!!  How does one wear them….help please?

@Miró - I haven't taken the plunge myself largely because of the idea of all that fabric flapping around my calves doesn't appeal but this post from M&S seems sensible What To Wear With Wide Leg Trousers | M&S (marksandspencer.com) as does this one How to Style Wide Leg Pants as a Grown Woman (wardrobeoxygen.com). I am envying your cashmere polo neck and hoping that one comes my way soon.

Miró

@goldfinches  many thankees for the links….very interesting.  Can’t see me taking to the wide legged trouser look but interesting to try them out.  That’s the great thing about charity shops, you can try new styles out cheaply and if it doesn’t work it’s not a complete wast of money.

Rosa_Damascena

Rosa_Damascena said:

@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. 

Said sandwich tray fresh out of the dishwasher - beautifully summery . Bring on the cucumber sandwiches, scones and cream! 

Rosa_Damascena

Miró said:

@goldfinches  many thankees for the links….very interesting.  Can’t see me taking to the wide legged trouser look but interesting to try them out.  That’s the great thing about charity shops, you can try new styles out cheaply and if it doesn’t work it’s not a complete wast of money.

In support of wide-legged trousers, I recently noticed something less than satisfactory about my slim fitting trousers. Having upped my activity levels considerably since hitting the big five-oh my calves have become heavier, which I only noticed from the bulge in my slimfits once I had got over the fact that I can now actually zip them up and still breathe . No such problem with straight or wide-legged trews, paired with something well-fitting on the top half, they can in fact emphasise the waist very nicely.

Miró

A wander around Northallerton this afty and I picked up a b/n pair of black patent Gabor ballet flats in the BHF shop for £7.  Tho they are supposed to be a 6.5 they are more of a 5.5.  Online selling for £80 😲

MrsStepford

Rosa_Damascena said:

Miró said:

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 😂

They have come your way at the right time - darks at 5pm and only going downhill for the next 53 days (not that I am counting!). I have been trying to Hygge-fy the my environment and my person. That has involved having an early evening bath and slathering on moisturiser before getting into a pair of fleecy PJs, dressing gown and thick socks. I have lots of part-used containers of thick creams that I shall get through for this purpose.

If I maintain this my skin will be like silk come Christmas

Rosa_Damascena said:

Miró said:

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 😂

They have come your way at the right time - darks at 5pm and only going downhill for the next 53 days (not that I am counting!). I have been trying to Hygge-fy the my environment and my person. That has involved having an early evening bath and slathering on moisturiser before getting into a pair of fleecy PJs, dressing gown and thick socks. I have lots of part-used containers of thick creams that I shall get through for this purpose.

If I maintain this my skin will be like silk come Christmas

I buy moisturizer in charity shops to slather on my feet and legs which get dry. Even 5p and 10p samples ! 

Cherryfudge

I buy moisturizer in charity shops to slather on my feet and legs which get dry. Even 5p and 10p samples ! 

I buy small hand creams, the sort that you can put in a handbag or pocket. I'm entirely unsure of the morality of this because of them being single use plastics, but by buying them second hand I'm keeping them out of landfill (I'll recycle the tube later) and having a small luxury. It's not necessary though as I saved a couple of small glass bottles with pump tops (I think they had serum in) which I refill with hand cream and which also go well in my bag.

That said, I don't think I've seen moisturiser in charity shops, I wonder if it varies by area?

Potternerd

This grey next tee with a silver star on the front £1
@Miró I too am keen to experiment with the wide trouser look, although as I’m only 5 foot. 1 I’m not sure how well it will work. As I had half an hour to spend after checking out the CSS in town I popped into M and S and tried on some of their wide legged jersey trousers with the stripes down the side. I thought they looked ok, although I obviously wasn’t going to buy new clothes😂. So I think I’ll look out for them in CSS, but only quite heavy material and probably without what DH calls the go faster stripes.
@MrsStepford and @Cherryfudge I always get moisturiser from CS when I can find it. It’s often round the bric-à-brac area.

goldfinches

@Miró and @Potternerd I meant to point out this page of pins which Whitney of TomKat Stitchery posted after a recent trip to NYC 22 NYC Fall Style ideas in 2023 | style, nyc fall, fashion (pinterest.co.uk) and here's her YT video where she comments on ten of the looks and gives pattern suggestions for sewists to recreate them 22 NYC Fall Style ideas in 2023 | style, nyc fall, fashion (pinterest.co.uk).
There are several photos of wide legged trousers and she discussed styles she'd seen being worn and I've definitely seen similar outfits around here so thought you might find it helpful.

@Potternerd - I thought your OH's name for the side stripes on the M&S trousers very funny, thanks for passing it on. I shall enjoy a chuckle next time I pass through the racks on my way to the Food Hall.