Shop Charity Store in '24!

Rosa_Damascena

Brie said:

Miró said:

Ermmmm ….sorry…me again 🫣

Had a wander around Northallerton today and was tempted by a tan Radley bag in the BHF shop for  £20.  I already have a similar version in black  and have found it very useful so I splurged.  Getting it home and having a good squiz at it in daylight showed it had not been treated well by the previous owner.  Corners scuffed and lining stained and fluff everywhere.  Anyhoo, a few squirts of anti-bac stuff, a little diluted bleach on the lining and some deft strokes with a felt tip pen has smartened it up no end.  Shame the cross body strap is missing but I have one of those fancy webbing ones that might work….

I'm not a bag person but that is lovely.

I most definitely am a bag person, and that is lovely.

Rosa_Damascena

I've had loads of chazzer-success over the past 9 days so recounting it will be a little like playing The Generation Game . Here we go:

Saturday before last: 3 plant pots for £1, a couple of books and a CD for 50p each. At the next chazzer I bought two BN small purses for £2 each.  On closer inspection had long straps inside - so much more stylish than the bum bag I thought I was going to have to resort to. Finally I visited the Barnardos at the bottom of the High Street which was selling BN yoga mats for £3.50, would have been rude not to. Happy days.

Monday: a long floral summer dress - fits me perfectly - for £4, a tall bronze vase that will be ideal for sunflowers in the summer for £3, and seven books.

Wednesday: a robust wooden laundry box that will serve as a seat in my hallway, £15 and a book (gratis because I bought the furniture).

Friday: a warm quilted sweatshirt for £1, a metal basket for £1, a big pack of cards for 60p, a decorative tea light holder for 50p, a BN document stand that can be clamped onto my desk for £1.50 and a BN M&S anorak (like I need another one!) for £3.

Yesterday: a chance visit to the Samaritans in Leigh yielded a BN lumbar support for a chair for £2, a hangable toiletry bag for £2, a brand new Cozy Shawl for £2 and 3 books for £1. 

Pics of some of my spoils: 

https://youtu.be/cc7iGpCSfR0

elsien

Sooo, having vowed not to set foot in a charity shop again in the near future, because I meant to be economising, I spent not far off  30 quid yesterday. 🫢

none of it was ridiculously cheap, but I got a Per Uns jacket for a fiver that doesn’t actually look as if it has ever been worn, although there’s no tags on it; a couple of  branded Work/summer tops for four quid each, and then the real extravagance was a new Kipling bag for £15. Something I was semi looking for, and certainly cheaper than I would’ve got anywhere else anyway. That’s my excuse, and I’m sticking to it.

I’m hoping to recoup some of the money by selling the monkey keyring on eBay as I can’t stand the things. 

And now I’m really not going to any more charity shops - is there such a thing as a Chazers anonymous group?

Floss

elsien said:

And now I’m really not going to any more charity shops - is there such a thing as a Chazers anonymous group?

Maybe we need to start one!

Rosa_Damascena

Floss said:

elsien said:

And now I’m really not going to any more charity shops - is there such a thing as a Chazers anonymous group?

Maybe we need to start one!

Isn't this it? Except we encourage each other instead of supporting abstention

cbsexec

I made the fatal mistake of not buying something (I talked myself out of it) and then deciding it was a good buy but when I went back it was gone ☹️.  Oh well 

Wednesday2000

I like the look of that cosy shawl!

C_J

I have that Radley bag in black!

Miró

cbsexec said:

I made the fatal mistake of not buying something (I talked myself out of it) and then deciding it was a good buy but when I went back it was gone ☹️.  Oh well 

Happened to me loads of times…I feel your pain!

@Rosa_Damascena. I was hoping to see the long floral summer dress!

Rosa_Damascena

Miró said:

cbsexec said:

I made the fatal mistake of not buying something (I talked myself out of it) and then deciding it was a good buy but when I went back it was gone ☹️.  Oh well 

Happened to me loads of times…I feel your pain!

@Rosa_Damascena. I was hoping to see the long floral summer dress!

Its actually quite simple in design and more of the kind of thing you might wear every day than a "going out" dress. I shoved it straight in the laundry pile, will take a pic once its clean and dry! May not be for a while though as its going to stay wet (albeit mild) until the very end of the week.