Shop Charity Store in '24!

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Potternerd said:

Despite all this extravagance I have had a bit of an epiphany. I heard Patrick Grant (he of the Sewing Bee) on the radio yesterday, while in a charity shop!! He was talking about how we all have too much stuff that we don't wear . DH and I spent a bit of time this morning editing his wardrobe and adding it to my donation pile. I then went back through my own wardrobe and weeded out all my shirts as I think they look lovely in the shop but actually I prefer tee shirt styles so the shirts just sit there unworn. So we took tons to the hospice shop and actually while I’ve been out for a walk this afternoon I’ve thought of lots more items that can go. And I do actually need to spend less time in the CS.

Patrick's new book is called "Less: Stop buying so much rubbish: How having fewer, better things can make us happier" which is a very good maxim for life, and one I am working towards!

YoungBlueEyes

There is/was a person on here who's signature said "All that clutter used to be money" and I love that. 

I had a scoot round my fave cs yesterday and found this. No it wasn't needed but I love the colour (it's a richer blue in real life) and the shape of it means my hands hug it perfectly, And it was only £1  

It feels very silky and matt. I don't know whether to give it a vinegary wash to get the limescale off, or leave it in case that'd kill the finish on it....?

Cherryfudge

That's a saying we ought to see more of, @YoungBlueEyes. 

Love the mug, I thought 'Denby'? before I'd scrolled down to your second picture. It should be vinegar-proof: Denby told me that even their Homestead pieces are dishwasher-safe, those these predate domestic dishwashers, so I'd imagine the glaze is pretty tough. I wonder how it managed to get limescale there, though? Very odd.

YoungBlueEyes

I don't know how it got the limescale there, presumably someone in a hard water area that never dried it properly? I might gently rub the scaled parts over with a vinegar soaked cotton bud. I could live with the tiny bit of scale if meant not ruining the finish I'll try it later and report back.

Yep it's a good saying eh. I wish I could remember whose signature it was because I'd name-check them. A little voice in my head sometimes says it when I go into a cs as well. All this clutter used to be money. 

Brie

New CS on Poole high street but nothing of interest I'm afraid.  Didn't clock which shop but there are so many there in any case.  

Rosa_Damascena

Brie said:

New CS on Poole high street but nothing of interest I'm afraid.  Didn't clock which shop but there are so many there in any case.  

I would imagine Poole to be pricey?

Brie

Rosa_Damascena said:

Brie said:

New CS on Poole high street but nothing of interest I'm afraid.  Didn't clock which shop but there are so many there in any case.  

I would imagine Poole to be pricey?

Not when there's so many CS all in a row.  

Rosa_Damascena

Must take a trip in that direction myself!

A quick detour into a local chazzer earlier yielded this for £1.50, to go with my other executive toys:

Currently retailing for £6.87 on Amazon.

goldfinches

Rosa_Damascena said:

Must take a trip in that direction myself!

A quick detour into a local chazzer earlier yielded this for £1.50, to go with my other executive toys:

Currently retailing for £6.87 on Amazon.

 I'm imagining you as a Bond villain with that on your enormous expanse of desk puffing on a fat cigar and saying "Good evening, Mr Bond, do sit down."

It's raining again here and although I walked over to the Age UK shop this afternoon between downpours I got there just after they'd shut the shop early so had to turn around and go home. I'm weaning myself off my stick and suspect I look a trifle Lurch-like as I doggedly stomp along so this was supposed to be an incentive to go for a walk! Could someone kindly ask the powers-that-be to turn off the taps please? Maybe I'll have better luck tomorrow.

goldfinches

Made it to the Age UK shop this lunchtime dodging today's errant drops and found a cd/radio for the kitchen, £8.99, which I'd been keeping an eye out for as well as a very nice Accessorize black polyurethane that feels like leather bag, £6.99, and a Campion novel, £1.99.