Shop Charity Store in '24!

Frith

Bromsgrove today.

Part Two linen dress £4.99 (quite expensive online)

M and S jeggings £4

Ouba jumper £6

Rosa_Damascena

Cherryfudge said:

Really interesting question @Matty246. There are plenty of hammers and the like on car boot sales but never at charity shops. I've bought garden tools at car boots, it's nice to get a solid old piece that has been loved and used by a previous generation, and give it a new lease of life.

Because thieves want to profit from their spoils.

Wednesday2000

I just went into five charity shops looking for coats. I found a grey and black coat in Shared Space for a fiver.

I got a Ralph Lauren short grey jacket for £15 in Mind in Westcliff. It will probably be quite warm with a roll neck jumper underneath. I also bought a sweatshirt, some beige boots with tags and a baseball cap from Mind. They have a 50% off sale on some ladies clothes, but I think she said it ends tomorrow.

Brie

Rosa_Damascena said:

Cherryfudge said:

Really interesting question @Matty246. There are plenty of hammers and the like on car boot sales but never at charity shops. I've bought garden tools at car boots, it's nice to get a solid old piece that has been loved and used by a previous generation, and give it a new lease of life.

Because thieves want to profit from their spoils.

sexist response - because women shop in CS and men don't and women don't use tools.  Not my logic and not the way it should be in my opinon.

Rosa_Damascena

Brie said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Cherryfudge said:

Really interesting question @Matty246. There are plenty of hammers and the like on car boot sales but never at charity shops. I've bought garden tools at car boots, it's nice to get a solid old piece that has been loved and used by a previous generation, and give it a new lease of life.

Because thieves want to profit from their spoils.

sexist response - because women shop in CS and men don't and women don't use tools.  Not my logic and not the way it should be in my opinon.

Aye, but there is some truth to it. Last night I got round to doing some odd jobs that had been put off for a while, they needed no more skill than me and a screwdriver but in my mind they are not jobs I am cut out for. Wrong - anyone could have done the minor electrical work I sought to do, I just needed to overcome the mindset that I couldn't do it  (I draw a line at children though). Today I shall challenge myself and get the drill out of the shed - the first obstacle to overcome being large house spiders that are prevalent at this time of year but I will just have to get over it.

The other day I found a lovely Per Una lined linen jacket, that was just £2, Sling in a couple of more scarves and a bumbag for £1 each and of course the obligatory books and I left the chazzer happy. All are spinning around merrily in my washing machine at present!

Matty246

Rosa_Damascena said:

Brie said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Cherryfudge said:

Really interesting question @Matty246. There are plenty of hammers and the like on car boot sales but never at charity shops. I've bought garden tools at car boots, it's nice to get a solid old piece that has been loved and used by a previous generation, and give it a new lease of life.

Because thieves want to profit from their spoils.

sexist response - because women shop in CS and men don't and women don't use tools.  Not my logic and not the way it should be in my opinon.

Aye, but there is some truth to it. Last night I got round to doing some odd jobs that had been put off for a while, they needed no more skill than me and a screwdriver but in my mind they are not jobs I am cut out for. Wrong - anyone could have done the minor electrical work I sought to do, I just needed to overcome the mindset that I couldn't do it  (I draw a line at children though). Today I shall challenge myself and get the drill out of the shed - the first obstacle to overcome being large house spiders that are prevalent at this time of year but I will just have to get over it.

The other day I found a lovely Per Una lined linen jacket, that was just £2, Sling in a couple of more scarves and a bumbag for £1 each and of course the obligatory books and I left the chazzer happy. All are spinning around merrily in my washing machine at present!

Not the books, I hope 😅

florianatwobob

Our local hospice shop will sell DIY related paraphernalia and you do find a lot of men in there. 

Floss

I'm of to my local large village/ suburb, to do some reverse-chazzing and may indulge in some mooching. I just need to not buy previously donated items!

Rosa_Damascena

Floss said:

I'm of to my local large village/ suburb, to do some reverse-chazzing and may indulge in some mooching. I just need to not buy previously donated items!

That is the risk, I'm due for a big clear out and I know that if I saw the stuff again I know that I would end up buying it.

I made a comment on @Miró's red dress recently. This blouse doesn't look all that but somehow when I put it on it is transformational:


If you look at the pic closely you can see that it is made in Vietnam - which brings me onto this film about fast fashion: The True Cost. Its fair to say that buying chez chaz saves clothes from landfill, but I also think it would be naive to assume that its wasn't part of the driver for demand. There is bound to be research out there that tells us the exact opposite! So I need to approach my need for stuff (much of which I don't use more than occasionally) with caution.

Miró

Did the rounds of the Bedale & Thirsk C/B’s and the Thirsk chazza shops today.  Spent the grand total of £1!

Roman embroidered jacket….tis a burgundy shade, not purple as it looks.  A woman at the Bedale C/B was selling off her extended family’s unwanted clothing….everything was £1.