Shop Charity Store in '24!

Miró

Ooooh some nice finds there…..

Today’s canter around Northallerton in the stormy weather and I came away with a bnwt glue gun kit for £2.99 (always wanted to play with one), a Max Factor fancy travel box thingy containing a small light up mirror, blusher brush, nail files and eyelash curlers for £1.50 and a pair of b/n Moda in Pelle ballet flats in Navy patent moc croc, original price £69 mine for £10. 

Watty1

Some great finds by you all.  Loving the Enamel and stone picture frame.

Popped into local village charity shop and came out with a vegan cookbook for 50 p   Spent a happy hour reading it and have found lots to try.  I'm not vegan but would like to incorporate more plant based meals and there seem to be some great ones in here

Chatted with the shop and they were really struggling with the donations so were not accepting any that day as the store room was full, and they said they could not cope with the amount but so much was going straight to the rag man. Seemed a shame people were using them as a dumping ground rather than re-cycling themselves.

Brie

Watty1 said:

they said they could not cope with the amount but so much was going straight to the rag man. Seemed a shame people were using them as a dumping ground rather than re-cycling themselves.

Fine if the stuff can go to a rag recycling service that will pay them tuppence a ton or whatever.  But not if the stuff is beyond use in any way whatsoever.  

Quite get the idea of the vegan cookbook.  There was a thread last year about cooking vegan and even a carnivore such as myself found it useful.  

MrsStepford

A South Beach Diet cook book with recipes which take 30 mins or less, arrived from Oxfam today. South Beach used to be low carb, even keto. This has recipes using toast, spaghetti, brown rice, risotto rice and macaroni 😮 Lots of cakes and puddings using industrial quantities of erythritol too. Not very good value for money for me, then. 

Rosa_Damascena

MrsStepford said:

A South Beach Diet cook book with recipes which take 30 mins or less, arrived from Oxfam today. South Beach used to be low carb, even keto. This has recipes using toast, spaghetti, brown rice, risotto rice and macaroni 😮 Lots of cakes and puddings using industrial quantities of erythritol too. Not very good value for money for me, then. 

Reason enough to leave it well alone! Sugar alcohols are not the kind of thing you would keep in a kitchen cupboard.

Has no one been to a chaz today?

Wednesday2000

Miró said:

They are nice but I cannot wear ballet shoes as my feet look comically small in them. I'm not slim and those type of shoes look bizarre on me!😆 My feet aren't that small as well, 6 or 6 and a half, but very unflattering on me.

Wednesday2000

Rosa_Damascena said:

Has no one been to a chaz today?

I'm going out tomorrow to some chazzers.

I want an outfit for a party in a couple of weeks. I have seen that Mob Wife aesthetic is the new trend! I might look for a faux fur coat and a sparkly dress.🤩☺️

Rosa_Damascena

Wednesday2000 said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Has no one been to a chaz today?

I'm going out tomorrow to some chazzers.

I want an outfit for a party in a couple of weeks. I have seen that Mob Wife aesthetic is the new trend! I might look for a faux fur coat and a sparkly dress.🤩☺️

Well you're bound to find that in Southend

@Miro - I love shoes like this and always have, ever since I saw "Lady Di" wear them in 1981! They are comfortable and practical, but are also suitable for work outfits.

Watty1

Good luck @Wednesday2000    The village charity shop had a rail of lovely sparkly party dresses, seemed as if everyone had got rid of the Christmas party frocks!   I dithered over a floor length blue dress but reason struck, I have no need of it and would have had to pay to get it altered as it was way too long and a chiffon flowing fabric that was beyond my needle skills.

Wednesday2000

I went into Salvation Army in Southend and saw a black faux fur jacket straight away. Size 10 so no good for me! I did buy a scarf in another shop for £3 as it was colder than I thought out.

The bus diverted on the way there and I went past a Sue Ryder shop that I had forgotten about.