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Floss

@DigForVictory M&S do full slips,  they're also available on Ebay and probably on your local market too.

Rosa_Damascena

Floss said:

@DigForVictory M&S do full slips,  they're also available on Ebay and probably on your local market too.

Slips do not help when the knicker elastic is on its way out.

I'm just saying.

Floss

Rosa_Damascena said:

Floss said:

@DigForVictory M&S do full slips,  they're also available on Ebay and probably on your local market too.

Slips do not help when the knicker elastic is on its way out.

I'm just saying.

Sounds like the voice of experience...!

DigForVictory

In our family, "the knicker elastic" is a domestic euphemism for "bladder control" & if any son tries to "ewww" they are reminded that this is All Their Fault for using my poor self as their personal bouncy castle in utero.

Last I tried to buy a slip in person, the only market stall that had them the owner was on holiday & (as I recall) I took shears to a T shirt to get half slip coverage if not the ease of drape.  I did check M&S but apparently I resemble Queen Victoria in her later years, rounder than she was tall, & M&S doesn't aim for that particular warrant.

Bike shorts? Boggles happily at website which looks most intriguing. (Is dressing for a wedding As a Guest usually this complex? Or have I just been getting by as my family know I'd rather spend spend time with a book?!)

Back to charity shops - I bought a wedding dress with a view to eviscerating it to make a christening robe, but when it arrived, I realised it wouldn't drape as I hoped, so that's going back to the charity shop & I wish them another happy punter.

C_J

I called in to just one hospice shop chazzer this morning - I nearly didn't bother as I wasn't in the right frame of mind for it, but am ever so glad I did. For 50p I bought a glass lemon squeezer to replace the one I dropped last week (tiny glass shards are still turning up despite having vacuumed and mopped the kitchen tiles a million times!), and for just £5 a bag of a dozen assorted cutting and embossing plates plus embossing folders and a spacer block/shim for the Cuttlebug die cutting machine I bought earlier in the week. I am so pleased with these (they are well used but still perfectly serviceable) as replacement new plates are something daft like £20 each.

Brie

goldfinches said:

@DigForVictory - hooray for finding the dresses and heartily agree with you about models. I also think more people would enjoy shopping for clothes if there was a real choice of flattering items rather than just having to accept the few things that fit. 
@Brie - I had no idea F & F sold bike shorts and I need some padded ones because the roads around here are full of potholes which can't always be avoided and my poor tailbone is bruised, so I shall look in Mr T's forthwith.

Ah! No!!  Not bike shorts in the proper sense but leggings that only go to mid thigh (on me at least)

SandyShores

Brie said:

goldfinches said:

@DigForVictory - hooray for finding the dresses and heartily agree with you about models. I also think more people would enjoy shopping for clothes if there was a real choice of flattering items rather than just having to accept the few things that fit. 
@Brie - I had no idea F & F sold bike shorts and I need some padded ones because the roads around here are full of potholes which can't always be avoided and my poor tailbone is bruised, so I shall look in Mr T's forthwith.

Ah! No!!  Not bike shorts in the proper sense but leggings that only go to mid thigh (on me at least)

I bought a pair of chubrub shorts the other day (google original chubrubs).  They are like tights that cover down past the area where your thighs might rub together - an essential for me in hot weather.  They are really lovely, I'm not sure if I need more than one pair as they are very light to wear.  

Magpie100

@Miró I have a pair of those M&S flats; very comfy and go with everything! Just catching up on everyone's finds and having a leisurely bank holiday. Yesterday I went to a 50th for an old school friend in the town we went to school in (Colchester). I was able to squeeze in some Charity shopping, though I was annoyed at myself as I couldn't get there until 3.30 and lots of them shut at 5 and I only found a few too late! But probably just as well as I had a bit of a splurge:

 - A Zadig & Voltaire t-shirt with tags on for £4. Really pleased with this as it's lovely (grinning sparkly skull on the front!) and Z&V are crazy expensive new. 
- A pair of Goose Island trousers, £4.99. Looks like a little independent shop in Wales but the trousers are lovely. Wide, floaty, in a green pattern. Will see if I can do a photo a bit later. Already wearing them and am in love. 
- A Phase Eight shirt in white with a pale pink pattern of stripes. Linen, smart, only £2.99
- A pair of Heavenly Feet sandals. £8 from the Dog's Trust. I like Heavenly Feet (tend to be very comfy) but these are very glitzy and only really suitable for holidays. But I have a few of those coming up. :-) 
- A FatFace broderie top in blue. Looks unworn. £8. And a pair of cream summer trousers from Zara, also £8. 

Wide variation in charity shop pricing in Colchester. The Dogs Trust is easily the nicest charity shop in town, but correspondingly pricey. The Z&V t-shirt was from the Salvation Army (always reasonable) and the other bits from Oxfam (shabby, but not too expensive). There was a hospice vintage shop (very pricey) and an Emmaus, which I didn't get to. I'll do photos when I can! Happy long weekend, shoppers...

Potternerd

@Miró I have those M and S shoes in Wedgwood blue they’re v comfy.

im a huge fan of Chubrub shorts and always wear them under dresses and skirts in summer. I prefer SLOGGI ones as they are mostly cotton. I also have some M and S culotte slips which are super comfy.

Recent buys:
Topshop smart trackie style trousers navy with black and orange side stripe £4
White Stuff denim pinafore £9
Nike long sleeved pink sports top £7
Tu BNWT emerald green long satin skirt £5
pink A5  organizer with all its innards unused £4
White leather Converse a bit grubby but no wear at all on soles £3
Black Green Land sleeveless polo shirt (golf top I think) with red and white stripe on collar and armholes £2. I recently bought a black skirt with red and white stripes so I’m going to make my own little co-ord.
George dark denim knee length shorts £2
Black skater style dress with blue c
velvet stripe down the sleeves £5
Small wooden coat hangers that will fit a small built in cupboard in DS’s room. £2
Heavy silver coloured ring £2
Will try to post pics when everything washed and ironed.

Also a couple of things that I regret buying 
Black H and M gilet £2
Zebra print blazer dress £5
which I’ll pop on Vinted or redonate. I need to be more self controlled

Magpie100

@Potternerd... I don't know, I think think only 2 disappointments out of that list is pretty good!