Let Thrift shopping thrive in 25!

Miró

……..and flying through Ripon this morning just happened to pop in to the YMCA shop and picked up a LBD, Autograph, with a beaded front effect thingy going on. £7.50.  Does anyone ever wear a LBD these days?  Does anyone ever dress up these days? 🫤. So sad to see the lovely Booths Supermarket is now closed next door….gonna be a boring old Tesco!

DigForVictory

I was all dressed up for goddaughter's wedding on Friday - styled by Barnardo's & utterly thankful! Some lassies were in stunning silks (and if they think that's semi-formal, gawd alone knows what they'd wear to a formal bash - corset & diamonds?!), many in floral summer frocks of all lengths & m'goddaughter's brothers & father herded by the matriarch into suits (& devastating handsome too). As the evening settled in, quite a few of the family slipped into something less restrictive but the party rolled on - happily dancing & singing along with Meatloaf Bat out of Hell - not the most obvious wedding song but the whole family & most of the guests knew & joined in!
I do not habitually dress up, being an idle so-&-so, (to say nothing of struggling to find anything that turns up to fit my lack of height) but it was a smashing bash & I was thankful of all the encouragement I received here. 
Ethically, I will donate the frock & fascinator back, to go on to solve someone else's sartorial agonies. As am I likely to wear it again? Er, no. It's washed & dried & I hung onto the label so it'll look as new as when I tried it on. Some giraffe might give it a whole new look, or another short round woman be thankful!    

Floss

Miró said

..🫤. So sad to see the lovely Booths Supermarket is now closed next door….gonna be a boring old Tesco!

Is that because it's too expensive for daily shopping? Booths is a lovely experience but I would avoid spending in there on a regular basis when I lived on the Fylde coast.

Rosa_Damascena

I made up for a lack of chazzer satisfaction on Saturday on Sunday. Inspired by another OS thread I bought this for £15: https://drewandcole.com/products/pressure-king-pro-3l/

And another couple of books to add to my shelf on war / history:

Miró

Floss said:

Miró said

..🫤. So sad to see the lovely Booths Supermarket is now closed next door….gonna be a boring old Tesco!

Is that because it's too expensive for daily shopping? Booths is a lovely experience but I would avoid spending in there on a regular basis when I lived on the Fylde coast.

Yes probably is.....but there is a lot of disposable income sloshing around the Ripon/Thirsk/Northallerton area!  It was always very quiet in there in terms of customers though, (probably why I liked it so much) and the cafe was lovely.

@DigForVictory  The wedding sounds lovely and I bet you looked fabulous!!!

Floss

@Miró I'm meeting my son in Otley on Saturday, could you tell me which chazzers are where please? We're meeting at O'Deli as he's GF.

DigForVictory

I may have looked fabulous but I lament any Booths closing as I adore the "Oo!" you only get in Booths. The typographic beauty, those wonderful black bags for life that went with everything (even the drystone wall patterned ones were eye-catching and graceful), their brilliant totes (the pie who loved me, the cake district & many others) which have saved me no end of ineffectual screaming at wrapping paper, the orange juice pressing machines (my Inner Toddler just stands & boggles happily).... I depend on the well heeled ladies who lunch to keep them afloat, as I go for the rare-&-then-discounted treats for Christmas stockings & (of course) the coffee.
Also they tend to be ferociously well located - one handy for a Preston hospital, another for a warehouse charity shop, yet another for the yearly exchange of greetings, cards & Christmas cake tins with a loved cousin whom I adore but its just Easier to meet at Booths... 

Miró

Floss said:

@Miró I'm meeting my son in Otley on Saturday, could you tell me which chazzers are where please? We're meeting at O'Deli as he's GF.

Ooooh!  The two best ones are St Gemma’s (the 99p shop) and The 20p Shop, (for books & cards but not strictly a chazza).  There is also another newer one, not on the map, PDSA, further along Kirkgate. Being a small market town the people are very friendly so just ask if you get lost. Hope this helps and do report back.

Got a b/n M&S Collection black skirt from St Gemma’s today, (99p of course😁)

DigForVictory

Further bonus of charity shop buying - "buyer's guilt" is less severe. OK those of us who are also decluttering may run a ruthless "one in one out" or more stringent variants, but at least we're not leaping blind. Stunning map, Miro & many thanks - now I know (a) where to hunt & (b) have looked up where Otley is...

MrsCatz

That is true, I have picked up some lovely gifts in cs and also donate some that have not suited me