Let Thrift shopping thrive in 25!

Rosa_Damascena

Coxy11 said:

Am back home - cashmere cardigan is in the freezer - thank you!!!

Sudbury netted me 7 Whittard dinner plates and a bowl for the sum total of £8.50 - to sell on, plus another khaki cardi for me - only cotton/viscose mix and £3.50. 

Funny you should mention Whittard - I visited an attraction in a deprived part of East London with my little niece the other week and she asked if there was a Whittard store nearby, as she likes the hot chocolate. I explained that Whittard of Chelsea does not site its stores indiscriminately and we would have to travel further west to find one.

The other day I popped into a local chaz whilst my car was at the garage - and came away with a Next dress and blouse, a further silk dress (which I will wear as a long blouse over trousers in the summer) and another blouse for just £1 each. I also bought at BN Cotton Traders tote bag for £5 - image taken from an eBay listing - and a big box of girly stationery for my niece for £4. I can't find it using Google lens but would guess it retails at least twice the price.

Wednesday2000

Rosa_Damascena said:

Coxy11 said:

Am back home - cashmere cardigan is in the freezer - thank you!!!

Sudbury netted me 7 Whittard dinner plates and a bowl for the sum total of £8.50 - to sell on, plus another khaki cardi for me - only cotton/viscose mix and £3.50. 

Funny you should mention Whittard - I visited an attraction in a deprived part of East London with my little niece the other week 

Where did you visit in east London, out of interest?

Miró

Today’s chazza tour of Northallerton….came back with a mushroom coloured bag, not leather but useful to use in the rain, £6, a Stella kitchen timer, £1.95 and a box of 4 hair clippy things for £4. Soz can’t remember what came from where and  I’ve lost the receipts 🙄

Rosa_Damascena

Wednesday2000 said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Coxy11 said:

Am back home - cashmere cardigan is in the freezer - thank you!!!

Sudbury netted me 7 Whittard dinner plates and a bowl for the sum total of £8.50 - to sell on, plus another khaki cardi for me - only cotton/viscose mix and £3.50. 

Funny you should mention Whittard - I visited an attraction in a deprived part of East London with my little niece the other week 

Where did you visit in east London, out of interest?

Young V&A (the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood in old money): https://www.vam.ac.uk/young?srsltid=AfmBOorCxXXAuRobFJ6UDRM3DTNGZJee3_-4RKUyNvlMpjEmy86jF8bi

Floss

@Rosa_Damascena for future info, there's a Whittards at Westfield.

Brie

Not thrift shopping per se but about china sets and their relative unpopularity.  Hit a bit of a note with me as i'm still thinking about getting my gran's Limoges 12 setting set complete with all the tureens and extras shipped from Canada as no one in my family wants it and no one wants to buy it even to sell on.

Wedgwood was a British status symbol but now you can’t even give it away

beanielou

Brie said:

Not thrift shopping per se but about china sets and their relative unpopularity.  Hit a bit of a note with me as i'm still thinking about getting my gran's Limoges 12 setting set complete with all the tureens and extras shipped from Canada as no one in my family wants it and no one wants to buy it even to sell on.

Wedgwood was a British status symbol but now you can’t even give it away

Interesting>  I gave mine to my mum who uses it every day. Rather her than me.

Brie

beanielou said:

Brie said:

Not thrift shopping per se but about china sets and their relative unpopularity.  Hit a bit of a note with me as i'm still thinking about getting my gran's Limoges 12 setting set complete with all the tureens and extras shipped from Canada as no one in my family wants it and no one wants to buy it even to sell on.

Wedgwood was a British status symbol but now you can’t even give it away

Interesting>  I gave mine to my mum who uses it every day. Rather her than me.

My gran had given it to my mom and I think she used it about 5 times in 40 years she might have had it.  It's delicate and doesn't go in the dishwasher of course.  But it's beautiful and frankly we've got another set of china that can't go in the dishwasher that I would willingly give up to make some (but not enough) room.  But then again this would mean that we would have 4 full sets of china which seems a bit excessive for 2 adults with no family locally. 

Sensible me thinks that I should probably settle on having just one of the tea cups.  Sigh.

Rosa_Damascena

Floss said:

@Rosa_Damascena for future info, there's a Whittards at Westfield.

At White City I believe but not Stratford. Which is just as well because I really don't have £11.95 to spend on a tub of hot chocolate, however tempting it may look! (See below for how tempting it looks).

Rosa_Damascena

@Brie - give yourself permission to both accept the Limoges crockery set and use it! This quote springs to mind:


I went a little mad on books at the chazzer this lunchtime - someone else can read them when I shed this mortal coil: