More Charity Shop Bargains for 2018 & beyond!

Pollycat · 27 February 2018 at 9:32PM

Today's bargains are:
Per Una 3/4 sleeved dress in shades of navy, purple & teal. Lots of pleating detail around the neckline and bodice.
£1.00 Air Ambulance

Principles Ben De Lisi 3/4 sleeved jersey top in black/grey with cowl neck and fancy button detail. Great with leggings.
£2.00 Bluebell Wood

Next leggings in black & white pattern, great fabric, much thicker than usual leggings.
£3.00 Hospice shop

VfM4meplse · 28 February 2018 at 7:45PM

Its funny how we kid ourselves sometimes...I was convinced I spend very little on myself, but my chazzer expenditure for myself alone this month was actually £31.58. For that I got lots of outfits, some unusual kitchen gadgets....and 16 more books

I also spent about £30 on gifts for others, so there is counterpoise

Laredouter · 1 March 2018 at 12:05AM

Thanks everyone, I was extremely pleased with my haul from the other day. I have honestly have never seen the ultra cheap prices that have been posted on here in the past, I am so jealous

. I tend to get a bit carried away because I am used to paying similar prices for clothes from websites like Shein, which are really terrible quality (like unfinished seams etc :eek:). I will learn eventually

I will definitely check out the Jim Thompson house if I can ever afford to go to Bangkok; it sounds fantastic!

Just a silly thing from earlier today; I went out with my parents for my birthday meal and I wore the 'White Company' and Cath Kidston blouse I bought on Monday and my mum remarked on how smart I looked. It kinda made me well up a bit because she hasn't said that for years. Really made my day :j

VfM4meplse · 1 March 2018 at 4:19AM

Laredouter wrote: »

I went out with my parents for my birthday meal and I wore the 'White Company' and Cath Kidston blouse I bought on Monday and my mum remarked on how smart I looked. It kinda made me well up a bit because she hasn't said that for years. Really made my day :j

That really is lovely!

I'm gonna have a moan now. I went to a chazzer and found a new suit marked as X price. Excellent quality, good brand, my size and an unusual style (admittedly not for everyone, but suited me!). Got to the till and the SA said the skirt would be another £2, despite the fact it was paired up with the jacket using a hanger attachment! I liked the suit, but wasn't going to cough up in principle because the SA was TTP.

It's a very worthy charity, but the volunteers at this particularly branch - take an educated guess, Wednesday! - run it like a personal fiefdom. The number of times I've overheard their loud pricing conversations floating out of the anteroom...it really is a coalition of the clueless.

GreyQueen · 1 March 2018 at 8:12AM

:T Nice one, Laredoubter, it's always lovely to be complimented on one's clothing, but there is a special glow when you know that you're wearing chazzer bargains.

I haven't made any purchases since last week, have only been in one chazzer, I have run out of space for clothes (unless they're very special

) and have a small but specific Wants List for domestic trifles. And I'm always willing to be led astray by interesting books not available in the library service.

Happy hunting, lovely peeps. GQ x

dolly84 · 1 March 2018 at 10:59AM

Laredouter - I have seen a lot of Shein hauls on Youtube but the stuff looks dreadful to me, badly sized and cheap. It is bad enough that all our clothes are made in China and the like without them trying to cut out our retailers and sell direct to the end user. Hell would have to freeze over before I would buy from them.

I am on a self imposed No Buy for March. The only exceptions are a coffee grinder, a tiffin or some glass food storage as these are part of my zero waste journey.

Pollycat · 1 March 2018 at 11:13AM

VfM4meplse wrote: »

That really is lovely!

I'm gonna have a moan now. I went to a chazzer and found a new suit marked as X price. Excellent quality, good brand, my size and an unusual style (admittedly not for everyone, but suited me!). Got to the till and the SA said the skirt would be another £2, despite the fact it was paired up with the jacket using a hanger attachment! I liked the suit, but wasn't going to cough up in principle because the SA was TTP.

It's a very worthy charity, but the volunteers at this particularly branch - take an educated guess, Wednesday! - run it like a personal fiefdom. The number of times I've overheard their loud pricing conversations floating out of the anteroom...it really is a coalition of the clueless.

Oh. That's a tough call, given all the positives about the suit.
I'd have probably done the same and chuntered about it as I walked round, then been very tempted to go back and buy it.

DigForVictory · 1 March 2018 at 1:37PM

I was less than charmed when husband removed all the folding I had & set off "suffering from cabin fever". Well wrapped - he's shrewd enough to know that if you ask me for money you'd better be well padded or with a quick good answer.

Seems he managed to walk through the snow into not one but two genuine traditional Guernseys, one for a quid & another for three quid. I'm rather hoping they're his preferred olive green but even if they're bottle green, this is not the weather to be picky about colour when the pure wool warmth is what's needed!

Miró · 1 March 2018 at 1:53PM

Laredouter wrote: »

Just a silly thing from earlier today; I went out with my parents for my birthday meal and I wore the 'White Company' and Cath Kidston blouse I bought on Monday and my mum remarked on how smart I looked. It kinda made me well up a bit because she hasn't said that for years. Really made my day :j

Awww, how lovely....really pleased for you

Not been near a chazza since Monday...in fact not even been out of the door due to the snow & icy pavements, (blood problem - dare not risk breaks/knocks/cuts). Now starting to go stir crazy. Might have to resort to a supermarket delivery shortly as about to run out of milk and stuff :eek:, (that's if they are working as everything else seems to have shut down here!)

Pollycat · 1 March 2018 at 2:18PM

DigForVictory wrote: »

I was less than charmed when husband removed all the folding I had & set off "suffering from cabin fever". Well wrapped - he's shrewd enough to know that if you ask me for money you'd better be well padded or with a quick good answer.

Seems he managed to walk through the snow into not one but two genuine traditional Guernseys, one for a quid & another for three quid. I'm rather hoping they're his preferred olive green but even if they're bottle green, this is not the weather to be picky about colour when the pure wool warmth is what's needed!

We called them ganseys
Or should that be 'gansies' plural?

Will you put them in the freezer? Or is it cold enough to kill any potential moths anyway? :rotfl:

Mir! wrote: »

Not been near a chazza since Monday...in fact not even been out of the door due to the snow & icy pavements, (blood problem - dare not risk breaks/knocks/cuts). Now starting to go stir crazy. Might have to resort to a supermarket delivery shortly as about to run out of milk and stuff :eek:, (that's if they are working as everything else seems to have shut down here!)

We've not had a bus past our house - usually 3 per hour during the day, 2 per hour evenings - since 6pm last night.
Roads are still snow covered.
Expecting 2 parcels from ebay but not really expecting the postman to come (and understanding if he doesn't although he was out yesterday).

Hope you get the stuff you need, we have about a pint of milk left which will last us ages, plus yucky semi-skimmed that we use for porridge and cereal.
Cupboards and freezer full to groaning.
Hope everyone is OK, especially those of you in the red alert area.

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