More Charity Shop Bargains for 2018 & beyond!

One of my favourite charity shops has me tagged as one of their favourite people, for today at any rate. I lugged in three sacks of Action Men, another of vehicles (with bonus dinosaur) & a teapot. Personally I am very bad at decluttering (I mean, finding the other sock & knowing its partner was donated last month is uncomfortable), but when it comes to moving my sons thoroughly-out-grown toys, I am muscular...
(Although youngest's stuffed cat has resurfaced & he & I have agreed Tis The Season for it to be be collared with a loop of baubles & bells. A trick I pulled over a decade ago & could locate son & cat by the gentle jingling as they prowled around.)

The Denby. It's like asking a paranoid hypochondriac of they can spare a pack of paracetamol. As, based on the visible evidence, they have enough to wipe out the village but they may actually have the dosages planned & contingencies allowed for.
A few pieces (I'm thinking of Greenwheat) I could sell tomorrow & shed not a tear. Just swear over the packaging til I'm sure it could survive a prop forward taking it for a Sunday morning out & then use the funds to indulge in other hobbies like eating.

Others have much more emotional freight & will be parted with largely to fund my funeral. (My menfolk know my quirks. They are also pretty well briefed on which basestamps to take to the auction houses & which to ebay.)

In between times, if I need to get the boiler replaced, I will probably have to let several crates go, but the flipside to that is The Great Wall is not labelled or sorted - so before selling anything I'll need a troop of scouts to lug it all, lay it all out in the scout hut, sort it properly, repack and properly tag the boxes and then list a few items.
So it's a retirement project, most likely to occur once bereaved (less of this "selling the stuff I gave you" over decades, once he'd figured a teacup with the right basestamp got the same "ooh!" as flowers, just lasted Much Longer)
Plus I have three sons to see safely set up. I've not got enough teapots, cups saucers plates bowls etc for them to have any pattern as I don't collect & store that way & anyway bowls & plates are tricky. They tend to be used & broken not shelved & eventually handed off. (Although a Scottish friend & I did spectacularly after an unfortunate divorce. She got the everyday stuff she wanted & uses & I got a casserole, veg dishes & all three of us lasses were pleased.)

I do look out for bits for friends, but I tend not to buy with an eye on prompt resale. It's more fun to gather a teaset cup by cup, as well as easier to lug home! Plus we do teach charity shop staff what to look for - it may say Denby but that chip reduces it to flower arranging uses only. That oval scroll means its around 1950-1975 & if it says Bourne, well, the Acquisition Committee can go take up tatting for a few minutes.

Oh and I'd sooner sell all sorts of things than the little individual butter crocks. Small testaments to a time when people either had more time than sense, or staff, and part of the breakfast table of my childhood.

Dear Dig for Victory,
I am usually on the decluttering thread, but lurk here from time to time as I too am very fond of my two local shops.
Your post made me laugh so much it has brightened up my day. I too now look for Denby!

I need to have a 'no buy January' I have bought too much the last two days.


Grey knitted jumper dress, 3/4 sleeves, flared skirt with cable knit and mini pom poms, can't remember the brand but wasn't one I've heard of - £4.99.
F&F pink slouchy jumper, very fluffy feathery faux fur, two sizes bigger than me which makes it slouchy - £3.50
M&S claret coloured cropped jumper, cable knit, button back with a split at the bottom - £3.
Levi 504's straight fit jeans for DH, distressed finish £4.99
M&S BNWT fur lined snood in grey, cable knitted outer £3.49
Principles Ben de Lisi long line edge to edge grey cardigan, 2 pockets, super soft £3.99
Boden cropped cardigan, mushroom colour with ribbon detail stitched down the front with large ribbon covered buttons which fasten by popper - £3.49
Topshop ochre coloured cropped cardigan, vintage style with puffy 3/4 sleeves with 3 small buttons on - £2.99
Next very thick cotton top, white with navy stripe, very Joules in style, 3/4 sleeve with chambray turnback, chambray trim at dipped hemline £2.99


How many cardigans does one woman need????? Despite wearing them almost everyday for work I realistically do not need anymore.

I have found some great souvenirs that way, too, Miro, and some great guide books. Apologies for the lack of accent.

Hi Miro :hello:
Hope you're OK.


Like your idea of making bags for your bags.