Please give me your opinion - do I want to spend £50 on a cloak from a charity shop?

[2sugarsandadog]

Which I may or may not wear. At 48 I'd have trouble pulling it off, but it's soooo lovely - really heavy and well made. Think Scottish Widow style - but sadly I don't look a bit like her. And they've put it aside till this morning .....

[RubyLovesShopping]

No

[Dillydollydaydream]

£50? No, sounds like it could be an expensive mistake, sorry.

[ChalkHillBlue]

Would you buy it if it was the same price in a high street shop?

[thecherryontop]

No!

[BadgerBumBag]

Could you make money on it?

[bunnymother]

If it's amazing, could you shorten it, if that means you'd wear it more often?

[impty]

Yes. Do it.

BUT only if you can happily spend that on an experimental piece. I'm all for pushing the boundaries once in a while.

[2sugarsandadog]

Chalk no I wouldn't buy it on the High St but I think the thing I like about it is that it's old and you don't see many like it. Badger in my dreams I'd be the sort of person that made money flogging stuff but I tried it a couple times with dds clothes and never did. I suppose if I were younger I might try and carry it off - I think I may run the risk of just looking witchy but it's one of those things that's so nice just to have. I'm thinking dds may want to wear it one day. Although they have said they won't come out with me if I wear it. But then we're not joined at the hip.

[2sugarsandadog]

bunny it's the right length ....

[senua]

What are the care instructions? Will it cost you another £50 every time you have it dry cleaned?

[2sugarsandadog]

And I've got a £12 credit note from the shop, so really it would be £38.

[2sugarsandadog]

Senua no labels and no care instructions and it's huge so probably

[Jinglebells99]

£50 sounds too much from a charity shop. How much would it have cost new? Although I suppose you could consider it as having made a donation to charity.

[Custardo]

If are going to walk around the streets in a scottish widow type cloak, you must also carry around a cat under each arm

you will look like weird nobber, and you will likley be sectioned

only students with pink hair can carry that shit off

[notnowImreading]

If you have £38 to spend, buy it. From the way you write about it, it sounds as though you love it. You might never wear it and you already know it's whimsical. It doesn't matter if it's a silly purchase or an expensive mistake, as long as you're not going to be destitute because of it. You're a grown woman and if grown women can't just choose something because it speaks to them sometimes, what the hell is wrong with the world?

The heart wants what the heart wants.

[Roussette]

If you have £50 to waste, I'd say yes! Just think... it's in the charity shop for a reason. I'd imagine someone looking like Mary Poppins in it. Mind you, I can't bear cloaks or capes and think they look ridiculous on anyone, even young slim things. They do nothing for boobs and they just look odd. Sorry

[2sugarsandadog]

Rousesett, I have no boobs in any case

[RightInTheKisser]

Only if it's an invisibility cloak!

[2sugarsandadog]

Custardo would a couple of medium-sized dogs work as well? Sigh. I think you may have a point ......

[CrockedPot]

If you can afford it and you love it, then definitely yes. You will regret it if you don't.

[RubyLovesShopping]

If you buy and it doesn't work out I suppose it would be useful for Halloween??

[Custardo]

no, i'm afraid it must be cats

preferably those ugly bald looking ones

[FrugalFashionista]

Cloaks and capes are enjoying a fashion moment right now - saw someone looking stunning in one last night - but only the shorter, non-witchy ones

[burnishedsilver]

No. It will take up valuable storage space in your house and serve no purpose. It will just be clutter.

[Bearleigh]

If you go out in the evenings I would get it, as you can wear it over your dress (I have always wanted such a cloak for such a purpose), or if you have the space as it sounds fabulous. But make sure you smell it in case of mildew smells...