Can I just say how much I LOVE charity shops

[BillyJoe111]

So I wanted to get dd one of those activity center things shaped like a car for her first birthday a couple of weeks ago. Only they are about £80, which we can’t afford. I was a bit gutted, dd didn’t care one bit and was over the moon with a box of wooden blocks.

Walking past a charity shop this morning, guess what was in the window?

Yep, the car activity centre, for £3.50

All lights and music working perfectly, good as new. Only thing missing was the shapes to put in the shape sorter thing the car door, but, they had a shape sorter for sale for £1 and the shapes are the perfect size

Dd has now been sat in it for 45 mins pressing buttons, and laughing.

So, so happy!

I’m a massive fan of charity shops, especially for baby things, and I always donate when my children have grown out of things and this made my day.

DD(15) loves charity shops! She’s particularly fond of knitwear at the moment and found a beautiful slouchy knit jumper recently for £3.

She loves rummaging through rails of clothes. Recently she came home with some beanie babies from the 90’s that I told her to look up on eBay just in case

I love charity shops, I find so many things in there for myself. Clothes, cookery books, pots and pans.

I love a good charity shop rummage. I went this morning and got a nice gillet for £2.50, I’ve been looking for one to wear for dog walks when it gets a bit cooler. I bought a radley purse in the same shop for £1.50 last week!

They also had a rail full of school uniform items, all for free so people could help themselves to whatever was needed which I thought was a lovely idea.

They also had a rail full of school uniform items, all for free so people could help themselves to whatever was needed which I thought was a lovely idea

Wow, that’s an amazing idea! How fantastic

I'm reading this wearing a Diane Von Furstenburg dress which was £8 in a charity shop. I am really strict, I only buy stuff I really like and it has to have pockets.

When I lived in Durham, I was looking for a warm jacket in a charity shop. I tried on a beautiful lavender and pink tweed hacking jacket. It was priced at £2 (when my weekly food budget was £5 a week) and I was deciding whether or not to buy it. I tried it on and put my hand in the pocket and found £2. The charity gods were kind to me that day.

Where is this clearance warehouse? Sounds like my kind of place.