What's the best buy you've ever had in a charity shop?

[Corygal]

I am dithering (swank) over whether it was the aquascutum trench - new, in lovely pale bone - or my miu miu bag. Has anyone else done that well?

Don't know what's happened to the pound signs on my phone

I did a swap shop thing, and really like the yohji yamamoto military green jacket I got for £5. They priced it very high at £160 but I used credit from dropping off clothes. It's been very handy this spring.

Chloe Marcie leather handbag, bought for £35 and looked online after and they sell for over £500. I don't own any other designer items. My clothes are normally from Dorothy a perking, asda etc... I didn't really know anything about designer bags just saw it and liked it.

A pair of new Birkenstocks for £1
2 white stuff skirts for £2.50 each.

Not many bargains to be had at our local ones - ours seems to stock a lot of Primark clothing, usually marked up more expensive than its original cost!!!

The most beautiful NoaNoa blush coloured and beaded skirt. I love it, but it's nothing like I would normally wear. In fact I've never worn it as I've no idea how to style it. I should really start my own thread with a picture of it to ask for ideas!

A number of very expensive ties for DH at a £1 each
Brand new Burberry Trench Coat - £10
Salvatore Ferragamo bag - £1
Olsen jacket - £7
Boden jacket - £20, but cost per wear must be in the minus figure now!

Vintage Gucci snakeskin bag for £3. Sadly now wrecked, not sur I will ever get over its demise.

Wallis green silk, slashed back, halter neck gorgeous summer ball dress

I walked into the shop & one of the ladies said she didn't think they had anything to fit me; the other said - hang on, there's that green dress upstairs...

Derek - I volunteer too! We get a measly 25 per cent discount and no lunch or bus fares tho so the only perk in return for a lot of very hard work is getting first look at the stuff. You do better than people at the Sally Army! And what a creditable list you have....

I forgot to say when I started the thread that I got a Mulberry Bag for a fiver in a local charity shop (not the Sally Army, was local hospice shop). Everyone's buys are really inspiring tho'.

Meant to say, green dress was £25

I've had a good weekend.

Black cashmere baggy Brora jersey - 4 quid
White company cashmere cardi in cream - 6.25
Jaeger cashmere dress - on the pound rail!

Bwahahahahahha.

Corygal good grief! that's amazing - were you shopping in a very wealthy area?

We have one near us which sells everything got 99p so anything bought in their is a bargain! Last week I bought a lovely M&S cardi for work, looks like new, 99p and as I'm in with year 2s all day if it gets ruined it won't matter!

Sorry, typo city in my last post, I'm on my phone!!!

ooh I was very excited that I managed to get a brown size 6 waistcoat and flat cap that have come out for every victorian and tudor day we have had at school for the last few years.

My mum got me a beautiful silk skirt, for £5, from a red cross shop in Belgravia. Lovely.

not quite a charity shop, but I got a Lin & Leo baby bag for £10 from a nearly new sale, around £200 new

A teapot for £3, which I then sold on ebay for £65 to the States