Look at my charity shop find! Look at it!

[WileHallion]

Found this yesterday. The shop has no fitting room or mirrors and the dress has no labels so I had to just hope it fitted me when I got it home. It cost £5.99.

It did .

Has anyone else had a good find recently?

Place marking as I love a bargain!!

Has anyone London based tried the posh charity shops ? I really want to go and investigate and see if I can find an amazing bargain but have no idea about it.

Bought a Kenwood chef for a tenner once, and a beautiful cashmere coat for £12. I love charity shopping.

Lovely dress, OP. Love a good charity shop bargain. I need to have a look in my local ones again- lots of well-heeled types in the area so there should be some gems.

That's gorgeous! Great bargain! I love charity shops.

On a side note, I didn't think grown adults actually said pathetic things like "has Halloween come early" about people wearing black - secondary school flashback!

Ashamed to say I've never been in a charity shop
Shall be popping in the one in town tomorrow

If you enjoy a treasure hunt, Donge, they are food fun!

Fab finds! I am new to charity shop shopping but picked up a gorgeous black bouclé jacket with gold thread running through from m&s for £2 yesterday . It's a bit big though, hoping it will work anyway.

I also found an oak Mulberry East West Bayswater for £10 a while back - had it checked and it's genuine

Let's see!!!

I got these brand new boots for £2 :)

Got a Whistles silver linen-mix brocade skirt for a fiver yesterday. Needs a bit of altering but at that price who's arguing?

Love those boots liesel!

Where the bloody hell are you all finding such great stuff?! my local ones are all either grim 1980's tat or last of the summer wine style.

Ooh, that looks like a ChiChi London dress, OP- they are about £75- nice work!! There are often lovely whistles dresses in my local cancer research, always the ones I desperately want.... Except the woman who donated is a 16 and I am a 10

I did get a £295 whistles coat with the tags still in for £6 last winter though....

I got a pair of Levi curves and a reiss coat last week - both hardly worn, £14 for both. Chuffed to bits :-)

I got some while Birkies last week for 50p. They looked a bit grimy but I put them in the machine and dried on the radiator and they look like new now. I'd never wear them enough to pay full price but at 50p I can't moan. Not long till the car boots start again, too :)

Last week I had £20 left to buy an outfit to wear to a friend's wedding reception. I traipsed around the sales for hours, and finally gave up, trying to hold back the tears as I realised I'd have to pretend I was ill and couldn't go . I decided to have one last look in the Salvation Army, and wo and behold - I found a beautiful ballgown for £5, a pair of matching heels for £2, and a silk shawl for 99p! So my whole outfit cost me only £7.99!!

I was thrilled beyond belief, looked amazing on the night (if I do say so myself!) and even had enough money left over to buy myself a couple of drinks. I donated the outfit back to the shop afterwards aswell, and I'll definately be back in there next time I need an outfit on a budget

Wombat, I've been to charity shops in Hampstead, Chelsea and Notting Hill. Most charity shops will do a comparison with eBay, so it depends what you're looking for. I am not much of a shopper and went with friends. One got a Dress for about £80, tags still on, Google said it should have been just under £500. Another got louboutins for a price I can't recall but about a quarter of sale price, looked unworn

I only got a non designer bag for about a tenner, an evening bag but it's a very unusual design and I'm always asked about it.

I don't think it's worth making special trips, but if you're in the area that's different, I often use Hampstead to meet people in summer because of the Heath.

Where the bloody hell are you all finding such great stuff?! my local ones are all either grim 1980's tat or last of the summer wine style.

Hahaha!! Yes, sometimes you do have to spend quite a while rummaging for the really good stuff. Roughly, where do you live? One of us might be able to recommend the best ones.

My beautiful navy wool and cashmere coat. Worn to 4 funerals, a wedding and at least 3 posh nights out in Winter. £6.50 from British Red Cross and still looks new 8 years on.

I found a pair of beautiful nude Nine West heels for £4. I bought them to be a bridesmaid and, even more a bargain, ended up wearing them to my own wedding a few months later, too

Burberry trainers, unworn, still on sale for 280, 2 quid. 2 pairs. Not remotely Katona, either. From a couple who work at Burberry and donate regularly.

I volunteer in charity shops - have done for years - in central London, and I will start a thread with my tips if anyone wants to read it.

I'm from Holmfirth so my local charity shops actually are full of last of the summer wine material

OP - you look fab. Great find.

I tend to only buy books and cards in charity shops, despite donating regularly.