How Much !?!?!

Hubby had a day off work yesterday so we decided to have a mini road trip and check out some other towns, I was hoping for some spanking charity shops too. First stop was Hungerford, a nice looking market town. We parked up and did the usual faffing about with the buggy, in which time I had managed to  mentally pin point all the charity shops in the high street :o)

There was a animal charity shop nearest to the car - looked brilliant from the window display. Walking through the door I spied a tatty looking kelly bag but I liked the loved look so picked it up and checked out the price tag...£39.95! That bag suddenly wasnt so appealing lol. I then saw a nice throw - £24.95, a pair of floral curtains - £15.95 and so on... No chance at those prices sheesh, sorry animals.

So I have dipped my toe into the world of the super expensive charity shops, what a downer even the children's toys were like full on Hamleys prices.  It was the same with the other charity shops in Hungerford too, least that's one way for me to curb my spending.

Next stop Marlborough - serious lack of charity shops and the one I did go in was high ticketed too, but they did have a Greggs sandwich shop among the boutiques which made me smile, you can always count on a Greggs lol. 

Final stop was Devizes - I spied an Iceland on the highstreet so I knew their CS have got to be more my style ;o).  I found 6 charity shops on my speedy visit and the prices were more realistic. So all of my purchases of the day were bought in 30 minutes before my little boy needed his food!

Meakin rose plate/tray - half price at £3, was also a cabinet item so I knew it was going to be a good one haha.

Shamrock teacup and saucer plate - just in time for Paddy's day and as my mum is Irish so we do love the paddy day celebrations :o) This was half price too at £1.50.

A blue and white Cornish recipe book - found this under a pile of magazines and was a whopping 20p!  Now I just need to find the Cornish wear to match it.

A keep calm money box - I did have a chuckle with the lady on the till saying that I would need a couple of these filled for my 'drinky' night out! This came in at £1.99 :o)

I saw this tray sign "Gifts for all Occasions, From Vintage to Roses" above the vintage clothing section in one charity shop and thought it might have been the usual 'not for sale' nice item that they always seem to have but when I asked the manager said that it was only donated that morning and I could have it for £3 *grin*.  So Scarlett wrecked another display by taking the main item :o)

I also found this amazing floral true to the 80's shirt complete with attachable pearl collar lol:

This hadn't been spotted by the staff and put on the "Vintage rail" so I got it for £1. It needs a lot of tweaking to bring it more to my 40s/ 50s style (and I'm afraid if that happens the slip on pearls will be going) but I might be dead lazy and ebay it...we'll see. 

So what started out as a heart stopper trip turned out good in the end, and I think I'll rethink before I visit the "posher" towns charity shops in future. I'll be sticking to towns that have at least a Lidl, Argos and Primark - haha! ;o)

Scarlett x