Today was supermarket day so it gave me the opportunity to pop into the two charity shops next to the supermarket. One of them is very reasonable in price but has a 'minimalist' styling whereby they haven't over stuffed the shelves with every item that has ever been donated (no matter how grubby and useless). The other is stuffed to the gills, every inch of shop space is filled (think Aladdin's cave) - the pricing in this shop however sometimes leaves a lot to be desired, they also have the habit of putting "ebay price... our price..." on their china and collectables so you have little chance of getting a really good bargain...unless you spy something they haven't, the thrill of the chase as it were :o) I think their pricing may also be the reason why not much space is left in the shop, a lot gets donated but not as much leaves the shop!
Well today I was perusing the shelves in the expensive shop and I heard a shout "all bric-a-brac and kitchen items are half price today" - fabulous I thought, especially when I spotted these:
They are 1960's Pyrex bowls with the 'cottage rose' design - I remember using bowls and cups just like this at my grandma's house so I just had to have them, they are a real treasure to remind me of my grandma's kitchen....plus they had obviously been one of the good finds they had missed pricing up as they were tagged at 30p each! Great bargain and even so that they will be half price so I'll be getting the two for 30p bonus!....Well when I got to the till the lady's face dropped at the price tags and she rang them up in the till at 60p, she hastily added quite snootily that "all items under £1 are not half price today as we might a well be giving them away" - ooh err, she obviously realised they were priced very cheaply and even at 60p I think I won the bargain hunt battle! Over priced charity shop 0 Scarlett 1 :o)
I think if the lady knew how much stuff I've actually donated to their shop over the past year she wouldnt have minded.
So onto the minimalist shop - easy to get the buggy round but not much to treat the eye, no boxes to rummage in or piles of fabric to sort through - but I did find this:
Its a beautifully printed large fabric sheet, lots of fabric to use for crafty projects or I may just keep is as it is and use it on my own bed. It cost £1.99 which was a real thrifty bargain!
Over Heard in a Charity shop..
So I thought I'd introduce a little regular blog feature called 'Overheard in a charity shop' as one of the many joys of charity shopping is the wierd and wonderful people you meet and the funny (and strange) conversations I hear from the staff and customers. So i thought i'd would share some of the charity shop chat. Todays chat was courtesy of the elderly stock room worker who was chatting to another member of staff while hanging clothes. They were discussing the fact that she was adopted at a young age and that her mother wouldnt let her date and wasnt very close to her, she then went onto comment "well what about those IVF children, they will never be able to find out who their parents are, poor souls" - oh dear, I will never know if the other member of staff took the time to explain the ins and outs of IVF to her -lol.
I would love to hear any of your "overheards" from your bargain hunting missions! :o)
Well happy Wednesday all, and a hugs to all you lovelies that are following my blog.
Scarlett xx
