Sad news....

....my local secret charity shop has been given a price list - grrrr!  I was in there having a quick look and I overheard the two helpers (who have also moved the whole shop around) that they have to re price the items as they are too cheap and they need to look at the price list - blugh!  I couldn't keep quiet so I said "that's a shame as its nice to go to a charity shop where the stock leaves the shelves and the pricing is good", they said that the manager advised the price change but they are going to amend the prices when they are in on their own anyway as they want to get rid of the stock - phew!  I'll be on price watch now lol.

But on a happier note I'm going to show my charity shop purchases this the week:

Vintage Irish linen embroidered tray cloth still in his original box - £1 :o)

Hand embroidered table cloth and 6 napkins - £1.50.

Glass dressing table tray that matches the trinket jar i bought at the boot sale on Sunday £1.50 :o)

Another embroidered table cloth but this one has pink hearts - can I get a combined awww... £2 for this beauty.

Sooty with wand for my little boy.  The funny thing was I was buying some books at the time I spotted this and said to the lady on the till "Hang on I've just spotted Sooty" - well I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the lady on the till hot foot it down to the toy shelf shouting "Sooty really??" and then she lunged for it.  I and the queue line were a bit taken aback at the blatant poaching of an item but the shop staff.  She then said that he was too big for her collection so I could have him - bloody cheek! lol.  So I bought for £1.99 just to rescue him from the feelings of rejection twice over (plus my little boy has taken a shine to him).

Very excited to find two 1940s Simplicity sewing patterns for 50p each!!  And remember ladies....Simplicity is smartness...and to be truly glamorous you must be smart *wink*

My Final bargain buy wasn't from a charity shop but from TK MAXX - it was in the clearance pile:

A Ladybird book print pencil case or make-up bag according to the label :o)  How fabulous is this, love it and it was reduced from £9.95 to £1.50.  The attached label is very cute too, love this little bit about being a product of the ladybird generation:

 I'm going to keep this little tag as it makes me smile so will find something crafty to do with it hopefully.

I've also found out today that there is another one of those church table top sales on saturday so I'm looking forward to some more 20p bargains!! eeeeee!

Scarlett x

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The law of 'The Haggle'.

Saturday and the sun is out so thought I'd check out the new Saturday morning boot sale near where I live as am not going to be booting tomorrow :o(.  Well when I got there I thought I'd mistakenly walked onto the set of the Antiques Roadshow - every stall was full of collectables and all set out like an antiques fair, I did check the sign and it was definitely meant to be a carboot sale!  Along with the dealers came antique style pricing so I wasn't optimistic on finding a bargain even though there were so lovely things.

The turn out wasn't great and by the second to last stall I still hadn't bought anything, but the last two stalls came in lucky for me.  I found this little set of pink polka dot:

As you all know I love my jugs (sorry couldnt resist!) so to get two in a lot was magic!

The stall holder wanted £5 for the lot, now being a child of a boot sale addict (thanks Dad) I was told to not take the first price and always have a go at the haggle. I don't always follow this rule if for example the first price is ridiculously low anyway and I just want to get the item in my bag lol. On this instance however I thought there was room for the haggle, not wanting to be tight I offered £4 which I thought was reasonable as dear old dad would have gone it at least 50% haha.  Well the man on the stall had to confer with his wife regarding this small £1 discount - she was tight lipped and said no - not even coming in with a counter offer, so being a stubborn Scorpio I decided to leave it (a trick learned in my time in Thailand).  I walked to the next stall and started looking at the goods where by the guy rushed over and said yes they would take £4  :o) The Thailand trick remains infallible *wink*. Well I popped the items pretty quick into my bag before she had time to change her mind.  When I got home I looked at the bottom of the large jug:

£19.99 just for the jug! No wonder she thought she could get more lol.

The final stall was run by a fabulous Irish man who informed me that all his goods 'had been stolen from Windsor Castle the night before' so I had better snap them up before the old bill came and got him, haha. He had a pile of bedding which I thought I'd had a rummage through,  I found:

Yellow rose valance sheet for double bed.

Floral shabby chic style double duvet cover (with valance trim).

Vintage floral pillow case (sorry for all the creases - taken all these straight out of bag to photo before washing).

Vintage hand embroidered cushion cover.

One vintage lace glove (couldn't find the other one lol)

A pair of huge floral lined curtains which are beautiful (shame the pictures do not do these justice).

And the best of the lot:

A huge vintage Italian peacock scarf.  I couldn't believe it when I found this at the bottom of the fabric pile!

All these were from the Irishman's stall and guess how much I paid for the lot.... £5!!  I would have easily have paid more than that for the scarf or curtains alone but for the whole bundle that was unbelievable.  As you can guess this wasn't the time for a haggle haha.

So my weekend is complete on the bargain front and I don't feel so bad missing out on the boot sale tomorrow :o)

Happy weekend my lovelies.

Scarlett x

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