I had last Tuesday off work for a bit of 'me' time when the little man was at nursery for the day. It was a perfect excuse to hit the charity shops without wondering how long it will take until he has a melt down as he hates shopping, well being in the buggy full stop. So I thought I'd indulge myself a little more and head to a small town nearby which has one small high street of which 5 shop are charity! Hooray!
Alas I was hugely disappointed, mainly due to the crazy pricing. I could not believe what they were charging in each of these shops for basic high street clothing. One charity shop had a rail of skirts and every one of them was priced over £10, the top of the shot being a brown Per Una skirt with a floral design which was marked up at £25! Is it me or is this not madness? Surely no one is going to go in there an buy a secondhand M&S skirt for £20. There was also a rather tatty Wallis coat marked up at £30, and several Primark tops which were probably cheaper to have bought new than the ticket price put on them.
So feeling a bit despondent I headed to my local Hospice shop which always has bargains and are the only charity shop near me which have half price days. Straight inside the door I spotted these:
Yes I got my hands on some french grain sack cushions. I've been seeing these a lot in interior design magazines and quite fancied a couple but was not keen on the prices.
I nabbed these quick especially when I saw the original tags were still on them:
Having done a bit of a google search I've found that The Old Cinema London is a rather fabulous looking department store for vintage, antique and interior design goodies. (It is now on my list to visit). I also found both these cushions on there marked as sold - see here. And how much would one pay for these cushions in The Old Cinema?...
While on the topic of pricing I did have a nosey through the 'vintage rail' in one shop, damn them from jumping on the vintage bandwagon *wink* and charging us more for the old stuff we love. Well this one shop seemed to have missed the whole point of vintage, there on the rail was a rather boring black and white dress from Jane Norman with the following tag:
Yes a Jane Normal dress marked up as being vintage, and at a cost of £10.95! Blimey I must be really old if Jane Norman is now vintage - lol! (Sorry about the rubbish pic, was taking it sneaky style in the shop while being watched!).
Right thats enough of my moaning, I blame my stinking cold on being a miserable biatch today ;o)
I hope you have all had a fabulous weekend. I've had a bit of jumble and booting action so will blog my finds soon.
Big Love
Linking to flea-market-finds
Alas I was hugely disappointed, mainly due to the crazy pricing. I could not believe what they were charging in each of these shops for basic high street clothing. One charity shop had a rail of skirts and every one of them was priced over £10, the top of the shot being a brown Per Una skirt with a floral design which was marked up at £25! Is it me or is this not madness? Surely no one is going to go in there an buy a secondhand M&S skirt for £20. There was also a rather tatty Wallis coat marked up at £30, and several Primark tops which were probably cheaper to have bought new than the ticket price put on them.
So feeling a bit despondent I headed to my local Hospice shop which always has bargains and are the only charity shop near me which have half price days. Straight inside the door I spotted these:
I nabbed these quick especially when I saw the original tags were still on them:
Yes £38! How much did the hospice shop want for these cushions complete with tags?......£3 each :o) These totally made up for my charity shop grievences. It also amused me that someone must have bought them from the shop and then donated them not long after - crazy!
Right thats enough of my moaning, I blame my stinking cold on being a miserable biatch today ;o)
I hope you have all had a fabulous weekend. I've had a bit of jumble and booting action so will blog my finds soon.
Big Love
Linking to flea-market-finds
