My charity shop bargain, I’m loving it! What are you chuffed with?

About twelve years ago I bought this genuine Burberry scarf from a local Oxfordshire charity shop. It was 50p.
I also bought a new cashmere cardigan for £10. The same cardigan was retailing at £89 at the time.

Opps forgot the photo of the scarf.

It's lovely Sago, but I would get up from the chair, bump into the table and knock vase, flowers and drink flying!

I get much more enjoyment buying from a charity shop. So many bargains- coats, boots, china - but, I think this is my favourite. It came complete with the frame.

I bought a lovely Boden cardigan for £5 it looked brand new. Full price many times that

Patsy70

I get much more enjoyment buying from a charity shop. So many bargains- coats, boots, china - but, I think this is my favourite. It came complete with the frame.

I have 5 Jack Vettrianos all from charity shops.

You can imagine working in a charity shop my whole house is full of beautiful bargains I can’t show you them all it would take a month of Sundays but I love the unusual, the quirky, the one offs and I get that in buckets full

My latest, a few weeks ago was a Harrods Teddy Bear wearing a chunky knit red pullover and a plaid scarf. He's sat in an armchair with a little Christmas tree & parcels as he's been doing all his shopping . So much pleasure for £4!

I love hand-thrown pottery so it was my lucky day when I found this in a charity shop. I think I paid about £10 for it and I absolutely love it.

These birds that I bought from a charity shop. They just make me feel happy. I can’t understand why they were so cheap or that no one else wanted them.

MayBee70

These birds that I bought from a charity shop. They just make me feel happy. I can’t understand why they were so cheap or that no one else wanted them.

I love those birds . That’s the sort of quirky stuff I love .

I’ve volunteered in a charity shop for 3 years and my house has a lot of finds . A winter coat from Mint Velvet which I love wearing . Levi jeans which fit like a glove . Large platters which are great for Christmas and a wooden lazy Susan which comes out for bbqs and Chinese takeaway suppers .

I love charity shops, can't resist them, I got a drop leaf dining table ,seats 6 for £5. it comes out every Christmas.

Tenko

MayBee70

These birds that I bought from a charity shop. They just make me feel happy. I can’t understand why they were so cheap or that no one else wanted them.

I love those birds . That’s the sort of quirky stuff I love .

The legs are made of metal. They’ve been made with such love I feel. I wonder if someone put a lot of effort into making them for someone who didn’t appreciate them? Still, they’re much loved now.

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Patsy70

I get much more enjoyment buying from a charity shop. So many bargains- coats, boots, china - but, I think this is my favourite. It came complete with the frame.

I have 5 Jack Vettrianos all from charity shops.

There is another one in our shop, but I’m not sure where I’d put it. 🤔

We get lots of lead crystal glasses in our shop . The wine glasses look so small compared to the wine glasses of today .

My younger daughter aged five spent her £5 savings in a charity shop on a huge tin of farm animals, figures, etc in 1994. She played with it constantly for the next five years or so until she asked us to we put it away. It came out again for grandchildren to play with. My daughter is expecting her first child, so I think it may be played with again. It's given children so much pleasure over the years.

A virtually new pair of Laura Ashley 'pussy willow' curtains perfect for our spare bedroom. I'd already bought the 'pussy willow' duvet set and wasn't sure about buying the matching curtains (retailing at over £100) as they didn't have blackout lining. As the charity shop were selling them for £20 I decided that I'd unpick them and line them myself with blackout lining material that I already had (something I didn't fancy doing to brand new curtains!). Was really chuffed with the result and all for £20 - bargain!

I don't often go to charity shops, but my son does, and my grandson tags along. I love that he thinks of me (he's 11).

A few things GS has bought for me are wooden coat hangers for my front closet, and a nice brown Betty teapot when he noticed my original had a chip in the spout.

Whenever I do go into one, I check out the glassware for Iittala Ultima Thule glasses. I had 4 tumblers for a wedding gift and am down to two after 42 years.

Sago

It’s incredible looking at Aldom’s bowl and hearing about the crystal picked up in charity shops.
These things would have been on 1980’s wedding lists all expensive items back in the day.

Talkig of weddings, hows this for a charity shop find of mine.

It's a white linen table cloth to celebrate Duncan and Alice Macrae in 1906. Perhaps their wedding. All the guests (more than 50) hand- signed the table cloth (perhaps in pencil that could be later laundered out), and somebody then hand -embroidered every signature in white silk. Mostly Scottish names.Round each signature is embroidered a little white rectangle border so they look like calling cards . In the spaces between "cards" are little random flowers and leaves. All white on white, a work of love. In perfect condition. It must have been that bride's lifetime treasure.

Mine in a charity shop for 20 p.

I contacted a local museum and local paper with the date and a list of all the names to see if any were recognised by local descendants; no response. Yet someone local must have brought it to the tiny rural charity shop. I can hardly believe any relative would throw out something so personal and precious, but perhaps there were none left. Or, they never unfolded it to see that little history.

Patsy70

I get much more enjoyment buying from a charity shop. So many bargains- coats, boots, china - but, I think this is my favourite. It came complete with the frame.

Jack Vettriano my favourite….😁

Mine in a charity shop for 20 p.
😲 That was some find!

Antiques Roadshow?

Sago, that's a nice cozy reading corner the vase looks perfect. I love charity shops. I bought a lovely navy pin striped blazer looks never worn. It's the sort with just one button at the front. I'm waiting for spring now so that I can wear it

Just been in one on walk to work to look for Xmas top, no luck but still managed to buy two tops a sieve and a water bottle! 😝

Patsy70

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Patsy70

I get much more enjoyment buying from a charity shop. So many bargains- coats, boots, china - but, I think this is my favourite. It came complete with the frame.

I have 5 Jack Vettrianos all from charity shops.

There is another one in our shop, but I’m not sure where I’d put it. 🤔

There’s always room for a Jack Vettriano 😄