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Good morning from Scarlettville!!
It's been a heavy weekend again, so I have today ( Monday ) off...a quick walk around town, and I'm gobsmacked!!!!
I don't know how many of you visit charity shops ( thrift shops??), but if you don't, you jolly well should.....I can't believe what people donate....sometimes virtually new!!!!!
Our Charity shops are heaving with goodies!!!....I think the whole of my town has donated, and you cannot move in the charity shops for " stuff ". They have been closed for soooooo long, and as they are mostly staffed by elderly volunteers, they have been badly hit. Now they have recently te opened, and some are turning away stock because they cannot cope!!!!.....We have close to a dozen different charities running these shops in my town, from a couple of big stores selling furniture and electricals, to smaller " everything" shops. I have just spent about three hours in town and I can't believe the goodies that are in them. I really had to hold back, yes ME, bargain hunter grace. ....I bought a few items, ( brand new set of brushes, a load of beads and gemstones I can make into jewellery, a green mini dress, a long red strapless summer dress ) but I will be going back too, this girl's all aquiver!!!!.
So how are the shops doing in your part of the world ??....have they been inundated with stock ??....are you planning a raid ??...what's your greatest bargain ??
Do tell ......
Love and huggs to you all,
grace ❤️❤️
Grace, we have a university town here, and half the population of the city are college students. So, when the spring semester ends, most of them move out for the summer. Our Goodwill store here always seems pretty full, but probably even more so this time of year. I likely have college students to thank for donating a lot of my thrift store finds. Now if they would just open the dressing rooms up again so I could try stuff on...
And I think when people were stuck at home for the pandemic, a lot of people used online shopping to fill their time, and/or cleaned out their closets to donate the things they don't wear anymore.
I'm not sure what my best find has been, but I'm pretty excited about my new boots, which I'm trying to stretch a bit. I've found a number of shorts, skorts, skirts, and tops that I'm pretty fond of over the past few months. I've gotten a couple dresses, but I'm finding that I'm not really a dress kind of girl. Or, maybe my dressing will evolve into them as my confidence increases, and I'm just not there yet. I do have a black dress that I think would go nicely with the boots... 🙂
Birel
I have been following your "exploits" with the tight boots...hope you have luck getting them to fit.
I hope you evolve into wearing dresses
....that " swish" of a dress is ......mmm...very feminine x
Thrift stores are always good haunts and I can definitely recommend them. I got a good loop I tend to visit every so often where I get to hit up three of them pretty close by to each other. The main issue is that the roadwork has blocked off one of them.
But a change in season with Summer, more or less, officially rolling in. Covid restrictions being lifted, there's probably a huge surge. There is probably a treasure trove growing in thrift shops if you can make the trip.
😂😂😂😂😂 our Grace holding back, "Never".
Yeah ours are jammed packed and it's the same in the next town up the road from me. The cancer charity have a massive warehouse there, furniture, clothes, well everything really. Picked up a Victorian leaded light cabinet last week for £175,just needs a small repair to one of the glass panels, and some molding on the draws,soon get that fixed.
Gosh I too can spend hours in these shops, and as you rightly say a lot of it is almost new. Brilliant.
On the way home from work earlier thinking lets stop at the thrift store have a look around thinking other day seen so many people dropping things off. So went in and long behold so many things not just some clothes bought and shoes but some nice nick nack stuff
Hugs
Donna
Donna...it's great isn't it!!!...I got a set of make up brushes that were still in the box....unopened....xx
Charity shops have been shut for some time (I think all through the pandemic?) so people have been piling up stuff ready to take when things re-opened. I, myself, have 8 bin bags full of clothes and a further 3 of other stuff ready to go.
However…
When I called a few of the local shops to ask what the current process was, any special requirements etc, they all said they didn’t want any as they were completely swamped with stock and couldn’t take any more! I was a bit speechless, I have to say.
For a moment, I thought ‘sod you then’ and was going to go to a clothes bank where they give you like 50p/kg or something, but then I decided to hold on to them and try further afield. Wife is taking 3 bags to a shop on the other side of town today, but still finding it tricky to donate ‘en mass’ which I find weird.
Aside from all that, I echo your thoughts Grace and agree you can find some absolute peaches in charity shops and, more often than not, nobody would ever know where it came from or that you paid a few quid vs the £50 new price tag.
Love Rachel
Rachel....
I know a lot of " churdy" shops are getting extremely picky because of the amount they are being offered and the limited space they have ....so the quality has gone sky high..xx
Gracie, help please - "churdy" - what's that?
Marti xxx
edit: D'oh, got it now. I was trying to make sense of it from a definition in Urban Dictionary
Churdy begins at home !!!...🤣🤣 x
Ours haven't opened, yet, we are beginning phase 1 of re-opening on Friday, outdoor dining, and limited shops opening, with restrictions, so,,,,maybe soon?
Good for you on your finds, Grace
Hugs, Regine👸💕
Get in there quick girl.... there's stuff to be grabbed!!!....xx
Hi Gracie,
We have Thrift stores called Goodwills here.
Usually pretty organized and good used stuff.
I just went again yesterday a ND as you say I am aquicer every time I go.
Especially since the ggodwills have dressing rooms and I can try on as many items of girl clothing I like.
Only 5 items at a time.
I shop in drab but you will says find me in the ladies clothing racks.😉
Thrift stores are the best my wife introduced me to this for girl shopping,bless her heart.
Huggs Patty.❤️
Patty
They sound great, I have seen goodwill mentioned on here before. I use our charity shops a lot, but I haven't seen them as well stocked as they are now, for a long time......
girly heaven xx
