Friday Finds (The Charity Shop Gods are Smiling)
I really have been the very model of restraint recently. Although I visit charity shops all the time I so rarely make purchases. I am very aware that we have little room for any more stuff so any purchases I do make are well considered.
My first find is something I've been wanting for ages:
A convex mirror.
I love these mirrors and you'd think they'd be the kind of thing to turn up frequently in charity shops but this is first one I've seen. I'd have preferred a plainer surround (or no surround) but it's in great condition so I couldn't turn it down for £3.75. And yeah, we don't have much spare wall space to hang it but it does sit nicely over the radiator, which is a bad place to hang pictures or any precious prints, due to the effects of the heat.
I love these mirrors and you'd think they'd be the kind of thing to turn up frequently in charity shops but this is first one I've seen. I'd have preferred a plainer surround (or no surround) but it's in great condition so I couldn't turn it down for £3.75. And yeah, we don't have much spare wall space to hang it but it does sit nicely over the radiator, which is a bad place to hang pictures or any precious prints, due to the effects of the heat.
Secondly, a painted bracelet for 50p. I have a couple of these already and they look really pretty together.
(Enjoy this unedited picture, complete with cat's bum and lunch-stained top. I could pretend the food was due to the baby, but in truth it's all me)
Lastly - arguably the most dull but really the most exciting - a pair of jeans. These are exactly my size and the same style as my most favourite pair of jeans, bought for £8 in the Gap sale 8 (!) years ago. The original jeans are now absolutely on their last legs (boom boom) with holey knees that I have been trying and failing to mend. I'm not sure that Gap even make this style any more plus ethically, I think Gap are pretty iffy so I'd rather not shop there.
I saw these jeans yesterday but wasn't sure if they were my size (it's confusing how they have the US sizes on and I can never remember how they translate) and I didn't have any change. Happily they were still there when I returned to the charity shop this afternoon and not only are they perfect, identical in style to the old jeans and in great (I suspect new) condition - they were £2.
Nothing like some successful charity shopping to brighten your day. Have you made any good finds recently?
K x
p.s This post is dedicated to Baby Kestrel who is taking a well timed nap to allow me to blog. Well done that baby.
Lastly - arguably the most dull but really the most exciting - a pair of jeans. These are exactly my size and the same style as my most favourite pair of jeans, bought for £8 in the Gap sale 8 (!) years ago. The original jeans are now absolutely on their last legs (boom boom) with holey knees that I have been trying and failing to mend. I'm not sure that Gap even make this style any more plus ethically, I think Gap are pretty iffy so I'd rather not shop there.
I saw these jeans yesterday but wasn't sure if they were my size (it's confusing how they have the US sizes on and I can never remember how they translate) and I didn't have any change. Happily they were still there when I returned to the charity shop this afternoon and not only are they perfect, identical in style to the old jeans and in great (I suspect new) condition - they were £2.
Nothing like some successful charity shopping to brighten your day. Have you made any good finds recently?
K x
p.s This post is dedicated to Baby Kestrel who is taking a well timed nap to allow me to blog. Well done that baby.
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