They Were Thrift Stores, Now They're Charity Shops .. Nothing's Changed For Me!
I once got a City Lights Books tee for $1 at Goodwill .. and a pair of black 20 eyelet Doc Martens at Cats Protection for £5, brand new, my size. Those were my best finds ever, trans-Atlantic, and I don't have either one anymore :(
But now I treat ebay as a second-hand store and scour for oddities and bargains, and still get off my lazy butt sometimes and go into the charity shops in town. It's not something I ever intend to stop doing, even if I suddenly publish a novel and strike it rich. It recycles clothes that would otherwise be wasted / take up landfill space, if it's a charity-based shop it helps people or animals who need the money, you end up with clothes other people don't have [if you pay attention, some of them are quite old and no one has spotted that they are vintage and worth a lot more than £2!], and it saves our £s in a superficial society like ours where everyone wants our money. Can't be bad!
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Posted May 1st, 2008 at 6:59AM Most of my stuff comes for the British Heart Foundation mostly because my boyfriend works there and I volunteer there. I love the clothes and think it's pointless to spend loads of £££ on some jeans or a top when you can get something much cheaper from a charity shop. xx | |
Posted Dec 1st, 2008 at 11:58AM It's also a great place to get gifts- my husband and I get a lot of gifts from the swap meet and second hand stores. I got my aunt a beautiful pitcher that looked like a large lemon with the vine as the handle for $10- she LOVES that thing so much. Another year I got her some cookbook holds for like $4. She always loves my presents best and I don't spend much on them, another plus for me- specially when you don't make a lot of money anyways. | |
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