Popped into one of Bidefords many charity shops, (whilst waiting for the chap who could acutually cut keys to come back, but that's another story) and picked up 2 tops, (nice & long, to cover the worst of the jodphur thighs 
), a necklace and a scarf (chiffon, not wooly) Total cost, £11.
I love shopping this way, especialy when I'm not quite the weight I would like to be!
The dfference that a necklace or scarf can make to the way a top and trousers can look can be considerable.
You are not on your own, but you are really missing out! I have some amazing clothes - a long silk evening suit from Monsoon, for £7, some really lovely jeans, I do such a lot of gardening that I am the only person I know who manages to wear out fleeces, so I often buy replacements from charity shops. They are the only place where you can get a real leather handbag for a reasonable price now, too.
However what sent me round half a dozen of them not long ago was electrical/battery-operated children's toys, the sort that play a tune or notes or sounds when you press something and send fear into every parent when they see the item shown on the box 
. DS was given a project to write a piece of music using something you wouldn't expect to see making that sort of sound, so he was taking them all apart and re-wiring them, then writing pieces of music that would work with the sounds that he could produce. As he worked his way through about ten of them and managed to break most of them, I shudder to think what it would have cost if he had had to pay full price.
I love charity shops too. I find it very difficult to pass one by.
I buy lots of toys for when GC visit then recycle them back and begin again. I also buy scarfs, handbags and books. If I'm with DH he huffs and puffs but ends up rootling about to. Is rootling a word or one I just made up? 
I must be dyslexic( or it's the iPad) as I typed ot instead of to. Did you hear about the dyslexic Devil worshipper who sold his soul to Santa?
Good idea, celialilian, and welcome to the forum, as I haven't seen your name before.
we are not only doing something nice for ourselves but giving a bit ot Charity and recycling as well, always good.
Ah the books, the dreaded yet beloved books! We both go into the charity shops and come out with a bagful.
We always mean to read and return (after making some sort of mark on the inside cover to show that we have read them, as we have been known to buy the same book twice ) but somehow we still buy more than we take back, I could open a library here!
We don't buy "stuff" as mentioned by Nonnie and Katek , although a while back I did sort of "acquire" a very nice little glass fronted pine cupboard, which with the off cuts of lace curtains glued to the inside, and mounted on the wall, has made rather a neat medicine cupboard in the downstairs loo.
However, looking through my wardrobe there are some real treasures. The Jaegar suit, with the dry cleaning labels still attached when I bought it, a Biba scarf, the most delicious pair of Italian red suede, peep toe, kitten heeled sling backs, all leather, right down to the soles and the lining, the belt of unknown provenance but whenever I wear it is always admired and commented on........
It's wires here. My DH has bags and bags full of wires.
Completely off post but eliza we are coming to your lovely country in a couple of week and really looking forward to it.
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