05 March 2026

Charity Shop Shopping?

 On one of the rainy days last month I was watching a few youtubers - I'd been looking at Railway Cottage Rebecca - she's so enthusiastic! Anyway I popped into a vlog of someone who setting out for a charity shop 'haul'. She said "I don't want to spend much............not more than £50!" Blimey! I love a good tour round the charity shops but I've never set out to spend money, definitely Not that much!
Perhaps she was buying to resell - I suppose it's still a thing, but with postage prices and so many others doing the same thing it must be difficult to earn much. I didn't stay to the end to see what she found - it was extremely boring to watch and  listen to.......as are many youtubers!

My tour round the 6 charity shops of Diss recently (there are 7 but I forgot about the Big C on my way out of town) wasn't a haul - just one thing - something that will be a Christmas present.


It's a very pretty tin holding  hand-creams for gardeners and was £4. I'd keep it myself just for the tin if I had a use for it but don't need it and the hand-creams are probably too scented for me so I will be good and put it in the cupboard for December.


 


5 comments:

  1. That was a good find. I rarely find anything worth having in CS these days, I think Vinted has done them a disservice. Gosh, yes, waffling you tubers, I’ve given up on those as well, just get to the point. Sarah Browne.

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  2. Perhaps if that woman is buying vintage clothes, a £50 budget would be reasonable. I check the charity shops in Llandod, as there is someone my size who can afford to buy Seasalt clothes new and regularly has a cull!!

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  3. That is a good find. I know what you mean about being too scented. As I get older I get my tolerance for scent has declined significantly.

    Can’t stand most vlogs and videos people do - especially of those who don’t edit and blather away stating the obvious “I am walking on the side of a field, the path is a bit muddy but the sun is shining” (all of which are obvious from the video) “here is a church, here are gravestones”

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  4. came home from the jumble with a huge dustbin bag of large size summer dresses , i paid pennies and those i dont want or like will go to the car boot in the summer for the vinted sellers, its the circle of selling for me .

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  5. I used to amuse myself watching various crafting vlogs on YT but most dropped by the wayside, especially the one where the woman used the word "pop" every third or fourth word! She'd popped on this morning to pop a few words about how she'd popped a card in the post that she'd made by popping a few pieces of ephemera on a card blank that popped out of her drawer . . . until I wanted to tell her to pop off!!!
    I did find a really lovely, gentle, thrift conscious, make do and mend, weaving and craft blog called Ply and Dye with Becca. A lovely, gently spoken creative lady.

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