My little one desperately needed some autumnal clothes and I really begrudge paying full whack. So, today, we went for a little wander down into the town, and popped in to the 7 or 8 charity shops along the way. I’m no stranger to these shops, but very rarely find things for my daughter as it is often for newborn babies, or older kids, and at 10 months shes neither here nor there! But today must have been our lucky day!
We managed to pick up some absolutely beautiful clothes for a pittance. In amongst the ‘alright’ stuff, I came across some gems, some really unique fair trade and organic clothing! This is a first as a lot of our stuff I have either (daringly and quite scrapily) made, or have been passed on from family to family. We got 2 gorgeous dresses with wooden buttons from quite a well known fair trade clothing company, some patchwork dungarees, some large flowered dungarees and a chunky warm cardy! I even managed to pick up a Namaste dress for myself and an abacus as Lilly fell in love with it, screaming at the top of her lungs!!! All of this cost me just shy of £13. Now you can’t grumble about that!!!
I just had to share my joy on here as I know it will be appriciated. I just can’t see how people still insist on buying everything brand spanking for their little darlings. With a bit of care and attention (Im changing the buttons on some on her stuff) you can find really beautiful and unique clothing that will last longer than most of the new but cheaper stuff! And while you’re finding oodles of treasures for your family, you are also helping to support the work of each individual charity you buy from. Its fantastic, we should really be thankful for people having cast offs!!!
I hope you can enjoy the benefits of charity shopping as much as we do!!
Bright blessings and sparkly Love!!!
