Happy New Year! How was your first week of 2019? I took the first week off as the girls weren’t back at school until 7th January. We had a lovely, lazy week.
These are my Thrifty Finds:
1. I went through my food spending for Christmas and made a note for 2019 of the things we didn’t really need. For example we never got round to eating the Christmas pud :0
2. My mum picked up some Christmas wrapping paper for me that was reduced at the charity where she volunteers (Dorothy House Hospice).
3. After two weeks of ridiculously slow internet I called BT and they came round to fix it. As a result we have a brand new phone line (the old one was over 40 years ago and corroded, which explained why our internet would drop during bad weather). I also upgraded to super fast – all for no extra cost.
4. I had an honest clear out of those clothes that are now too tight for me 😦 I also donated a bag of books and games to a charity shop,
4. I couldn’t resist a little trawl around the charity shops in Weston, Bath. My daughter had an appointment at the hairdressers there and I had a few minutes to spare. Once more, the Dorothy House Shop came up trumps! With some Christmas money, I bought a pair of trousers (originally Mango, on sale for £7) and a gorgeous 50s style dress from Country Casuals (£10).
Apparently January is a good time to browse the charity shops as they have lots of post Christmas donations!
Love that dress! Oh to be that skinny again.
It’s actually a UK size 14 – much needed after all the Christmas eating 😦
I hear that. Hopeful I’ll one day see US size 14 again. Don’t know how they compare. Fortunately, I managed to get through the season having lost a couple of pounds. Shear worry and fatigue, I suppose!
Happy new year! I’m
Looking forward to hearing about your Thrify Finds as the year goes by.
Thank you!
Yes, I can see how the charity shops end up with post-Christmas donations. I don’t have clothes to give away but there are one or two other things in my attempt to stop clutter mounting up.
I was amazed when I went in a charity shop before Christmas and saw a whole display of unopened beauty gift sets, bubble baths etc. I guess people receive them and don’t use them so why not donate if there’s nothing wrong with them.
Exactly 😊 my daughter’s primary school used to collect such for fundraising events.