Today I had a realy great charity shop find, something I always dreamed of, but could never justify spending the required cash on.
A brand new, still boxed pure silk pillow case. Only £4.!!!!
Now I didn't need it, but I'm trying to make all my bedding natural fibres, so I figured it was a great buy. I know I'll get a lot of use from it, and who doesn't need a treat to cheer oneself up with what's going on nowadays.?
A bit of luxury doesn't hurt now and then.
Also found some winter shoes, my last pair were worn untill the soles disintegrated.!
I have piles of gardening magazines that I no longer want, and used to donate to the surgery, they no longer want them, dont want to just throw them away, so rather than do that, I've taken them to the local community centre for the oap's to read.(..oops, just realised I'm a month into that category now, it's kinda hard to get used to the idea.)
I know they also have an art class, so I suggested they could make collages or birthday cards etc with them when they finished looking at them. The idea seemed to go down well, so hopefully they will get more use than just a read. Maybe even sell cards at the Xmas fair to raise money.
For me, it's good practice to try and find more than one use for something before I throw it out if I can.