Lately I’ve been rather obsessed with eBay and charity shops. It’s no secret that I have always liked these two resources for cheap and unusual clothes, but recently it has been taken to a new level.

Charity Shoppin’ is Hip Hoppin’

These are my favourite places to spend a boring, cold afternoon. On the street where I live, there are 6! I have spent many a happy hour (ok, hours) charity shop crawling,trying to find something that would be priced £36 in Topshop, and it is surprising just how often I succeed. It also encourages you to be a bit different from the crowd, as everything is a one-off in the shops. This sounds like an obvious point to make, but it’s true! If you find a bargain in a charity shop, it is most likely to be a bit too big or too small, or the wrong colour or neck line which in turn, encourages me to modify it and allowing my creativity to flow!

Probably my favourite thing is that the shop isn’t filled with the same clothes in different sizes. I always get depressed when I go shopping in town because it is dictated by sizes and numbers. Trying on a size 10 skirt and realising that it is too small is a depressing notion, especially when there is some stick thin girl in the next cubical parading round in a size 6. Eugh! Or even the opposite; you find the perfect the dress but they have ran out of your size! But perhaps the worst of all, the thing most ladies fear most- shopping in the high streets leaves you open to your friend or colleague wearing the same clothing item. *Shudder*. It doesn’t bear thinking about! We have all been there, and we know it is something that can just ruin your whole week.

Now, I try not to get wrapped up too much into fashion and Size Zero, and shopping in charity shops helps this. When I go there, my shopping companions are little old ladies, who pose no threat in the “oh my god, she is so pretty why can’t I be her” jealousy department. And on top of all these positivties, the money is going to an absoloute aces cause- charity. It makes me want to smile with joy everytime I think about how much money I must have given to charity while also getting clothes I love. Ahhh, love that yummy sunshine warmth :)

(I want to create some sort of process where I upload photos of things I’ve bought from charity shops but I don’t have a digital camera at the mo, so I will get on that shizzle, when I have my loan :D Instead, here is a picture of me (on the right) and my Bezzie Shireen on a walk in Norfolk, I’m pretty sure everything I’m wearing is thrifted, Shireen’s is probably all Haute Couture, as she loves that stuff so much she got those words tattooed on her feet [for reals for reals!])