Come a new season or if we feel down, we hop into the car and down the road we chug to see what gems the great Barnardo's superstore has to offer us. And oh what bounties.
The store is huge and offers up a cornucopia of different clothes, ranging from bog standard brands to designer labels. Pay anything from £2 to £30 and over for the more exclusive second hand labels. My friend, S, complains of arm ache after every visit due to the carriage of copious items of clothes on her arm in readiness for the great trying on. We should have our own engraved individual rails upon which to hang our potential buys.
Fortunately we are all three different sizes and have slightly different tastes. This way we avoid huge fights on the shop floor, arguing over the bargains. In fact, we now know each other well enough that we can spot items for each other. A shout often goes out across the shop floor 'What about this top, S?' 'This is just you, J.'
By the way J and I are in no way jealous of S who is tall, willowy and basically could wear a bin bag and look fab. We turn it to our advantage and enjoy dressing her in all the size 8 designer labels which J and I can only gaze longingly at. Having said that J (and I am sure she won't mind me saying) has been known to squeeze herself into a few smaller-sized labels quite successfully. The problem is getting her out again.
So we are three happy girls this morning, standing in front of our new wardrobes, wondering what to dazzle the world in today. Whatismore and to the point is we've recycled and we have helped an important charity.
Charity Items since last time:
H&M stripey top £3.99 (Barnardo's)
Coast skirt £6.99 (Barnardo's) - Christmas outfit sorted in plenty of time!
Betty Jackson skirt £9.99 (Barnardo's) - never had a designer name like Betty's before!
H&M Jacket £4.99 (Barnardo's) - wore last night to a course I'm on
Regatta boy's fleece £2.99 (British Red Cross) - my son has desperately needed a fleece for mucking about in.
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