place to be for bargain hunters (General Charity Shops)

Member Name: mummyme

Product:	General Charity Shops
Date:	02/07/09 (18 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: cheap good quality clothes

Disadvantages: takes some time to have a good look

As a kid my mum was always trying to get me in a charity shop but being a kid I saw them as horrible places full of smelly clothes that not even your Nan would want to wear.

Now as a mum with a limited budget and children that seem to grow quicker than weeds I have started to look at some ways to save some money on clothes.

The look of charity shops has complety changed over the last few years and in my honest opinion all for the better (there as some horrible smelly charity shops around but these are few and far between now) .

Most charity shops sell clothes and accessories along with toys, books and general bric a brac. Some of the more higher class charity shop sell some new items such as chocolates and sweets. Oxfam sell a lot of new products and lots of gifts, like buy a goat for a family in a poorer country.

I have got lots of name brand clothes for my self and my children from charity shops, my top tip would be go to a higher class area as they have better clothes.

I never buy shoes from a charity shop because I think new shoes are an important item, I do gets loads of bargain books most of them for about 30p.

Summary: worth having a look