CBC and I headed to our town's high street one Saturday in order to relieve Waitrose of 2 of their finest hot chocolates (hurrah for freebies!) and I nipped into some of the charity shops.
That week, I had announced a competition at school to design the front cover of the school concert programme (this is back in July). CBC's school does it, my primary school did it and so I thought that I should do the same. I had announced there would be prizes for the winner and a runner up.
When I went into the Marie Curie shop near Waitrose, I spotted this brand new sealed pack of Caran Dache colouring pencils for a neat £2.50. I knew these were good ones and so pounced but when I checked online to see how much they retail for, they seem to start from 36.90 Euros to 56 Euros for a box of 30. I did well!
http://www.carandache.de/en/1502-colour-pencils
These went to the first prize winner, who was actually a violinist, and I also gave her a brand new hard-back violin book that we'd found at my Grandad's and a few other bits.
The other find, in the same charity-shop was these three 'How to draw' books, also brand new, which cost £1 each so I kept one and gave one to each of the winners.
Not bad to be able to give a really nice prize to the kids for very little cost!
I like competitions, they are fun!
I also like bargainous charity shop items!
What's been your most recent prize? Do share! Or post about it and leave me a link!x
Fab chazza finds. I took Sam in a charity shop during the school hols and he bought a Harry Hill Joke Book which was the worst charity shop find ever in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI've won lots of undies this year from Curvy Kate and a cook book from Pampered Chef but I haven't got that yet. I must chase it up!
Great finds! The lucky recipients must have been thrilled.
ReplyDeleteI get so much from charity shops that I find it almost impossible to list them all - mostly they get resold. xxx
What fortunate finds, perfect for school prizes.
ReplyDeleteCharity shops have it all, you just have to keep looking and you can find the most fabulous stuff. Latest bargain? A Missoni Sport sweater for £1.49! xxx
Such great finds and lovely prizes for the kids!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, Caran Dache are really good, I used those in college. What great prizes.
ReplyDeleteI won some most excellent things recently in a twitter comp - 4 mugs and loads of Teapigs tea - written a post all about it, I was so chuffed :(
I haven't been to a charity shop in so long! First, I need to donate all my junk.
ReplyDeleteBargains galore there- the winners must have been so pleased! My latest find was some doors for our house, for FREE!!! I will be blogging about it soon, I promise :p xxx
ReplyDeleteHurrah for bargaintastic finds!! Those pencils were a steal and have got me thinking I should spend a bit more time rummaging through my local charity shops "misc section" cos I always stick with the clothes and ignore the rest :)
ReplyDeletegreat finds Kezzie, you never know what bargains are lurking
ReplyDeleteWhat great prizes, I bet the kids were thrilled! Mostly I've just bought books (not that I need any more!) and DVDs from charity shops lately.
ReplyDeleteGreat finds, love a bit of charity shopping :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, isn't it FUN to find such things, so cheaply, and in such lovely condition! Bravo!
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