Do the Chazzer-Crawl

Rather like the funky-chicken, the Tranky-do, the Shim-sham, the mashed potato, the Chazzer-crawl surely needs to be a dance move,somewhere, sometime. Anyone has any suggestions?

Now, I shall segue somewhat clumsily into my main point.  I went out on a Charity-shop crawl with my flute friend A and her friend K.  A is the one who introduced CBC and I so I have a lot to thank her for.  We'd met up some weeks prior and she'd told me about the good choice of charity-shops in and around Chelmsford and the village where she lives.  I arrived at hers at 1pm and we set off down the hill to the first shop, a Farleigh Hospice shop.  Inside, there were a fair few nice items to be had, at non-ridiculous prices and a pound rail. I left with 3 items and K left with 3, A with none. We headed next to Moulsham Street, a nicer shopping street in Chelmsford that I'd not encountered and found an Essex Animal Charity, Barnados and 2 others.  The first of these was great as there was a £1.25 rummage basket in which I found 4 items.  A couple of them were a little more expensive and we didn't find anything in particular. We were definitely steaming along and managed to accomplish all four within the 1hour parking limit.

Next, we drove to Moulsham Precinct where we found 2 more shops in which I found one item a-piece. A did well with 2 items including one I found her on the pound rail (bunny t-shirt, she owns 12 of them!) and  K got some lovely duvet covers that were brand new.

Finally, we headed over to Great Baddow where one charity shop hid within a slightly grottier estate than the rest of the town.  I hit the book jackpot there, scoring 4!
Finally, we headed back in the car, back to A's for tea, biscuits and cake and copious bunny cuddles with Dudley the bunny.  Eventually, CBC gallantly returned to drive me home.  We'd had a good afternoon.

"Yes, yes, yes..." I hear you cry impatiently, "But what did you BUY????"

Oh very well, as you asked so nicely.  No vintage amazingness sadly, unlike the wilds of Walsall and Sheffield alla Curtise and Vix, there seems to be a real dearth of vintage clothes, whether they end up in the rag-bag like Curtise's shop or just have been snapped up by London Vintage dealers, who knows?

Apologies for making everything look like a sack of potatoes- I am not sure how to photograph clothes off my body!

From top left, clockwise:
1.  Emily and Fin polka dot top.  Like Pom-pom, I love red polka dots,not bad for £1.25.
2. Ryoko Shite (snigger) mini dress.  £1.25.  Unusual!
3.  River Island teal sequin midi skirt. £2.99.  I almost didn't buy this as I worried it was too eveningy to get enough use but the others went on at me.
4. Dolce and Gabbana stripy shirt: £1.25:  I really like the red, blue and white stripes on this- not obvious from my heinous photography.

5.  Top Shop Tapestry mini-skirt. £4. I actually stalked this very skirt on Ebay which someone was flogging for £20! I wanted one but no way was I going to pay that!
6.  Men's floral shirt £1.25.  I picked this up for CBC as he likes this type of thing!
7. Ladies Bow tie. 50p.  This might be vintage as it has an 80's look around it but I'd been looking at these on ASOS for around £4 so I was glad to get this one!
8.  Another book in the Carola Dunn Cornish mysteries series like the one I gave to Janet.
The Piano teacher. Looks interesting. Both 50p


My booty in the last shop was this set of FOUR Railway Detective Books. I have so far found three of these in previous charity shop adventures and I have loved all of them so I was really excited to find another four to read. All £1 each!

So for about £17, I had a fun afternoon and got some lovely items.  Today, I took three massive bags to one of the local charity shops and I have been tidying.  I have decided that I want to ban myself from any shopping for Lent and ideally beyond for all but basic food so this is my final splurge.

Have you been been to a charity-shop recently? Found anything you liked? Do share if so.
xxx