For this first post, I’m going to show everything I’ve ever found (that I can remember). So there are quite a few things more than there ever will be again. I think…

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Now, these are the things I’ve found (I borrowed my mother’s digital camera, I hope she doesn’t mind).

I found this in ‘The Home Farm Trust’ in Newmarket (Address - 10A Market Street, Newmarket. Tel‎ - 01638 667 118);

Description; Marble Candleholder. Cost; £1.50

They also have an amazing deal, of 6 videos… for 50 pence. SIX! That’s 8.3 pence per video!

I found this in ‘The British Heart Foundation, also in Newmarket (Address – 2 The Rookery, Newmarket. Tel – 01638 560 484‎‎);

Description; Engraved Wooden Box, with a nice latch. Cost; £1.50

Box Lid

And this from Scope, again in Newmarket (Address – 69 The Rookery, Newmarket. Tel – 01638 561 316);

Description; Indian Brass Candelabra. Cost; £1.50

These four are from Fordham Car Boot Sale;

Description; Wizard Statuette. Cost; £3

Description; Engraved Wooden Dish (Vine Leaf pattern). Cost; £0.50

Description; Engraved Wooden Bowl. Cost; £0.50

Description; Wooden Chair. Cost; £1

I got this at British Heart Foundation, this time in Cambridge (Address – 10 Burleigh St, Cambridge. Tel – 01223 368 865‎);

Description; Cherry Wood Jewellery Box. Cost; £3

Jewellery Box Open

These two I got in Oxfam, Cambridge (Address – 17-20 Burleigh St, Cambridg. Tel – 01223 329 841‎);

Description; Two Plastic Boxes with Butterfly Pattern. Cost; £1.99 for the two

Description; 6 Glass & Mirror Coasters (with repeated Tea & Coffee pattern). Cost; £0.99 for set of 6

This is from British Red Cross in Sleaford (Address – 68 Southgate, Sleaford. Tel – 01529 415 559);

Description; Really fluffy Teddy Bear. Cost; not saying (it's a present for my boyfriend)

All these lovely pieces of junk are from Second Chance, Sleaford (Address – ??? – tucked away, behind one of the churches, near the Queen Victoria pub), the most amazing charity shop I have ever had the delight to walk into;

Description; Ornate Metal Candlestick. Cost; £2 (but don't tell Harriet)

It's so lovely

Description; Soapstone Mosque. Cost; £0.50

Description; Tiny Pewter (Snuff?) Box. Cost; £0.50 (and don't tell Harriet that either)

Description; Teeny Wooden Box, with fruit. Cost; £0.50

Description; Fabric & Beaded Box. Cost; Not saying - Present for Alice

Description; Papier Mache Box with Metal Rim and Blue Flowers. Cost; Not saying - Present for Rosie

I’ll be going there again this month, and buying a few cutlery sets, for 10 pence per piece!

And here is everything (plus a £5 Lapis Lazuli bracelet from the Cambridge Folk Festival, a free necklace & pair of earrings from my grandmother, a coat from Second Chance for 50p, and two necklaces, totalling £3.75 from BHF in Cambridge);

Everything!

Grande Total – £31.72.

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I urge everyone to donate money and goods to any charity shops near them. They’re an invaluable source for charities around the world, whose help are fighting to defeat heart disease, child poverty, age discrimination, Cerebral Palsy etc.

So please, donate, it’s worth it.