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Monday, 22 August 2011

Weekend Haul

Tommy Hilfiger vest $10.49 - Savers Dandenong (with the 20% student discount available every Sunday)

French Connection cardigan $12.99 - Savers Dandenong (with 20% student discount available every Sunday)

Mirror $10 - Oakleigh Vinnies

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Dandenong Salvos Haul

Called in to the Dandenong Salvos store today and picked up a book for $1.99 and a bead bracelet for 99c.

Thursday, 21 April 2011

Student Discount Day @ Salvos Dandenong South

So every Wednesday students get 20% off at the Salvos Stores! Pretty great deal! I haven't been op shopping in a while so was really happy that I managed to find a few things I liked :)

Check out the print of these mitch dowd PJ pants! $3.99

Agent Ninetynine black tshirt with zip detail $3.99

Cooper St black with white polka dots skirt $4.99

No brand pink top with black polka dots and bow detail (this is the back view) $1.99, this was a 50% off item (blue tickets this week!)

Witchery black denim mini with stud detailing on back pockets $4.99

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Savers.. and Salvos.. and Vinnies.. AND Uniting Care..

Did anyone else go to the Savers 50% off (clothing) sale yesterday? As usual at their sales, I hardly bought anything, but I did get this glass painting of a tiger for $12.99. Tacky, but cool.

I also got a skirt there for only $2.50 thanks to the sale, but it's pretty formfitting and without a person in it you can't tell what it looks like, so if you're dying to know, head to my blog in the next few days as I will eventually put an outfit shot up.

It actually took me a while to get to Savers because I hit the three other big op shops in Dandenong beforehand and really took my time in there. I used to have to rush my visits there as I went on my lunch break, but no longer being employed at my former workplace, and having just completed a huge translating job, I was in the mood to spend, spend, spend. And I did! Here you see most of my purchases:

I won't go into detail about the clothes as I will do outfit posts on my own blog at some point, suffice to say I found an AMAZING long pink wool skirt for $8 at Uniting Care which you can just see under everything else, plus a brand new blue cardigan made of 100% merino wool for $8. Also at UC I got this tray thing for $4. The guy working there told me it was for threshing rice, but it's too heavy and awkward for that. Any idea what it could be?

Maybe just something ethnic looking that was made in China and sold at one of those interior stores, but I have a feeling it was used for something agricultural/culinary. I might use it for a tabletop.

I also got this cool black leather handbag at UC for $6.

Also Le Specs "Roller Disco" sunnies for $2!! (Quite happy about that, although if I were being picky I would have said I preferred red ones).

At Vinnies I got two batik hankies for $1 (I looooove batik), a voile scarf for $1, and some books for $1-$2 each. Also a linen jacket for $8 and a dress which was free because there was a deal on summer clothes (two for one, or something like that, I didn't pay attention so it was a nice surprise when I got to the counter).

At the Salvos I got some jewellery for a few dollars and also found a black ceramic cat for $1.99. I already had two but got this one anyway, and now it's like my cat couple have a kitten. Aww. (I actually saw another set of these cats at Savers later, but they were more like $5 each and not in such great condition).

So all in all a very successful and exciting day, although now I have to actually work out where all this is going to fit in the house!

Saturday, 1 January 2011

Last Finds of 2010

Hi Everyone,

it has been ages since I posted my op shop finds so here I some things I picked up this week. I got this Ladakh dress at Dandenong Savers for $14.99, and I got the belt ages ago for like $2 from an op shop in Mornington. I got the bag on the left from Noble Park Salvo's - it is a brown leather Nine West bag and it only set me back $4.99! The bag on the right is from Savers Dandenong and it cost me 6.99 - best bit is that it is an Hermes! (well, a pretty good knock off if it isn't actually the real deal!)

Thursday, 18 November 2010

Stella McCartney in Dandenong

Having just lost my officey job, and now spending the bulk of my time at home working on a zillion projects and job applications while wearing tracksuit pants and no makeup, there's no need for me to buy any new clothes, least of all officey white shirts. But that didn't stop me from buying this one at Uniting Care in Dandenong last week.

I was puzzling over which brand it must be as I could tell it was some sort of designer brand, then I had a look at the label which the kind staff must have decided it was necessary to add seeing as the original label had perhaps fallen off ... Stella McCartney for Target!

It must have been from the first time round as the second collaboration has only just hit the shops. Really, it's not my usual style, but I always get brainwashed by those "must have items" lists which always feature white shirts, so I decided to splurge. FOUR DOLLARS. Big splurge. You can see what it looks like here, if you are so inclined.

Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Wingfield Rowbotham & Co Cutlery Set

I came across this cutlery set at Vinnies in Dandenong a fortnight ago, and for only $9 I couldn't resist! It's a bone handled and silver plated nickel cutlery set. The knives have beautiful floral engraving on them, and they're in immaculate condition! I did a bit of a google search of the markings on the knives (not pictured) and it turns out they're electro plated nickle silver... pretty snazzy!

Savers Haul + More!

At yesterday at the 50% off all clothing sale at Savers I picked up a few great bargains! I also took the chance to visit a few other op shops. First stop was Savers Frankston where I picket up a tan H&M coat for $5, a black Bardot coat (pictured) for $6.50, a sportsgirl tshirt for $5, a Rusty tshirt for $5, a Pierre Cardin tie and a silk Liberty tie both for $5 (pictured).

We then checked out the RSPCA op shop in Frankston, and I found these vintage Oroton sunglasses (pictured with the ties) for only $1!

Next stop was Savers Dandenong where I only picked up a black London Fog coat with military style button detailing (pictured) for $6.50.

We then checked out the National Jewish Womens Association op shop on Hawthorn Rd, Caulfied where I picked up 2 books for $1 each (pictured - 'The Woman of Rome' and 'Montana 1948')

We then popped over to Oakleigh Vinnies and I picked up the other books pictured (between 50c and $2 each)

What did everyone else pick up at the Savers sale yesterday??

Friday, 29 October 2010

Finds From Yesterday

Ring $2, Noble Park Salvos

Inside of bag

Pale pink skirt, $4.99, Noble Park Salvos; Leather clutch $4.99, Dandenong Savers

Coat $7.99, Dandenong Salvo's (the one near Savers closer to the city centre)

Monday, 20 September 2010

More earrings....

I have something like 80 pairs of earrings, even though I don't have my ears pierced. This pair are my most recent find and were $1 from Vinnies in Dandenong, not that I needed them, but I couldn't resist...

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

All fine and Dandy-nong

Despite knowing that Savers was having a sale on Monday, I couldn't restrain myself last Friday and hit Uniting Care and Vinnies in Dandenong (well, I had to warm up for the Savers sale, right?). I got a few things which I haven't taken pictures of yet and which look horrible on me at the moment anyway so I'll post about them on my own blog once I've altered them.

I also got this cute little brown wool cape for $5 at Vinnies - for once I bought something that is fine as-is, although I am considering adding some leather buttons which I found at Vinnies Ferntree Gully a while ago... or should I just leave it like this? (Full outfit pic here)
Seeing as I didn't end up getting anything exciting at the Savers sale on Monday, here are two recent purchases from there that ARE exciting...
Clip-on earrings in the shape of leaves with acorns on them (or berries, as they don't seem to be oak leaves, so why would they be acorns?) for $4.99:

A potholder (on the reverse of the label it says this brand make teacosies so it's my uneducated guess that this might be quite old, as I don't recall seeing new teacosies anywhere recently) which I think was about $2.
I love the retro print and colours, but obviously the person who donated it didn't, as the packet hasn't even been opened!