everything but what i intended to buy

Scored these from the Vinnie's in High Street, Kew, along with a couple other pieces you can see at my blog. I was looking for a wooden kid's table for my two year old. Think I'll have to start scouring eBay for one instead.

Everything at the Vinnie's in Kew is a bit more expensive that average op shops (though still bargains), but I usually find great looking designer wear. And it's good to remember that the money goes to a very good cause.

bright, bright sunshiny day

Hooray!! I op therefore I am has been awarded a Sunshine Blogging Award by Michele (aka Happy Dacks).

When I started this blog there were five specific reasons that I wanted to promote op shopping:

• save money
• contribute to charity
• live sustainably
• find treasure
• be unique

Michele has actually come up with another eight; do post a comment if you can think of any more!

Cheap Frills

Cannot thank the kind souls of the Bellarine Peninsula for donating their delightful unwanted wares to the Lorne op shop. No name shirt $3.50 and vintage Balenciaga sun glasses $3. Mr frilly fits perfectly and though I look rather flamboyant in those sunnies, they are quite large, I do adore them so!

Happy opping friends,
Style Tweak xx

Buffy, balls and batik

Another happy trip to Dandenong Savers yielded three Buffy novels I hadn't read (though that state of affairs did not last and I finished all three in a glorious reading binge - they're like chocolate, I can't leave them alone until they're done). Ah, how I miss Buffy! They had twenty or so of  these novels and about a dozen Angel ones but I limited myself to three, though it was tough choosing. $1.99 each.

A bag of assorted eyelash-ish yarn for $2.99. There are eight untouched balls, and two part-balls to add to my burgeoning yarn stash.

Approximately two metres of a really pretty cotton batik fabric, destined to become a skirt. I think. At $3.99 I found it impossible not to buy this, though I really don't need more fabric!

Back at The Brotherhood.

Our local oppie had three items of interest for me today:
An unusual little picture frame for $3 which will be perfect for a tiny embroidered item in those colours.


This book (60c) looks as if it will be helpful to someone like me who has too much to do, and never enough time to do it!


This is SIX METRES of calico - $10. Patchworkers and stitchers can never have enough calico! (Yes, I do have too much, but I give lots away to my friends who need a bit now and then)

How Bowtiful

Hello to all the other op shoppers out there in the blog-o-sphere! This is my (Style Tweak) first post to the most marvelous Melbourne op shopping blog so I am most excited. A long term, most loyal op shopper, I love the thrill of finding treasures with ridiculous cheap price tags. Many of the glad rags and accessories that are complimented the most are pre-loved oppie pieces. Success usually comes when you least expect it and hard scrummaging does pay off, check out these pretty puppies $6! From an op shop behind the church on High St, Kew. Although they didn't fit me so I left them behind, sob if anyone is an 8-9 feel free to pay the ladies a visit. Tootlepip!

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Lions Trash and Treasure Sale - 24 April

Blackburn North Lions Club is holding the next trash and treasure sale on Saturday, 24 April 2010.

Usual location: 1st Vermont Scout Hall, near the corner of Mitcham Rd and Canterbury Rd, Vermont.

Usual time: 8 am to 1 pm.

Hope to see you there.