$2 Adult clothes, $1 Kids clothes, $5 Jeans

Hi Ladies - I'm Crystal , For my first post - I can highly recommend popping dow to the Brotherhood of St Lawrence Shop in the Heidelberg West Mall.... they are having a MEGA clothing clearance. I picked up a complete outfit fora friend for $11!! You do need to hunt through some of the junk to find the good stuff but there are quite a few good things :)

Good luck treasure hunting!

**Also have about 3 trestle tables of books! I think they are $1 ea too

St Catherine's closed

Just to let you know, that sadly the St Catherine's Op Shop on Glenhuntly Rd, Elsternwick has closed down.

and the winner is ....

Brunswick! Yes, going by Tanja's list of op shops by suburb, Brunswick comes out ahead with a grand total of nine op shops. So if you want an intensive day of op shopping, head up to Sydney Road. Closely followed by Rosebud by the way, with eight op shops to its name (and sea views).

Op shopping on the go

Are you ever driving somewhere and suddenly become overwhelmed by the desire to go op shopping? But how do you figure out where the op shops are hidden in that area?

The other week DH and I were in Macleod, shopping at the lovely Strathalan Op Shop. DH turned to me and asked, "Are there any other op shops nearby?"

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Some time ago I approached Amelia with an idea of having the op shopping list in a different format. The idea was to organise the list by suburbs, instead of by shop names. A seemingly simple idea, but it took quite a long time the way I did it, LOL!
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I flipped open my op shop list, found Macleod, and pointed DH in the direction of the St Andrew's Op Shop. I must say I was quite taken with this shop (their buttons are organised by colour!) and I was excited to find another, as yet unlisted, op shop just a few doors away. I get very excited when I find op shops to add to the list.

I have been using my suburb-ordered list for some months now and I love it. It goes everywhere with me, and everywhere I go I can find my nearest op shops. The bugs are finally ironed out of it, and Amelia has been kind enough to add the list to the sidebar as a google document. It prints up over about 10 pages, or 5 double sided pages.

I hope others are able to print it out and enjoy it as much as I do.

Sale!

I was at Savers on Sydney Rd last weekend. Apparently, Monday June 2 is 50% off off everything in the store! They're open 8am-8pm.

Here's a coat I picked up at Savers about a year ago. The photo doesn't do it justice, it's a full-skirted dress coat, pure wool.

Oakleigh Op Shop Goodies Round Up

As you can see from the photo, we found a few goodies yesterday, around Oakleigh.

The brand new, fully complete board game Squatter - for a mere $2 - and the cast iron flat-iron - only $5 - were found in St Vinnies in Crewe St, Oakleigh.

The brand new, never been opened or used fondue set - only $10 with the original $35 price tag still intact - was a bargain from Temcare Op Shop in Station St, Oakleigh.

The brand new, never been used board game Bush Walk - still wrapped in original cellophane for $2.75 - was a find in the Salvo's in Atherton Rd, Oakleigh.
For under $20.00 and a leisurely stroll around the suburb we found some great bargains, including a couple that we'd been hunting for!

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Temcare Op Shop, in Station St, Oakleigh is bursting at the seams with goodies at the moment!
Collectors tins - tea,tobacco and other sorts- are out on the tables, crockery sets and assorted silverware heavily marked down, many racks of great quality clothing are out on display, as well as a huge variety of other goodies.
They have a sleeping bag and 2 man tent available - price unknown - but both appeared to be in good condition, the tent still in it's original box, for anyone interested in camping.
Also a large collection of thermos's were variously priced, along with a few backpacks for the serious bushwalker.

alert: bally shoes

There is a lovely pair of Bally size 36.5 mid-heel court shoes in the window at the MECWA op shop on Chapel Street (near Windsor train station). Caramel leather with a bit of gold metallic trim on the tip of the toe. Bally sizes tend to the small/narrow. $30 - I can't imagine they'll be there for long. Let everyone know if you get them!