Filed under: Around Town
It’s my week off this week, and since I can’t afford to go on holiday, I’m going to spend the week doing things in London that I can’t do when I’m at work. Number one on my list is charity shopping- the type of shopping with the most inconvenient opening times EVER.
I based my expedition yesterday on this helpful list in Time Out of London’s best charity shops. Some of them are Mary Portas approved, since she’s got that new show about charity shopping, which you might think is helpful, but I found REALLY ANNOYING, because I turned on my TV this morning and found out that her and a couple of stylists had gone and raided the exact shops I went to, probably moments before I had, and grabbed the best stuff to showcase on This Morning.
Anyway… I went to the Red Cross shop in Victoria, which was nice, but I didn’t find anything. I also went to the Trinity Hospice in Kensington, and was significantly underwhelmed, although that is probably for the reasons above, since This Morning’s styllists seemed to have no trouble finding stuff there.
The best of the bunch was Crusaid in Pimlico (it’s Mary Portas approved!), which I discovered is where Urban Outfitters donate all their unsold stock to. So basically, there’s rails and rails of brand new Urban Outfitters clothes for a fiver! I got an awesome dress, and a top that I really should have tried on before purchasing, but never mind, it’s for charity.
I’m going to try out the others later in the week and I’ll report back.
