| | I Love British Thrift Stores!Seriously, I love going into British thrift stores (or charity shops as they are sometimes called). They are tons of them in Cambridge (and I imagine in every other city in England - we have certainly seen them elsewhere). For our American friends, they are like going to Goodwill stores, but there are gobs of them here - Oxfam, UK Cancer Research Society, and lots, lots more. There seems to be one for every charity imaginable here in the UK. Yesterday, Teacherperson and I were doing some shopping and we visited a street near the Cambridge shopping mall, the Grafton Centre, which has about eight of these shops on it. Very cool! Nice second-hand clothes, shoes, books, games, music, glassware, you name it. One of these shops, an Oxfam, was huge. While we were perusing, I ran across a pair of black men's dress shoes which I loved at first sight. They were exactly my size, were made of amazingly soft leather, showed almost no signs of wear (even the soles look almost brand new) and they had those cool square toes that are so popular right now (at least here in the UK). They are made by Clarks and cost around $100 retail. I got them at something like 85% off!!! I love them! I wore them to church today and was tickled. If you would like to see a photo that is close to what they look like, click on the link below: http://www.charlesager.co.uk/Products/Flex-Time-by-Clarks-3439.aspx So, have you run across any great deals lately? |
