Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Op Shopping in Sittingbourne

Today I visited seven op shops - charity shops as they are known in the UK - in Hubby T's home town of Sittingbourne, Kent. I made two excellent finds.

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Red knee length Marks & Spencer skirt, £4.25. I'll probably wear it with ribbed black tights and Docs - not a ballet flats girl.

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John Bull Printing Outfit, £3.99


After having been to every op shop in town, I spied this in the window of the first one I had visited while walking back home. I raced inside to ask what it was...

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Yep, a full text printing kit! It includes the original ink pad in a little tin, the sponge completely dried up and shrunken. The stamps are rubber. The six little picture stamps are an odd seelction - my favourite is the battleship.

Tomorrow, Canterbury.

7 comments:

Gina said...

Oh, nice haul! LOVE the skirt. Docs sound like a plan. Ballet flats, pft!

julia said...

What great finds!!!

CurlyPops said...

What a score. I love those little pockets on the skirt..tres cute!
I hope you took an empty suitcase to bring back all the shopping.

Sharon~Two Bits Patches said...

I remember a Christmas long ago when one of us got a little 'printing press'. Wasn't a John Bull brand, probably an Uncle Sam brand.

Margaret @ Konstant Kaos said...

They look great! Make sure you send back parcels, nothing worse than finding something wonderful the day before you leave when you have no room in your suitcase.

Anonymous said...

I live in Sittingbourne, Kent. There are so many charity shops it's unbelieveable. Some good finds.

trixi said...

I love that little printing press - great find, and the little doily next to it also caught my eye. Is that yours too?