Nigel is currently away with our very dear friends The PE and Finance Lady from our hedonistic days at the Girls High School back in the homeland.
They'd asked him if he fancied a couple of days of charity shop shopping, coupled with a little sea air and good food ....... let's put it this way, he didn't need asking twice, he was packed and ready in breakneck speed.
Nigel excitedly Skyped us last night exclaiming that those said ladies certainly know how to charity shop ........
........ no rail was left unflicked through, no box undelved or any shelf dismissed until it had been thoroughly turned over, he was truly in the companyof the grand dames of charity shop shopping, in search of the unwanted treasure of others.
The PE Lady likes to look for new/unworn footwear and she was not disappointed, finding some very lovely posh flip flops for just 50p, which Nigel told us she has worn ever since. The Finance Lady likes to look at clothes and jigsaw puzzles and again she was chuffed to secure a very fetching blouse for work and two one thousand pieces of the Queen Mother (RIP) and a scene from The Battle of Trafalgar. Finding shoes/clothes of a Nigel sized nature is nigh on impossible so Nigel's mooching was more or less confined to books, toys and bric a brac. He was sorely tempted by the doll above, in all her crocheted finery, Hugh would have absolutley loved it, but he could also hear Darrell's undisguised tut of disapproval as he reluctantly helped Nigel to find an appropriate place in which to display her, should he, Nigel, decide to keep it.
However, that said, he did make a considered 50p purchase, a vintage kitsch Welsh mug, with the thought that each time he drank from it the memories of his time in Llandudno and Rhyl with his two most favourite ladies would could flooding back. What is he like?
1 comment:
Great to meet up with the PE Lady and the Finance Lady! The crochet doll reminded me of the toilet roll cover that my grandparents had.
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