Charity shops
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This Christmas – check out a Charity Shop
As regular readers of this blog know, I am a huge fan of Charity Shops. I love the fact that you can find a bargain, sometimes brand new with tags, sometimes a vintage treasure, and that you can pick it up for very little money. I also love the fact that buying your item means that you are contributing to one of the many goodwill causes that need a little extra help at this time of year. The Salvation Army have this year been setting #MyCharityChallenge. This is to get people to think about Charity shops at Christmas – either by donating unwanted items to their local shops, or by…
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Retail Royalty Challenge – Giving a bit back
When I was approached about taking part in the Retail Royalty challenge being run by the Money Supermarket, I was really intrigued by the premise. The idea was simple, could you use £30 to purchase something for your chosen charity to either use, or sell on? You needed to choose a charity that was close to your heart, and then decide what to get for them. I decided to support my favourite charity shop. Acorns, in Wednesbury, is a shop that I have known for a long time, my mom has managed the store for many years and I have often helped out when I have had some spare time.…
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Are you going Shwopping?
On May 9th Oxfam and Marks and Spencer are joining together to get you ‘Shwopping’, hosting a fantastic one day wardrobe clear out. This is a fabulous, fun event which has been designed to get us sorting out our unwanted clothing in order to donate them to help good causes. The very gorgeous Joanna Lumley is currently fronting the campaign, and is also the face of the M&S Eco and ethical project, Plan A. Shwopping helps us to declutter our wardrobes, get rid of things that are old, unworn and just plain unwanted, and makes us feel good about doing it. (And provides more space to buy even more clothes…
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New wedding favours will Help Harry Help Others
In the last few years the wedding favours market has really taken off in a big way. As a woman married to an Italian man I was fully versed with the importance of ‘Bomboniere’, the small gifts that are given to guests on the occasion of your wedding. But now it seems that every wedding has a special treat for guests, often placed on the dining tables next to name cards and Champagne glasses. Wedding Favours are always a real thrill to both give and receive, but what if I said there was now a range of very special wedding favours that not only look beautiful, and are inexpensive, but…
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SEX AND THE CITY STYLE COMES TO STOURBRIDGE!
If, like me, you can’t wait for the release of the 2nd Sex and The City movie (November 29th fact fans!), then a night out in Stourbridge might just be for you. Following on from their first Sex and the City night, which raised over £1,600, disabled children‘s charity NEWLIFE has organised further glamorous, Manhattan themed, fashion evenings, with the first taking place this week, on the 18th November. The venue for this sparkling, fashion-filled event is the Swan Inn Pub, based in Stourbridge town centre, and will take place from 7pm. Fashionista’s getting ready for the Christmas party season will be able to purchase fabulous frocks, shoes, bags and…
