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Op Shopping for fun and finance |
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by cheleinkal  (November 2006) (rank 20th) |
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Op-Shopping
It never ceases to amaze me that more people don't use the Opportunity Shops in their towns/suburbs.
They are simply a treasure trove of wonderful products, I think of them as my very own Aladins Cave, and they have saved my family a fortune over the years.
Today for example, Ailish and I popped in prior to getting nappies at the supermarket and what did we find?????
A Fisher Price Activity Table in terrific condition, all I had to do was replace the batteries and give it a scrub with hot water and Domestos (I clean all oppy stuff this way) and she has been playing with it now for 30 minutes and shows no signs of quitting. How much did half hour of happy playing and free time for me cost me you may well ask?? Aust $5.00. I KNOW!!! How cheap is that, I would guestimate that to buy new in K-Mart or where ever would cost upwards of Aust $50- easily, so I am very happy in our great find.
That how ever is not all.
I have out fitted our daughter in designer babies wear and have even stashed some size 2, 3 and 4 stuff away for her for when the time comes that they may fit her. I have also clothed many of my friends children because for some reason that I do not understand, THEY chose not to shop this way, but are extremely happy to receive my purchases on their behalf. We have Osh-Kosh, Peter rabbit, Humphrey & Friends, Paddington, Pooh Bear and many more label and designer names.
Our Op-Shops here have $5- Bag Days. This means you can stuff as many clothes as is humanly possible into a normal sized plastic grocery bag and all you pay is $5- for the entire bag full. I always chose the most expensive or valuable things on these days . In my last $5- bag I bought
4 X sized 1 baby sleep bags
(which I needed as our daughter is growing out of her old ones),
2X tops for myself (size 16-18),
3 Xsize 4 designer skirts for A.J.
1X pair of size 2 groovy jeans with a glittery princess on the leg.
The secret is to roll the items as tightly as you can then put them into your bag
I bought both my change tables at Oppy's, a wooden one which I sanded and re-painted for $10.00 and one on wheels that includes a bath for $5-.
I have purchased bed linen for our bed, our guest bed and our daughters cot all from Op-shops. My ironing board is from there as well. I have 2 great Mother Craft Nappy Bags in perfect condition from there.
And as I said, most of our toys are pre=loved op-shop toys. We also have a HUGE selection of dress ups (snow white etc) all bagged and waiting in the shed for her to grow up and into
It is just incredible the amount of money you can save for yourself. Along with that of course there is the knowledge that goes with knowing that every cent you spend is going to the charity for which the store is run. Most items in each store have come from the Head Depot, which is usually found in the states capital city, and clothes in particular are dispersed in area's far away from their point of donation.
It is a win win situation if ever there was one.
Shop On!!!!!!
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