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HOT: London and American Supply Stores, 483-485 Elizabeth St, Melb

July 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

My god daughter is a little girl after my heart. She’s got blonde curls, big blue eyes, is generous with hugs and sings ‘You are my sunshine’ to me. Even better, she loves making and eating (chocolate) cake. Which is why I just had to buy this adorable ‘Little Helper Set’ from London and American [...]

HOT: Salvos Store, 81 Victoria Crescent, Abbotsford

July 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I know, I know, I’m becoming obsessed with charity stores and cheap glassware. But how could I resist when I cycled past what appeared to be the Salvos Store flagship? Endless rooms and shelves and racks of mustiness and potential treasure! And treasure I did find: large swathes of fabric remnants, useful as jar covers [...]

HOT: Vinnies Centre, 121 Johnston St, Collingwood

July 8, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Yesterday a thought popped into my head that I should buy a baking dish. Today I spotted the perfect dish in the window of my local Vinnies Centre. It was meant to be – a $2 white Corningware dish! My charitable contribution to St Vincent de Paul Society also extended to: one clip-lock plastic container [...]

HOT: The Searchers, 93 Smith St, Fitzroy

June 14, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

In a bid to save money, RM has been valianting attempting to curb his book-buying habit. I think this is a worthy goal given that at great cost we have recently packed, shipped and unpacked twenty boxes containing our combined book collection, and when we move again I don’t fancy packing and moving forty boxes [...]

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