Made it to Hereford. The route there avoiding the motorway goes via Ross-on-Wye where I bought a skirt and a book in one charity shop and another skirt in a second charity shop. In the first I had a nice chat with the woman at the till. She said she was hoping someone would bring in a skirt like the one I bought but in black and said it was difficult to find things she liked in black. We had quite a discussion after that because I said I had the opposite problem that finding colourful clothes that fitted was difficult. She said she was trying to branch out a little and pointed at her camouflage waistcoat. We agreed that people should wear hats more and discussed our favourites, mine being my wide brimmed red and hers being a top hat or a beret.
She said my face was the right shape for wearing hats.
Total cost for two skirts and a book: 2.25 GBP!. That's less than it's cost me to park my car here in Hereford.
Now I'm in the cathedral café having a pleasant brie and broccoli salad and a reasonable mocha.
Very fast WiFi. Pictures of the cathedral later when I unload my camera.
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Apart from my wife becoming very supportive of my dressing I have also managed to vonvince her of the benefits of shopping in charity shops. The selection, and quality, available, especially in women's clothes is really fabulous. And the cost!
@22Michelle On Monday I was idly strolling around the centre of Cheltenham when I passed the Sue Ryder charity shop. It had a sign in the window saying everything for a pound! So of course I spent six pounds. That's less than I spent on a goat's cheese toastie a few minutes later and one of the items was a dress from Monsoon!
@ninalanyon That's what I meant about quality. We've picked ip dresses, skirts, etc high quality brands with original three figure priced sales labels still on!
@22Michelle The problem is that my car is now so full that I only have room for me, and perhaps one forgiving passenger. I tell myself that when I get home I'll put most of it up for sale online and might get my money back but I'll probably end up donating half of it to other charity shops.
