Following the ouch appointment Tony and I called into our local shopping centre. In the first charity shop Tony spotted a gorgeous Old Country Roses vase. Absolute bargain for £3. And then we walked into the next charity shop and spotted all this. Now you know I go weak at the knees over pretty china and have collected Old Country Roses china for a very long time. I love to use it when we entertain. Well the jug had a price tag of a very reasonable £20 and I dithered about buying it. Then I spotted three large serving bowls which I've wanted for a very long time. Imagine my astonishment when the young man said the the jug wasn't £20 but the whole lot was £20. Needless to say I bought it all. When I paid for it I gave them £25 and they were over the moon. And best of all the only thing I didn't really need was the saucers as I have plenty.
And when I got home the postman had delivered the Old Country Roses place mats and napkins that I ordered from ebay the other day. They cost more than my bargain of a lifetime. I like to think that whoever it had belonged to would be delighted that it's come to someone who will cherish it and use it. It's obviously been used as the teapot still had tea stains.
That's fabulous, Cherie. My sister collects Old County Roses and I've bought her pieces found in charity shops or at boot sales over the years. She keeps hers in a display cabinet for use when visitors come, like you.
ReplyDeleteI'd use it as every day China if Tony wasn't so clumsy and liable to break it.
DeleteIt breaks my heart to see someone's beautiful dinner service/teaset in a charity shop. I am so glad to see that you have bought something that somebody cherished and that you will do the same.
ReplyDeleteThat's how I feel too.
DeleteThat bargain is an absolute triumph!
ReplyDeleteIt was an incredible find.
DeleteWow, well spotted
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