Bargains of the day

Visited my local library and found these two great books for 10p each!

• Baltimore Blues- Laura Lipman i bought this for two reasons. Firstly because one of my favourite songs is Hungry Heart by Bruce Springsteen and there is a line that goes as follows 'got a wife and kid in Baltimore Jack', ever since then i always wondered about Baltimore. Secondly in an episode of The Wire I saw Det Moreland reading a Laura Lipman book,, so I thought I'd give her a try.


• The No1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith- mainly because I have never read a novel set in Africa! Can you believe that?

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Two great charity shop finds. First of all a bottle of Marks and Spencers Magnolia bubble bath for 50p, what a bargain! I love the stuff, leaves my skin all lovely and soft. Secondly a Crab Tree &Evelyn rose gift set for 99p! I was very exited when i saw this on the shelve. I have to admit I am a bit of a snob, I like expensive toiletries (well ok when i can find them cheap in charity shops). I Particularly like Crabtree &Evelyn because it is so ...floral! When it comes to scents I love any type of floral scent, apart from Lavender (is lavender a plant or a flower?) I am rather fond of rose, if there is any beauty product with rose in the title I will buy it. Which I must ashamedly admit when I was younger I associated Rose or any flowery scents as for old ladies. I hold my hand up and say how wrong I was. Rose Rocks!!!!!!!!!!

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Another trip to the charity shop, another interesting buy. This time my purchase was £1.99 and from Oxfam. It is a book called The Book for the Home, which was published in 1963. The main reason i bought it was to get some inspiration/ideas for he tips pages in magazines. I have had a glance through it and looks like a bible for the proud house owner. With advice on everything from how to store your household linen to budgeting your weekly allowance. As i flick through the pages I am filled with a sadness, almost longing for that bygone era that I never knew but would love to have been apart of.

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I found this colourful bracelet in the Barnardo's shop for 69p. It is no my normal style of jewellery, as I a bit of a plain Jane but I just couldn't leave it in the shop. There is no 'markings' on the bracelet, so I don't know were it is from and who made it. The romantic in me wishes it was made by some struggling artist trying to earn crust but in reality it was probably made in some sweat shop in India!

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I bought these cute Marks and Spencer's earrings from the Barnardos charity shop for 50p. I thought they was very cute. I had to buy them as a reminder to myself of how views and opinions change with time and age. The reason why I say/write this is because when I was a kid I used to hate Marks and Spencer's thinking it was a shop for old Lady's and snobs. But now a great deal of my clothes come from Marks and Spencer's, particularly love the t-shirts so comfy and long lasting. Marks and Spencer's have a perfume called Florentyna, which smells like floral heaven to me. The food, again can not be faulted in my opinion. Always tasty and yummy!

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A few bargains i picked up in town

• Sidney Sheldon- Rage of Angels £1 from pound shop,get this for no other reason than it was a pound


• Sidney Sheldon- Rage of the Angels The final revenge £1 from pound shop bought this one mainly because it is the follow up to the fist film


• Single White Female- £1.99 from BHF shop, this is a classic film that I've never got around to watching, I am looking forward to this one!


• Premonition-£1.99 from the BHF, another one of those films I have been meaning to watch for years but never got around to. I also think Sandra Bullock is an underrated actress, was very happy when she one an Oscar.

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Three Mary Kate and Ashley DVDs Holiday in the sun, When in Rome and Winning London. All £1.99 from BHF shop. Call my crazy but these two girls really intrigue me. I find them now like two haunted souls, I am really interested in how they became so ghost like. I ope these films hold some of the answers for me.

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Another charity shop haul

• Ultraviolet DVD-£2.99 from BHF shop, mainly because i liked the purple box, how embarrassed am I?


• The Phantom of the Opera DVD- £1.99 from BHF shop, whilst in the shop I had a realisation that I'd never seen this so i picked it up


• The Jane Austen Book club DVD- £1.99 from BHF shop, as it has Jane Austen in the title


• Friends Season 3 DVD- £2.99 from RSPCA shop, I m about 10 years late with Friends obsession


• Classic 1000 Babies names- £1.99 from Oxfam shop, no I m not pregnant got this for when I get stuck on names when I write short stories

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Found this Winnie the Pooh tin in the British Heart Foundation shop for 99p. It contained 8 little notelets and envelopes. I bought this because I have an obsession with tins and collect them. I don't Know why I love tins so much, maybe it is because they are fabulous for storing crap in! I also hoard notelets as well, as a symbol of my fight against the modern technological world. Winnie the Pooh, who doesn't like Winnie the Pooh?

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I found this fabulous bowl for 50p in the RSPCA shop and instantly fell in love with it. It was hand painted in Perth Australia.

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Another haul from the charity shops

• Northanger Abbey £1.99 from RSPCA shop I am a huge Jane Austen fan and I've never seen this one so I'll give this a try


• Kramer vs Kramer £1.99 from RSPCA shop I only bought this because Meryl Streep is in it and I've never seen anything bad that she has stared in


• Mansfield Park £1.99 I enjoyed the Billie Piper version, hope this is as good


• Friends Season 2 £2.99 I never liked Friends when it was on TV know its coming off I cant get enough!

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My latest haul from town in includes

• Great Expectation £1.99 from BHF shop, bought this because I love Charles Dickens. A Christmas carol is my favourite story of his


• Identity £1.99 from BHF shop, Ray Liotta what more can I say


• Princess Daisy £1 from pound shop. The Poundshop have been selling a great range of DVDs lately, thought to myself I don't know the author but for a pound I'll give it a shot


• Sleeping With The Enemy £1.99 from BHF shop bought is because I cant believe I have reached the age of 26 and never watched it!


• 13 going on 30 £1.99 from BHF shop what can i say I am a cheese fan.

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Alison Weir -Traitors of the Tower. A bargain at £1.99 in WHSmiths,am really interested in Tudor history after watching The Tudors, cant wait to read this.

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Found this book in the Oxfam shop for 99p and couldn't resist it. Ettiquete is a dying tradition and I would like to read about it before it dies completely! this book now lives under my coffee table for me to dip into!

Bargain of the day!

I use the word 'bargain' very loosely!!!! bought 2 reference books "Collins Fact File" and "The Penguin Dictionary of Quotations" for £5 from my local Oxfam shop, don't know if I am a miser or I am being unreasonable but think £5 is excessive for second hand books! The reason I bought these books is I am trying to develop my own little reference library to help with my course (any suggestions welcome). Sadly cheaper charity shops don't tend to stock reference books regularly so am stuck with Oxfam book shop for now!