Monday, 20 September 2010

Everyone loves a bargain

Good evening

How was your day? Mine was good - loads done in the house - amazing how much mess we can make over a weekend, especially when we weren't here for one day! Had to refill the cake & biscuit tins too for packed lunches & after-school nibbles - Floss your ginger biscuits are still very popular :)

On my way to visit my sister & niece this afternoon, I nipped into the charity shops - dropped off a bag of clothes to one and picked up a fantastic bargain in another - 7 vintage ladybird books, all in brilliant condition for just 50p each!!

I already have a copy of Elves from my childhood but that is very fragile & well read - this one hardly looks like its been read at all, which I find quite sad. The others were also in brilliant condition - quite my lucky day :)

See you soon

xxx Vicki xxx


17 comments:

Kathy said...

We had that edition of the Elves and the Shoemaker too. I love the illustrations!
Love Kathy xxx

MelMel said...

Cool find, great prices too!xxx

Amy (Blighty Boutique) said...

I love ladybird books.Great find x

miz-bag said...

I found the cinderella book in a secondhand shop for 50p and sold it for £22....wish I had kept it now...its the best one by far!!! wish I had the whole set! snow white and red rose were my next favourite one

cupcakejojo said...

Oh what a great find! I so want to find the Cinderella one :o) maybe I'll get lucky one day too!

Claire said...

OMG i remember that elves and the shoe maker book!!! :) Ah those were the days...

Josie-Mary said...

Lucky you, I love the Elves book....mine was very well read!! I still hope they will come to my house one night & tidy up!!! x

Coco Rose Diaries said...

I loved that story. Ladybird books are really the best. I remember my last day of nursery before I was to move up to Primary school and I got to choose a ladybird book from a selection on a piano. I chose The Gingerbread Man. I loved it, but my brother drew witches over every page and I cried for days! xxxxxxxxxx

JuicyFig said...

I had those two at the front!!! it greaves me that when I look after my 5 year old neice on a tuesday night she begs for a DVD - I insist on a story!

Kath
x

Rubyred said...

How I loved the Ladybird booksand read them time and time again, Great finds!
Rachel x

kim said...

What a fantastic find.........I have quite a few old Enid Bylton books, but I must admit I do love Ladybird. Thanks for the comment on the pincushion fiasco........feel sorry for me, I went to town twice today and didn't even have time to visit fave charity shops.....boo, hoo!
florrie x

Christy said...

What a wonderful find! Well done. :)

Anonymous said...

Oooh what a great haul!!
I had the Elves book too and plenty of others...I just wished I'd saved them,.
Em xxx

JP said...

clever you

Kelly said...

What a great find!! Well done!!

Anonymous said...

Great finds at the charity shop.

Shirl x

JP said...

i wish i had kept the children's books