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Op Shop Finds for Mama and Daughter

letter to my daughter on her 21st birthday

It feels like it’s been ages since I last shared some of my op shop finds …

Mind you, it *has* been a while since I’ve even been into an op shop! Now that Miss 20 has a full time job in the city, I no longer have my favourite op shopping sidekick to lead me astray keep me company.

Miss 20 was also feeling the lack of a good bargain hunt, so on Saturday we headed to our nearest op shop and as luck would have it, we both had a very productive trip!

Now it can be quite rare for this to happen to both of us on the same day. Sometimes I am the one that comes home the winner (ie with the most op shop finds!); other days she scores all the loot, and I come home empty handed.

My Op Shop Finds

I spent all of $20, which bought:

Six books ($1 each):

A pair of Curtain Wonderland turquoise curtains – like new – for $10, which are already hanging in the family room:

and this dress:

I feel very 50’s housewife in this dress! It’s obviously been sewn at home, and has been absolutely beautifully made – plus it’s almost like it was made for me! The fabric is lovely and soft – and when I tried it on to show the hubster, his reaction was something like this:


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I think it’s safe to assume he approved, don’t you?!

Miss 20’s Loot

I’ve trained my daughter well! She spent $21 and came home with two dresses, a pair of shoes and a black playsuit …

Oh, and as you can see in the background of the last photo, Miss 20’s room is just as messy as ever 😉 !

Heading to the op shop makes a nice change at this time of year, to all the commercial Christmas hype elsewhere – and what Christmas clobber they might have, is super duper cheap …

Tell me about your latest op shop finds!

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