I know I’ve only myself to blame.

I should really know better by now. But I just can’t seem to help myself.

Every time I pop to the local shops for food shopping I resolve not to go into the expensive charity shop.

About three times out of every five I break my promise to myself and just pop in for a little look, thinking “it’s not as if I’ll buy anything.”

And each time this happens, there is something there for me. Something lovely that I just can’t resist.

Like vintage trims…

Or useful bits of vintage haberdashery…

They weren’t really expensive.

Just a little bit more than they would have been had they turned up in any of the other charity shops along the way.

The money does go to a good cause, after all. Although it did mean that I had to get some more money for my proper shopping.

I just wish that the lure of that place wasn’t quite so irresistable. ♥