Been gone too long...

It's been a hard year so far, op-shopping wise. According to my accounts I spent nothing op shopping in January and, until this week, $4 in February (a copy of the classic Enchanted Broccoli Forest from Vinnies Phillip)

But the combination of pay and an area rich with independent op shops had me off exploring during lunchtime in the last day or two. And this is what I scored (for a total of $17):
* Very large button jar: $2 (Another Chance, Scullin: if you're out that way and see a metal daisy on the path, it's Miss Daisy's much missed key ring thingy...)

* Alison Holst's Meals without Meat: $2 (Hand to Hand, Kippax) My #1 cookbook: whenever I find a copy second hand, I buy it as it always finds a new home pretty quickly. I think this is the ninth copy I've bought...

*Lovely coloured vintage Patonyle: $1.50 for 3x25g balls (Re Runs op shop, Charnwood). Much as I'd love to keep this, it's heading here.

It came in a very cute plastic bag:

Not sure if I'm nice enough to pass it on or not...

* Two Tupperware plates: $1 each (Another Chance, Scullin). Another gift...

* 4 balls "New" Caressa: $5 total (Hand to Hand, Kippax) I have a friend who deserves a pair of lounge socks and likes purple...

* Vintage Queen sized cotton sheet: $2 (Hand to Hand, Kippax). This find made me very very happy.

* And, finally, bag of vintage ric rac: $2.50 (Hand to Hand, Kippax).

This is the smallest ric rac I've ever seen. I suspect it will end up living elsewhere...

Northside Christmas close downs

I finally made the time today to whizz round what I term the "second tier" op shops Northside to confirm their opening hours on our google docs spreadsheet.

None of them have reopened yet after Christmas:

Reruns (Charnwood) reopens 12 Jan.
So does Hand to Hand (Holt: Kippax Fair).
Another Chance (Scullin) reopens on 19 Jan.

Also Northside, here's a burning question that you might be able to answer for me:

There's a listing for a Global Care op shop in Macquarie. I've never found it. Does it still exist or do we need to remove it from the spreadsheet?