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DARCY HOUSE

Things we take for granted on a cold winters night!

Your $$$ = Blankets, Underwear & Socks

A local charity in Port Kembla called Darcy House which is run by the Baptist Community Services is in need of help. It is a safe place for street-based sex workers and people who are homeless or marginalized in the Port Kembla and surrounding areas. Clients are supported to address issues such as health, drug and alcohol dependence, mental illness and homelessness.

Some of the things we take for granted such as blankets, underwear & socks are ongoing essential needs that Darcy House clients often go without in these cold winter nights. 

So, I went down South on Thursday (5/8/10) to check out the op shops and picked up some essentials at bargain prices. Meanwhile, my friend Jess was running around Kmart in Figtree gathering up handfuls of ridiculously reduced underwear.

Unfortunately we have found our purses don’t stretch far enough…

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP!      

As you may realise we need your help to help Darcy House. Our credentials are affiliation with the Lighthouse Church at Wollongong Campus under the community initiative ‘We Love Our City.’ Any cash donations or donations of the much needed items mentioned above would be greatly appreciated.

Please feel free to contact me.

Shanna xoxo

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Treasures I found

So my day started at 9.30am having breakfast & coffee at Country Grocer Cafe with my one and only Aunty Kimmy. After chatting for a lil while and enjoying our breakfast we decided the pop over and see if we could find a lil bargain.

We went into Vinnies @ Unanderra (the volunteers where so lovely & friendly) I found my first great bargain for the day……..

 "First bargain of the day"

~ A black JAG Handbag ~

Guess how much????????? Only $10 and its in perfect condition. So blessed!!! (The other lil handbag bargain was found at a newish op shop warehouse @ Mission Australia in Bellambi….WOW it was huge. Now this bag was a bargain. A fiorelli hangbag for ….. just guess?????? You are seriously not going to believe me but it was only $1. No its not a typo error it was only $1 we could not believe.)

My Aunty Kimmy found a great lil handbag/wallet perfect for her work, she was so happy with what she found at Vinnies Unanderra.

We then moved on to Lifeline Unanderra a couple of doors up and had some fun looking at cute lil kids clothes…….

 

~ How cute is my Anuty Kimmy ~

The last bargain of the day was at Unanderra Salvos….my ultimate fav ‘bargain central’ op shop. I got this cute silver tea set with pot, sugar bowl and milk jug its so cute and it was only $12.

~ I’m ready for a tea partay! ~

What a great day of finding my lil bargains from where I call ‘Bargain Central’ Shopping!

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Op Shop Paradise

Well hello and welcome to my first ever blog……YAY!!!!!

My friends & family would know I love op shopping and I thought why not tell the whole world (the Illawarra) about my lil treasures and bargains that I find.

So I’m off to go ‘Bargain Central’ shopping (op shopping) tomorrow. Haven’t been for a while and am getting withdrawal symptoms. So I am sure I’ll find a bargain tomorrow and let you know about it. So stay tuned!!!!

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