The Granite City Charity Chat: Pre-winter warmers

Hello! I hope you are all having a good weekend so far.

Friday was a fairly busy day in the store with people stocking up on winter warmers after the temps have taken a slight nose dive. There was a Goldigga jacket that was displayed on the mannequin which unsurprisingly sold fairly quickly! Also there was a fabulous winter jumper in bright red and yellow patterned from Next that a young man bought. I'm sure it's gone to a good home and that he'll get a lot of use out of it this coming winter. I'm afraid I wasn't quick enough to get a photo of either of those but here are some more photos of other interesting pieces in store.

Firstly, we have a nice beige Jane Norman bag with a safe buckle over the top.

Jane Norman bag, priced at £5.99

Also our mannequin at the back of the store has been beautifully dressed I believe by one of my colleagues who has a very good eye for layering!

Beautifully dressed mannequin in shades of green :-)

We also have this gold coloured bag which has a nice long strap. It'll be great for the Xmas/winter season as a statement bag.

Bling bling gold bag. Priced at £6.79

On the side wall we've dispersed black tops with light blue pieces. Who knew there were so many shades/stripe patterns of blue...

Light blue and black display arm

In the dresses section I spotted this nice piece by Oasis. It will certainly keep your arms warm :-)

Stripy shiny grey dress from Oasis. Size 8, priced at £5.29

If you are looking for a warm blazer then we have this nice one from Rocha.John.Rocha which is in very good condition.

Velvety blue blazer from Rocha.John.Rocha. Size 14, priced at £10.29

As you come in the store our front mannequin has been re-dressed and accessorised to match with the blue section behind her.

Blue mannequin with a matching scarf

At the very front we still have a navy blue display which more stripes.

Stripy pieces in the blue section

Back to the dresses and this little dress would, I imagine, be good for a Saturday night with black tights to match the black straps at the top.

White party dress. Size small, priced at £8.29

In the red section there are a nice pair of New Look boots and a teddy bear, for anyone who wants to give him a loving home.

Autumn.winter boots from New Look. Size 4, priced at £6.79

If you are looking for a cable knit-style jumper then we have this lovely one from Topshop.

Topshop jumper. Size 12, priced at £3.99

In shades of blue there are two nice tops from Oasis and I really love the spotty one below from Zara.

Bright blue Oasis shirt, Size 16, priced at £4.49

Spotty Zara top. Size medium, priced at £4.49

I adore this skirt! I think the button detailing is so nice. It's perfectly possible to create a similar style with skirts/jackets/jumpers of your own. Just nip along to Hobbycraft down at Union Square or Holburn Crafts on Holburn Street and you can pick up some interesting buttons at a very cheap price. I would suggest keeping them to the same size/colour way but that's totally up to you. I personally have a stock of buttons that I store up to make into jewellery like button earrings and button rings.

Lovely little skirt with button detailing. Size small, priced at £4.29

From the window you can see another one of our lovely mannequins (minus the Goldigga jacket!) and the red and black display behind.

Red and black display from outside the store

Now if you are a fan of the cookie monster then this top is definitely for you! There has got to be something you can get this for, right? :-)

Cookie monster t-shirt! Size large, priced at £2.99

There are some great coats in the store at the moment as well such as this teal green on from Next.

Cosy jacket. Size 12, priced at £10.79

In the autumn walk section I re-organised our merchandise on Friday. Here is the right had side with a nice colour block t-shirt in the top right hand corner.

Right hand side of the autumn display

Now check our this waistcoat! It's pretty daring and I have no idea what you would wear it for but I just couldn't resist getting a photo of it.

Jammy waistcoat! Size large, priced at £4.99

Back in the autumn walk section I have replenished the dresses and done my best to sort them into similar colours.

Autumn display dresses

Over to the pinks and if you are a fan of bright colours then this polo top is definitely for you.

Polo top. Size medium. priced at £3.29

If you were really daring then you could team it with these leggings! Wow... Barbie mania!

Wow, Barbie leggings. Size 16, priced at £3.29

Also in the bright pinks we have this lovely top from M&S. It is a lovely shape nipping in at the waist to help create an hourglass figure.

M&S bright pink top. Size 14, priced at £5.99

I also really like this floral skirt. The elasticated waistband at the back gives a bit of leeway and I love the central exposed zip at the front. It would be great with a leather cropped biker jacket and some ankle boots.

Flowery skirt with an interesting front zip. Size small, priced at £3.49

In the purple and pink section I spent perhaps far too much time sorting colours into a gradient. But look how pretty it looks now!

Display arm with my lovely colour gradient :-)

We have also have a donation of crystal cut glass which is being displayed in our cabinet. The pieces have been popular with collectors.

Note to self, do not knock into this cabinet! Some lovely cut glass ornaments that were donated to the store.

Crystal glass ornaments

On the bag wall I also spotted this bronze leather bag from Oasis which has lots of handy pockets and is in good condition.

Bronze handbag from Oasis. Priced at £3.99

Finally here are some snaps of pieces from last week with their prices and sizes. Sorry for the delayed posting it has been a busy old time with final preps for my dissertation. Enjoy! Don't forget we're also on Facebook if you search for The Granite City Charity Chat you can find the page :-)