Charity shops get a hard time. There are too many. The money they raise goes to expenses rather than the charity. They sometimes smell and carry overpriced items.
While all of the above may or may not be true, we have a moral obligation to avoid adding to the toxic waste building up on our planet.
You don’t need a set of matching dinner plates from John Lewis or Ikea (choice driven by your budget). Why not go to a charity shop and buy a selection of mis matched plates, cups and glasses?
We like to buy cups on holiday to remind us of a lovely time spent together. And we often buy glasses, serving bowls and plates from charity shops.
It’s true that they don’t alway last long but we have saved the world from one more unnecessary purchase, given to charity and made a choice based on aesthetic rather than how the purchase makes us look to others.
As a family we can afford to buy a very fine and expensive set of dinner plates, matching bowls, side plates and serving bowls. I appreciate beautiful design and my father was a potter so I understand the energy and passion that can go into producing ceramics. But, if you are looking for a useable set that your family is going to use daily it doesn’t have to speak to what you can afford, it doesn’t have send a message about your taste. It can be a message to our little ones and friends about what we think is important.
The planet, being frugal and making a stand against capitalism that benefits a chosen few and punishes a whole lot more.
Let’s hear it for re-life articles. What can you re-life to help the planet and everyone in it?
MrsSlimmer 