I went to the (charity) shops and I bought...

[kaberett]

• ... a pair of smart black trousers that more-or-less fit me, which was the entire point of the outing and was the very last thing I found in the very last shop I tried.
  
• a copy of Perfumes: the A-Z guide for the princely sum of £1.99, which I would be delighted to pass on as a gift to anyone who wants it and Doesn't Currently Have One (one of the things I do when I'm feeling sad is dip into it for Snark)
  
• The Oxford Book of Legal Anecdotes, because me_and expressed interest when I sent him a photo of it (which I thought he would, I just wasn't sure it would be enough interest to override the Too Many Books To Read Already)
  
• Karen Armstrong's memoir
  
• a lavender-scented suspicious microwave ferret, I don't even know, it is My New Best Friend, what on earth (and in totally failing to find an example online so I wouldn't have to take a decent photo I instead found a suspicious microwave SLOTH HUG HOODIE)
  
• um
  
• another pasta machine
  
• IT'S OKAY I PROMISE
  
• it was bought on spec for a local Pokemon Go friend who wants it to help her make elaborate fondant icing masterpieces
  
• it was £7.50 and is bright red and Jamie Oliver and she's very pleased
  
• I promise I'm not keeping this one too

Comments

Re: an Abacus, a Bulldozer, a Clefairy, a Dromedary

[kaberett]

(also I am REALLY PLEASED at you joining in the game)

(... an Elephant...)

(...some Farfalle, a Garseddai Gun...)

[vass]

:D

I haven't read The Spiral Staircase, but she's a good writer.

That's fascinating and odd about the suspicious microwavable animal.

My suspicious microwave menagerie has only one animal, but it makes up for this by being a rainbow unicorn. (It came from KMart, and I looked at the tag and found that website. I am now gazing covetously at the robot one, even though the unicorn one doesn't heat very well.