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| Charity Shop staff during refit (I'm the blonde one) |
Our charity shop received its well overdue refit during the last week of August. As charming as it was, it was becoming very apparent that everything was looking a bit too tired (even the staff). So the shop was closed for a week so it could be gutted and painted in beautiful colours and the result was
rather amazing, in place of the quirky, traditional old-fashioned looking charity shop its was transformed into a boutique-type charity shop. So now we deal mainly in clothes, we are very lucky that we do tend to get quality clothes and accessories donated to our little shop. I've noticed a change in the type of customer walking through the door though. We no longer get so many elderly people in browsing , particularly married couples, instead its mainly middle-aged women and younger people. A part of me does miss the old interior because it had a kind feel about it, I miss the chats with the older customers who were always so lovely with wonderful old-fashioned mannerisms and anecdotes who would always have time to chat. But charity shops are serious business in England and there is alot of competition particularly now with the recession affecting everyone. I think though, our shop will still retain a little of its uniqueness through the staff who are great fun to work with and to be honest certainly keep me on my toes.
