Uh Oh, I've been mooching around charity shops again.

As I've taken a few days off work I thought I would spend some time doing what I love best - shopping for what some people might call 'tat' (treasure and nice things if you of the same mind as myself).

Before any tat, sorry treasure hunt, a good dose of sugar is needed so to start the prep work I tucked into a light but very sugary breakfast...that'll do it!

After several hours of mooching this is what I came back with...

• a pair of vintage curtains (I plan to use the fabric for something else)
• a set of hornsea storage jars
• two covered serving dishes (only one shown)
• a cheese dish
• a serving platter
• a hornsea pin dish
• and a cheeky little monkey mug

Just look at that face...I think he's destined to be a pen pot in my art room.

This was just 50p (gasp).

Cheese doesn't really last long enough in my house to get near a cheese dish but I'm going to try really hard to use it, perhaps I could use it as a butter dish instead? mmmm...