BEST UNDER $5 SHOP: VINNIES NEWTOWN

BEST UNDER $5 SHOP: VINNIES NEWTOWN

Five dollars doesn’t buy you much these days. A handful of giant Freddo frogs, or perhaps one fiftieth of a pair of Nudie jeans is about it, right? Nay! Swallow your cynicism, bargain hunters, and get thee to Newtown. Snuggled between the boutiques and chain stores of King Street, Vinnies is bursting with glorious bounty just begging to be plundered. Homemakers, get your mitts on $1 plates and platters! Fashion fiends, rifle through a wide selection of belts and bags and local hipsters, find your nirvana in a rack of dirt-cheap records! If you’re really dedicated to the retro thing, there’s a plethora of $2 videotapes, the standout being ‘Careless Whisper’: a George Michael karaoke tape. For this intrepid shopper, the Holy Grail was uncovered in the book section: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, not a dog-eared page in sight, for $4. Life doesn’t get much better. (Kahla Preston)

187 King Street, Newtown. 9557 1966, vinnies.org.au

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