Op shop road trip and the world’s scariest doll

I thought I would do something in the way of public service today.
Us vintage Wellingtonians like to do op shop road trips, however it’s hard to find out where they all are and what their opening times are.
So for the sake of all mankind I thought I would selflessly (ha ha yeah right, i wouldnt recommend visting them in the next few days as Ive cleaned them out!!) do a road trip and publish the addresses and times, I will put them all on op shop directory too.

So I covered the Manawatu pretty much, starting in Otaki and ending in Palmerston North.
I chose Woodville over Fielding, which on hindsight was a bad move, apart from the fact that if I hadnt gone to Woodville I wouldnt have found Chucky’s Bride.
Is this not the scariest doll in the world?
Or this one maybe?
So here is the low down on the shops and their scores out of 10. I have only listed pure op shops, apart from two in Woodville as that is all that is there.

Otaki

Cobwebs
60 main st, Otaki township
Tues -fri 10-4
Sat 10-1
The most organised op shop I have ever seen, They even have an entire draw of self made belts!
Great cheap vintage jewelry
9/10

Birthright
Karens st
Tues- fri 10-4
Sat 10.30-1
Fab big shop, great handbags
9/10

Levin

Op shop
121 SH1
Tues – fri 930-330
Sat 930-1230
Cute little traditional churchy shop. Super cheap, bought 3 dresses and vintage togs for $1.50!!
7/10

Salvation army
SH1
9-4 mon – fri
930-1230 sat
lots of stock, pretty good prices
8/10

Arohanui hospice
Sh1
Mon- fri 10-4
Sat 10-1
Everything you want in an op shop, cheap, lots of stuff
10/10

Foxton

Dont bother – its crap!!

Woodville

The Vikings haul
Ross st
Second hand trader, lots of junk, expensive
3/10

The living room
Main road
Second hand trader,Books, bric a brac , expensive
2/10

Woodville mart
9-5 mon-fri
10-4 sat-sun
Chuckys bride lives here! some quite good stuff, some pricey – worth checking out their salt and pepper shaker collection – good prices, and royalty stuff.
6/10

Palmerston North

Salvation army
595 main st
9-5 mon- fri
10-2 sat
Very disappointing, big, lots of crap
3/10

St Vincent De Paul
248 Rangatikei st
Mon -fri 10-4
Fantastic, got my biggest haul here, great vintage shoes, really cheap
10/10

Arohanui Hospice Shop
284 Rangatikei st
10-5 mon-fri
sat mornings open
fantastic, great for pottery, glass, pretty good prices, huge
9/10

Eva’s Wardrobe

Sorry for the lack of posting, as I said I have been in South America.

I will blog about my vintage travels over the next few days.

Starting where we left off with Eva Peron.

So I was saying how Eva was a remarkable woman – both for good and for evil.

The highlight of her museum for me was of course the clothes.

She allegedly only wore her clothes once and during her famous tour of Europe she changed dresses four times a day. Imagine the excess baggage charges!

So here are a few pics of her dresses.

The black one is what she wore for an audience with the pope – the dress has a massive hood and train. I wonder what the poor pope thought, no doubt he was completely outdone in the costume department.

I love this suit and matching hat – and the accompanying photo of her in it.

And, the hats…….

Dont get me started on the hats!