How I just spent $28 on a dog blanket

I went to get an old blanket for the dog's bed. Hastings is well-endowed with Op-Shops. First I tried the Cranford Hospice Op Shop. There I found some terrific old army blankets, far too good for a dog though, and at $4 a piece I bought two, as well as three old teatowels (nothing beats an old teatowel - I would happily pay someone to wear in my new ones for me, same goes for towels) and on top of that a pretty wonderful hand knitted stripey wool blanket ($10) also far too nice for a dog, and then I bumped into Grace N* (Z's sister who used to live next door). Now anyone who knows the N* sisters will know they are lethal in a bargain situation, so before I got out of the Cranford I had spent $22 on all sorts of stuff including three metres of black and red striped canvas I didn't know I needed - "That will be really handy for something Jess!" Said Grace as she left me.

Shaken, I drove over to the Red Cross Op Shop and there I found a pile of old tatty blankets ($3 each) I bought two because they are so so good, even though I only needed one.

Now I have a boot full of blankets and it's about 33 degrees here today.