Faith, hope and charity shops

Just got to blog about an article with such a great headline! Read Faith, hope and charity shops for a reminder of the benefits of using charity shops. It is extremely ethical:recycling what would otherwise have been discarded; it makes no global, third-world-sweat-shop-exploiting company richer; it releases funds for a range of needy causes. Charity shopping is also thrifty, and it restricts choice and thereby strikes a blow at consumerism.