Reaching for the dark camel coat hanging on the clothes rail, I felt a ripple of excitement. Looking at the label, I couldn’t believe what I’d found – a beautiful Chloe trench coat that would cost hundreds of pounds to buy new, but was just £6 in this charity shop.
‘It’s my size!’ I squealed to my mum, 77.
‘I’ve always said that’s the beauty of charity shops, you never know what bargains you’ll find,’ she said.
It was June 2012 and after years of Mum trying to