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Charity Shop Haul – Plus Bongo Brown Tail Beanie Find!

Friday, October 10th, 2025

Hi everyone! I just wanted to share my latest charity shop haul!

I was scouring through a charity shop that I visited recently, and spotted a basket with a few Beanie Babies on one of the shelves.

First I picked up Bongo, but as it was the common “tan tail” version that I already own, I put him back. Then, I spotted another Bongo, so I turned him over and discovered he was the “brown tail” variant.

Bongo Monkey Brown Tail Ty Beanie Baby 2nd Generation Tush Tag

Sure, he isn’t in 100% mint condition, needs a small amount of spot-cleaning and unfortunately is missing a hang tag, but for £2.50 I couldn’t pass him up!

Here is a view of the back of him…

Bongo Monkey Brown Tail 2nd Generation Tush Tag

Isn’t he awesome?! But that’s not all…

I turned him over to get a better look at his tush tag, and discovered that he in fact has a 2nd Generation tush tag!

Bongo Monkey Brown Tail 2nd Generation Tush Tag

Sadly, it’s not in great shape and is heavily faded, but still a pretty cool find for a charity shop!

I also picked up a couple of other common Beanie Babies, Sherwood (tagged) and Almond (untagged).

Beanie Baby Charity Shop Haul

I never usually find anything apart from common Beanie Babies in charity shops, so finding a “brown tail”, 2nd generation tush tag Bongo, albeit not in the best condition, was pretty cool!

Have you had any lucky thrifting finds? What were they? Leave a comment below!

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I Thrifted a £1 Chip Beanie Buddy!

Friday, January 31st, 2025

Hi everyone! I just LOVE thrifting Beanies! This time, I managed to find a Chip Beanie Buddy for only £1!

She was untagged, but I just had to bring her home with me. I mean, who wouldn’t?

Chip Calico Cat Ty Beanie Buddy
She wasn’t exactly unclean as such, but I gave her a wash and a brush she’s come up great! And still so lovely and soft!

Just look at that adorable face!

Chip Calico Cat Ty Beanie Buddy
While she may not be BRAND new, for £1 I think she was a bargain!

The wonderful caramel brown and black colouring on her back also washed up lovely, as did her long tail. Plus she smells all lovely and clean now!

Chip Calico Cat Ty Beanie Buddy
I didn’t actually have the Buddy version of Chip, so it was lovely to find her. She is just purrfect! And she looks like she’s glad to have a new home!

Chip Calico Cat Ty Beanie Buddy

I just love thrifting new Beanies. It’s always a surprise what you will find! This time I found a Chip Beanie Buddy, but who knows what I’ll find next!

I found Chip at the Emmaus Charity Superstore in Sheffield, which is possibly the best charity shop I’ve visited (they have goats!). They are also not massively overpriced like a lot of the more popular charity shops have sadly become.

I found a few McDonalds Teenie Beanie Boos there too for 25p each, but to be honest, I already had them so I left them behind.

Do you love thrifting Beanies? What was the last Beanie you thrifted? Leave a comment below!

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Latest Beanie Haul!

Saturday, September 25th, 2021

Hi everyone!

Recently I’ve been on the hunt for Beanie bargains! One of my favourite places to go is to my local charity shops!

Up until this week, I haven’t had much luck as there have either been no Beanies to be seen or they have had ones I already own. This week however, I’ve managed to pick up a LOT!

I found a 2000 Signature Teddy in my local British Heart Foundation shop. I just LOVE the colours on this one!

He is a mottled purple and grey colour and absolutely beautiful. He wears a multicoloured mesh ribbon and features the embroidered Signature Bear heart with the year 2000 on it.

Float and Twitterbug are two new bugs to join my collection.

I love how Float has a longer pile on the fabric of her upper wings as it makes them look a little furry. I also LOVE the name “Twitterbug”! It sounds very cute (even though I know from experience cicadas are VERY noisy!).

I also found a few new kitties for my collection! Tabitha, Purr and Miles were also charity shop finds.

Sadly, Miles didn’t have a hang tag attached, but I couldn’t leave her all on her own, so she came home too!

I also found Cara from the Hallmark shop at Lakeside Shopping Outlet in the UK. There were 50% Ty products, so I also picked up Enchanted to go with her.

I picked up Derby (fluffy mane version) and Iggy (blue version without a tongue) as I didn’t have them and they were both cheap. I used to own them both, but I can’t remember what happened to them.

I also picked up some tinies. Stretchy, ‘Nook, Claude and Rocket are all McDonald’s Teenie Beanie Babies, Ozzie is a Halloweenie Beanie owl and Gypsy the St. Bernard is a Teeny Ty.

I found a Flippables Pixy the unicorn in Poundland who is absolutely beautiful! I adore her rainbow coloured glittery eyes!

Here they are altogether…

And finally, today I found four more Beanie Babies. Sheets, Danny Dog, Squirmy and the Cat with Heart Eyes emoji.

Have you stumbled across any great deals on Beanies recently? Share your most recent finds in the comments below!

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Slim pickings….

Monday, April 26th, 2021

Hi guys!

Another lovely day here at Beaniepedia HQ! Freckles took a walk in the park this morning and found a very interesting-looking plant that looked like a cabbage.

At the weekend, we went Beanie Hunting! We went to the charity shops in search of bargains, but sadly there were hardly any Beanies out there! The only Beanies I found were Doby, Silver, Liberty, and Benny from the Ty Monstaz range, but I already have them in my collection.

I also found Rainbow Dash from the My Little Pony set of Beanie Babies, but she wasn’t in the best condition, so I left her.

However, I did find this little cutie….

This little white tiger is called Tundra and she’s so sweet! I love the expression on her face as she almost looks a little confused about something!

This is the first version of Tundra, as there was another tiger called Tundra released in 2014 with glittery eyes that looks very similar to a Beanie Boo, but with smaller eyes.

 

She has a slightly coarse texture to her fur that has a slight shine to it in the light. Her body is covered in beautiful black stripes from head to toe, with the exception of her belly and muzzle.

Tundra’s Birthday is on 4th September 2005 and her poem reads:

So quiet you won’t hear a sound
As I stalk and prowl around
Watch out or I’ll give you a scare
When I jump out and say, “Hi there”!

All in all, this weekend was a partial success. Although I’ve had other days where I’ve managed to find loads of bargains, this weekend I only managed to find one. However, the bargain I did find, I’m really happy with, especially for £1.50! I bought her from a Cancer Research UK charity shop, so the money will also go to a good cause.

What do you think of Tundra? Have you found any bargains this weekend? Leave a comment below!

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We’re Going on a Beanie Hunt!

Friday, April 23rd, 2021

Hi guys!

It’s a lovely sunny afternoon here at Beaniepedia HQ and the best part is…it’s Friday!

We had a lovely walk around the park this morning and Nuts posed for a photo shoot.

Tomorrow, I am hoping to hit the charity shops (thrift stores in the USA) in the hope that I can find some bargain Beanie Babies/Boos!

Up until recently in the UK, most shops, including charity shops were closed due to the pandemic. They are now finally open again, so we are going to see if we can find any bargains!

I love searching charity shops for bargains. Not only is it fun to see what you can find, and you are essentially recycling by buying unwanted things, but the money is also going to a good cause, which makes it even better!

Do you hunt for Beanies in charity shops/thrift stores? What are your most recent finds? Leave a comment below!

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