2025 is definitely drawing to a close - and there were several things that were not on my bingo card this year! What were you not expecting and then pleasantly surprised by - comment below ↘️⬇️↙️ 🍼 I wasn't expecting to give up Blackwood shop a year early - but in the currently economic climate and the state of Blackwood and the new landlord and their reputation I think it was the best serendipitous thing that could have happened. Thank you to the staff for helping us. 🔎🎥😱 🍼 being robbed by up to 6 members of staff from stock to cash from the till. This made me and Dan and the remaining volunteers physicall ill. But we have benefited so much from going card only. Thank you to staff and customers for helping us with this. 😱👹 🍼 one of our staff members and friends becoming very ill 🤒 ❤️g . We are glad she is now on the mend. 🍼 Being able to help Mothers with interest free payments 🍼❤️🌍🫂👍 🍼 Being able to give so much stock away for free giveaways ect. 🛍 🍼 the charity shops and business that have reached out to us and support us with our massive recycling program 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿♻️ 🍼 haters making complete fools of themselves and their true colors becoming evident to the world by their own actions. 👍😂🔎🎥👀👏 🍼 Being able to set up mental health walks, craft sessions and free library to help Mothers - not on the scale I would have wanted too but the foundations are there. 🪡🧶🎨🖼💚 🍼 the retail economy to collapse so quickly and being ready to ride the storm 🛶🛑🚨🌩🌪⚡️❄️🌊 🍼Being paid by Facebook and other soical media platforms 💙🦺🧢💰 Thank you to all our customers, supporters and volunteers