Saturday, December 1, 2012

Why I Thrift!

So I get ribbed a bit by my friends (some of them!) because they don't understand my thrifting. They would understand if I was very cheap all around, but they can not understand how I can be unwilling to spend $30 on a tshirt but have no problem throwing it down for a bottle of nail polish or a lipstick. Its contradictory to them. I personally do not see a contradiction. For me its about quality. I have no problem spending $30 on a top. I have a problem spending thirty cents on something that is not of decent quality. I do not understand why or when it suddenly became acceptable to make a wool skirt or pair of slacks without a lining. When did that happen? WHY?? I think we can all agree that the quality of clothes has gone so far downhill its not something that can even be debated. I am NOT ok with that. And to buy QUALITY now usually means spending FAR too much money on high end designers. Insert thrifting.


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So this dress breaks all my thrifting rules. I do not buy anything that is:

  • synthetic materials
  • mass produced from stores such as walmart, target, old navy, etc.
  • for skirts and dresses - fully lined
  • stained, ripped, torn
  • does not fit me PERFECTLY - I need to accept that I am NOT going to get anything hemmed, altered or tailored. And I will get clothing that fits me five pounds from now WHEN IM 5 POUNDS FROM NOW. I will dress the body I have NOW. 
So this dress is synthetic AND from Old Navy. But its fully lined and even though I HATE pink, it kind of called my name. I figured I would try it on just to settle my curiosity and be done with it. But it fit PERFECTLY! And it was lined, AND I had a function to go to this weekend that it would be perfect for. And with the $6.40 price tag, this is me today:

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Then, as I was walking out of the store look what was being put out:

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These shoes are BRAND new (well, Ive worn them twice since I got them!!) and were....... are you ready for this?? $4.50!! Yup, for Cole Haan leather mules.

And that is why I thrift!!!

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