tales from the thrift

Ok. Let's get down to business. 

First a review. 

I'm not buying any new clothing in 2011, read about that here. 

I was planning a big goodwill trip for last weekend & did this post to do some planning. 

Some things I wanted: 

denim jumper/babydoll dress

button down shirt

braided belt

cut off shorts

loafers

nautical stripes

cardigans

feminine tops

big girl lady pants

slim fit boyfriend jeans

Well I'll tell you what. I was walking around that Goodwill saying "HALLELUJAH!" with my sister laughing at me. I found many of those silly, exact items. Almost exactly. 

Here's some of what I found: 

feminine top #1 

feminine top #2

lady pants. these look a LOT better in person. 

nautical cardigan.

running skirt? at Goodwill? Can you say thank you LORD?

button-down. 

my plan for the button-down, with some new loafers & belt.  

cute Elias, helping me style an outfit.

I think you remember these running pants, ahem.

close up of the shoes.

made some jeans into cutey shorts.

denim babydoll button-down jumper dress

not pictured, but still found: 

- slim fit boyfriend jeans

- cropped sweatpants, sort of like this 

- wrappy, ballet style top

In full disclosure, what I spent: 

$50 of leftover Christmas money plus a generous donation from the Goodwill-fairy on thirteen items. That's $3.84/per item on average. 

Woosh. Is anyone else exhausted? 

To summarize: 

a) Thrift shopping is neat. And cheap. 

b) A plan sure doesn't hurt. 

c) I will hire myself out for personal-thrift-shopping-fit-sessions for the fee of 

vintage loafers and or denim jumpers. Or coffee. 

Shoot, I'll do it for free ya'll.