The Joy of Thrift

[Wink Holliday]

I love thrift stores. I love pawing through other people's discards, and finding something that is just my style for only a couple of dollars. I usually stick to the "knick-knacks" area, because while the clothing can offer up some treasures, it's usually packed tight and I get bored with flicking through hanger after hanger of holiday sweaters.

So there I am on Saturday, I've done my pass through knick-knacks and appliances and shoes and handbags and belts, and I'm finally on my way, empty-handed this time out, toward the registers and the front door beyond them.

Something catches my eye.

There, in the rack of black shirts. A glimpse of pale green embroidery that alerts something in my brain, and a synapse quietly fires.

I stop. I take a step backwards. I redirect myself down the 20-foot aisle of black shirts. I find the bit of green, I separate the hangars, and I am face-to-face with Scully PL-636. I really, really like Scully shirts. I only own one, because at a starting price of $75, I can't afford them. The one I have, I was as pleased as Punch to nab for a mere $36 at a clearance sale. This one? This one staring me in the face at the thrift store? It is $5.99. FIVE DOLLARS AND NINETY-NINE CENTS. I may have squealed with delight.

I love thrift stores.

[Poppy Fields]

Ooooh yummy! Vigilance is rewarded :)

Thrift stores here are the s****, seriously. Faded t-shirts and capri jeans as far as the eye can see. Luckily, I have a nose for anything sheer, embroidered, velvet, sparkly or leather! Scores include fully embroidered Asian-styled blouse ($3.99), cropped black velvet jacket ($6.99) and tiered leather mini skirt ($8.99). Generally though, disappointing. EXPENSIVELY disappointing :(

[Wink Holliday]

Pic!

[Phanta]

i love them too
i've bought a bunch of old playboys for $1 each and $1 rollerskates!
among a wide variety of clothes, i refuse to buy them anywhere now

[Betty Sue]

Wink, I'm on the edge of my seat... show me this pale green! xo

[KiKi]

i remember going to thrift store with my grandma as a child and i have ALWAYS loved them. they are WONDERFUL!! hey, just the other week, i bought the CUTEST black knitt skirt from the one down the street from my house. it DOES NOT help that i live soooo close to one. lmaoooooo. HAPPY thrifting my loove