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They Were Thrift Stores, Now They're Charity Shops .. Nothing's Changed For Me!
Mar 29th, 2008
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een a second-hand clothes junkie since I was 13/14 years old back in the States. Now it's just second nature as I love being able to get decent, unusual clothes for next to nothing. There are some people in this town who are really weird about it and think it's disgusting - but who is laughing when they compliment you on your clothes and you tell them you got them at Oxfam or PDSA? hahahaha we are.
I once got a City Lights Books tee for $1 at Goodwill .. and a pair of black 20 eyelet Doc Martens at Cats Protection for £5, brand new, my size. Those were my best finds ever, trans-Atlantic, and I don't have either one anymore :(
But now I treat ebay as a second-hand store and scour for oddities and bargains, and still get off my lazy butt sometimes and go into the charity shops in town. It's not something I ever intend to stop doing, even if I suddenly publish a novel and strike it rich. It recycles clothes that would otherwise be wasted / take up landfill space, if it's a charity-based shop it helps people or animals who need the money, you end up with clothes other people don't have [if you pay attention, some of them are quite old and no one has spotted that they are vintage and worth a lot more than £2!], and it saves our £s in a superficial society like ours where everyone wants our money. Can't be bad!
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  | Posted Mar 29th, 2008 at 6:28AM 99% of the clothes i own comes from Charity shops- the local Salvation Army being my fave Charity shop along with the Red Cross one'. Charity shops are great and lit's a great way to get cheap/nice clothes while also supporting a good course^^   |
 | Posted May 1st, 2008 at 6:59AM Most of my stuff comes for the British Heart Foundation mostly because my boyfriend works there and I volunteer there. I love the clothes and think it's pointless to spend loads of £££ on some jeans or a top when you can get something much cheaper from a charity shop. xx |
 | Posted Aug 14th, 2008 at 7:08AM Some of my favorite clothes come from the goodwill, ebay, craigslist, garage sales, and resale shops.what can I say, I'm cheap and love unique/vintage clothes. |
 | Posted Dec 1st, 2008 at 11:58AM It's also a great place to get gifts- my husband and I get a lot of gifts from the swap meet and second hand stores. I got my aunt a beautiful pitcher that looked like a large lemon with the vine as the handle for $10- she LOVES that thing so much. Another year I got her some cookbook holds for like $4. She always loves my presents best and I don't spend much on them, another plus for me- specially when you don't make a lot of money anyways. |
 | Posted Dec 1st, 2008 at 12:05PM Plus it is the green thing to do!! We can pride ourselves on knowing we are the original recyclers!! One man's trash is truly another man's treasure! |
| Posted Dec 1st, 2008 at 12:06PM Plus it is the green thing to do!! We can pride ourselves on knowing we are the original recyclers!! One man's trash is truly another man's treasure! |
 | Posted Jan 9th, 2009 at 11:09PM i love going to thrift stores for shopping, i find realy nice good quality brands as Aero, AE, and other ones in a price not even half of what they sale it at the mall..why would i spend more than double to buy the same shirt or hoodie that i can get for $5? |
 | Posted Jan 10th, 2009 at 6:05AM I go to the salvation army all the time. You can get designer clothes dirt cheap. I also go to garage sales and can get nice things for cheap. |
 | Posted Jan 15th, 2009 at 3:25PM Type your comment here... |
 | Posted Jan 19th, 2009 at 9:18AM Yes I think they are great. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! |
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