Thrifty Thursdays*

  • Thrifty Thursdays*

    Thrifty Thursdays: Guess Jeans*

    I didn’t get the job. Actually, there isn’t even a job to be had anymore… but I don’t really feel like explaining tonight. It sucks, I’m bummed, but I’ll tell you tomorrow. Anyway, it’s Thrifty Thursday! When I started thrift shopping, it was just for books. I was looking to expand my Nancy Drew collection and decided to try thrift stores as yard sailing is significantly more difficult in the fall / winter. While I was perusing through the book shelves I looked up and saw shoes off in the distance. Lots and lots of shoes. I thought, it couldn’t hurt to look, right? That was when I found my…

  • Thrifty Thursdays*

    Thrifty Thursdays*

    On the weekend I mentioned the possibility of beginning a weekly segment about my Thrift Store adventures. Maggie, the fabulous voice behind Mummy Maggie Chronicles, is starting her own thrifting segment on Thursdays, so I thought that I’d borrow her idea and do the same! While she is focusing more on her unbelievable furniture finds, I’m going to begin showcasing some of the clothes and shoes I’ve found since I started hunting. Now, I get it– thrift shopping grosses a lot of people out. The idea of owning or wearing something that hasn’t always belonged to you (and not knowing where it came from) makes people nervous. I am the…