Another cute dress from another lovely colleague

My colleague Cathy shared this cute little thrift store find with me:

What have you found at a thrift store lately?

Fun, flirty and fabulous-how to make thrift store clothes look great!

My colleague, Sarah wore this cute ensemble this morning. We were chatting about where our clothes came from and I mentioned that from the waist down, I was all thrift store*. She revealed that so was she! I told her I had to take a picture to share. Isn't she just adorable?

*Ok, minus the panties...those I still buy new.

Thrift store skirts

One of the gals I work with, Bo, has the most amazing collection of super duper cute skirts. Here she is in one of my favorites. I even picked up one of her skirts in our recent clothing swap at the office. What's doubly amazing about her collection is that almost every single one of them comes from thrift stores.

Good hunting, Bo!

Fabulous Sheryl

I was recently chatting with a fabulous friend and started talking about thrift store shopping. She started rattling off all the fabulous finds she gets at thrift stores and told me that in fact, the pants and jacket she was wearing were from a thrift store. I had to snap a pic on the spot and share with you all. I encouraged her to send me more finds, so hopefully more to come from Sheryl soon!

Dress for Success

Just a quick one. My good friend, Jennifer found these beautiful dresses, a cardigan and a shirt, plus a dress for her daughter (not pictured). Grand Total? $75! That's some mad Goodwill mojo!

St. Paddy's Day Muumuu

I saw this cute Muumuu Redo (see what I did there?) and just had to link to it. The best part is I have a muumuu in my collection that I plan to turn into a skirt. It's pretty hideous and I am really looking forward to the "challenge" of turning it into something I might actually like/wear. This post has inspired me to attempt it soon. Great job, Elizabeth!

Thrift store quickie

Capris in brown, gray, green and a
gorgeous light blue. (picture doesn't
do the color justice, obviously...)

Guys, I screwed up. Pretty big. I packed really wrong for our trip to Vegas. I had seen the weather reports on my phone (I may or may not have bragged to my coworkers about the ridiculous 80s and 90s weather we'd be having.) I think I paid for that bragging by being stupid about how I packed for the trip. I packed 1 pair of capris, 2 pairs of pants and t-shirts. No tanks, no hiking shoes, not nearly enough capris... *sigh* Oh yeah, I didn't pack any reading material, either. Yeah, I just packed poorly.

So... enter the thrift store! Luckily for me, the thrift Gods smiled upon me today. Sorry for the quality of this photo (I neglected to pack my "good" camera, too.... *double sigh*!) I scored myself 4 pair of capris and 2 books. The grand total? $20.26!!! Awesome...

Pretty pretty princess

My friend's little girl was turning 2 and a mutual friend suggested dress up clothes theme for the party. Here's what she posted to FB about it:

{Mutual friend} had the best idea for A's birthday present! We went with a whole dress up theme. Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles got her some wonderful new dress up clothes and shoes, all of which she totally loves. However, her presents from J and me were all second hand. The things she plays with most are all her "slightly used" necklaces, bracelets and clip on earrings :) And the second hand store was the best place to get lots of nice, gaudy costume jewelry at super low prices. Great idea!

What a little cutie. Nice move, Mom! Way to make her day special without breaking the bank!

Amazing thrift store find and refashion

This blog post is so sweet. A young girl finds a pretty (but outdated) dress and through some hard work and ingenuity turns it into her prom dress. Beautiful! Go show her some love. (You have to click through to see the awesome shoes she paired with this dress. Really-they're perfect!)

HELLO?? CAN YOU HEAR ME???

Probably not over this shirt....

Blogging about and stumbled on a thrift post

Was just spending wasting my entire night screwing around on the internet (You'd think at some point I'd decide I have PLENTY of ideas on my "handmade gift ideas" board...) and I stumbled across this post over on things for boys. Not only do I like the pattern and the fabric she plans to make it out of, but I've also finally discovered that Savers must somehow be affiliated with Value Village. Or, they just have eerily similar tags.

Vests

So, at the end of last week, my colleague and good friend, Gregg asked me a question every thrifter loves. "Where do I find _____?" In this case, the ____ was a vest. He had a wedding to attend and didn't want to wear a full jacket but wanted to still look sharp. I've never really paid much attention to whether or not some of my favorites carry men's vests, but I gave him the low-down (probably gave him way more info than he wanted) on where I would look. Later that evening, he sent me this email:

4 Vests for 27 bucks! A Banana Republic merino wool, a faux leather button snap, a paisley and this brown one! Thanks Value Village, Goodwill, and of course thrift fashion connector Terra!
-Gregg

A handsome man with some handsome vests.

Glad to help, Gregg. What great finds!

TMNT

Just a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Snuggy found at Goodwill.

Thrift found by A geeky Peacock
(Go check out her blog-for the cuteness of her adorable
little fur-baby if nothing else. Trust me!

Check out this thrift finders blog and/or Twitter feed

Thrift stores: Amazing places for costumes!

Here, we have another great find from the same Redditor that brought us the penguin mug.

Halloween is fast approaching and thrift stores can really carry some gems when it comes to kitting (or kilting?) yourself out.

This Redditor really has an eye for great thrift!

This dress is something any Ren Faire enthusiast would be jealous of. How much would you pay for this beautiful piece? Would you believe the price tag was 5 bucks?

Cowboy UP!

There's not a lot to be said about this picture of my co-worker Gregg in this fabulous western shirt. If it hadn't been apparently 3 sizes too big for him, he would have bought it. 

*Sorry about the blur. I promise my photography skillz (and the technology I'm using to snap candid thrift store shots) has much improved since some of these early shots.