Fess Up Friday

I'm tired today.  I have jobs I need to apply for, so instead of taxing my brain to write a blog post I'm re-posting something from a year ago.  Enjoy this re-broadcast!

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I wear used clothes almost exclusively.  I really hate clothes shopping at the department stores. I do, however, enjoy thrift store shopping.  Thrift stores are an adventure.  Walking through a thrift store door is walking into the unknown.  So many possibilities.

My love of the thrift store started when money was tight.  When the budget squeeze loosened I found myself still drawn to the thrift stores.  It's a huge challenge to find a great pair of jeans or a sweater for 99 cents. 

Admittedly I don't need a fancy wardrobe.  I work in the office of a steel fabricating company where most people wear coveralls.  My other careers of agent at the Pike Place Market and Day Care Provider didn't require a fancy wardrobe either.  For years my standard outfit has been jeans or capris with t-shirts in the summer and jeans or slacks with sweaters in the winter.

I'm comfortable in my attire and best of all when it gets stained I'm sick of it, it's much easier to donate it back to the thrift store and buy something new new to me!

Comments

[Mental P Mama]

A great way to be!! So liberating. Now show us your hair!!

[Asthmagirl]

Her hair is fabulous! They will want to hire her just for the hair!

Seriously, she's too good for the job she's interviewing at next week. But it will be a feel good job. And they will be lucky to get her. She's all that!

[The Incredible Woody]

I'm glad I get to wear the same sort of things for my work 'uniform'. I don't know what I would do if I had to really dress for work!

[Lisa]

I have four sisters and for many years we used to swap clothes (as adults, not kids). We'd all bring stuff we no longer wanted and swap it for something we did. Funny thing was that we'd often see "our" clothes recycled again and again, sometimes even choosing an old cast off as something new in a later year. We're all different sizes now, with very different tastes, so we don't do that anymore. Now my daughters pass along their old clothes to me -- I just got four pair of (Old Navy) jeans and two khaki pants from Megan during her recent visit!

[Tracey of These Nine Acres]

I too love thrift stores...for myself and my kids!