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Thrift is truly orginal haute couture
"Do people mind that you give used gifts?"That's a frequent question. As I have written many times, it's hard to discern the origins of my gifts (unless it's clearly vintage) because I free new products from their horrid packaging. Look, this packagi...
Psychic Shopping. Do you have “the gift?”
There is a constant tactical debate amongst thrift store shoppers. To make lists or not, that is the question. I am list-less in thrift. I regularly and list-lessly shop at thrift stores in 10-minute recon strikes in conjunction with running the rout...
We count calories. Why not carbon?
This is one from the archives, it ran in May of 2009 in The Christian Science Monitor. It's wise to pause and reflect. I believe this is what I was discussing with Little Pie while we took a stroll in the Adirondacks one day.Little Pie is especially ...
I\'m sorrry major retailers, say what?
Okay folks, we are in hard times. As of August, the US unemployment rate is 9.6% and it’s on the rise. More layoffs. I’m baffled by the lack of response from the retail market. I don’t watch much TV and we don’t carry cable or dish. But when ...
Golightly trips to the mall and what does she see?
I’d burned through my stash of premium scented candles and decided to trip to the local upscale mall. Off to Anthropologie I go to score a few good candles in the back 40 of the store also known as the saleroom. Illume’s Yuzu Mint fragrance gets ...
A Parable on Retail Pinches
Many times, in many posts, I’ve noted the trick to spending smartly is avoiding the great Retail Pinch, the times we must purchase something quickly, usually spending more than we’d like. The retail world prefers we shop by Pinch; Summer Pinch, B...
Absolving Thrift Stores
The previous post, Standing Naked in a Thrift Store, discusses the crap that lands in such stores, but it also notes that thrift stores are a mirror of sorts reflecting the new market. It’s only fitting to follow up with a post touting the recent ...
Standing naked in a thrift store
Advance Warning: This post is a bit cheeky and heavy on the word “crap”. It's a harsh word but I could not find another. Junk came to mind, but there have been many times I found value in junk. (Junk food being the exception.) Unless it’s a nit...
Thrift Store Tips #1: Converting the retail mind to the Zen of thrift
I've been receiving many requests for advice on thrift store shopping lately. In response, I'm pulling out a series of posts from The Thrifty Chick archives. I just don't believe one can provide sound advice on successful thrift store shopping in one...
Thirft store televisions are not toasted
I only do it about ten times a week, max. I tried to on Tuesday and it was shot. No picture came on the television just a black screen. This RCA television came new to our home three years ago fresh out of the box as a gift. In less than a year, the ...
Dump that retail mind!
There are parts of our lives we know we must change. Unfortunately we opt for an easy way out to awaken that change by taking away or adding small tasks. This works - for about a month.Honest change involves a radical shift in the mind. If we can mak...
Thrift or Miss
I have bouts of thrift store depression. Surprised? Don’t be. It’s not something that requires medication but it’s still melancholy. I even get resentful, “If I see another fondue pot, I’m going to slap it on my head and walk barefoot into ...
