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Aug 09SAVE $$$, GO THRIFTING!
I don’t know about you, but I’m watching what I spend my money on. I’m so glad my birthday just passed because I was showered with lovely things I simply cannot buy myself at the moment. I’m trying to save money and it is hard because it is not like I have that much. Even more grim is our economy and the unemployment rate, particularly in California. I swear that every friend I have is looking for a job, worried about their job security, trying to find a place to live or merely watching every dollar that comes out of their wallet. I am certainly not exempt from this and I’m guessing you’re probably not either. That’s why I think it is important we get extremely creative with the money we do have.
Thank goodness I was taught by my grandmother at a very young age about the magic of thrift stores. Even better is when you have best friends who also love to thrift! This past weekend – birthday weekend – Phuong and I visited our local Salvation Army in the ‘bra. Unfortunately they were not having their buy 1 get one 1 free, but I still think we made out like bandits.
Phuong found a colorful floral silk suit which you can see it only took her a day to alter and make amazing. As for me, I added another pair of baggy silk pants to my ever growing collection. You can never go wrong with 100% silk. I’m really obsessing over the comfort of silk pants right now – I wish I could wear them every day and I’m the person who never wore pants! Ever.
Do yourself a favor and visit your local thrift store. You can also give back and donate some of your old wares. Tax right off? Yes!