I love thrifting, do you? I have not stopped by our local Goodwill in a while and decided to go browse, just to see what I could find. You know what I love about thrifting at Goodwill? Their color theme discount. If you happen to purchase clothing items and the tag is the color of the day, you get it at half price!
Now normally, I rarely ever get in on that discount. But it's thrifting, and they give student discount, whose complaining? Not me! I am really looking for certain items which I will share at another write up, however, I went in with an open mind and a promise not to walk out with too much stuff. I'm infamous for going in for "one item" and walking out with let's just say more than one!
For some reason in my head there were visions of sun, summer, beach, workday simplicity.....so I headed over to dresses. I already have dresses in my closet. But I wanted something else that I couldn't quite "put my finger on". You know that feeling of when you see it, you'll know? Yep, I will know!
I picked up six items and headed to the dressing room to see what they would look like. You would not guess the sizes of what I picked up, the variety seemed an impossibility. But I will clue you in to why I decided to go with the pieces in the sizes they were in.
This Mossimo top was a size 16/18. The best fit for me.
Those were my finds from thrifting and what a haul it was! I spent only $13!!! Now somewhere in this article is the phrase or words for you to take a note of. Happy blog-scavenger hunting!~
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| A J.Jill Striped dress, a score on special discount! |
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| This was a size 2X. I'm no longer a 2X but since I'm in between sizes right now, the fit, although loose, was perfect for a "I just can't be bothered" style day! |
I picked up six items and headed to the dressing room to see what they would look like. You would not guess the sizes of what I picked up, the variety seemed an impossibility. But I will clue you in to why I decided to go with the pieces in the sizes they were in.
This Danny & Nicole size 16 shift dress was oh so perfect for work, and dinner, meetings, etc. I could even wear it to a daytime wedding! The quality was oh so good!
- You can't really do anything about the sizes at the thrift shop. It's a "buy here, you take what you get" system. Of course I like that Goodwill will gladly take something back if it turns out not to be the right choice. And I've only ever done that once. When you like an item of clothing, hopefully it's your size.
- I usually look at the style first, then quality second. The style first because that is what usually catches my eye, is that the same for you curvy divas? Then I look at the quality because although it's a thrift shop with gently worn items, is it worth me bothering with it? Plus, I try to visualize how will it look on me? Embrace your
- Will it fit? That is the third thing I wonder about. As I selected each dress off the rack, twirled with it, looked at it, visualized myself in it. Yes, I'm going to check this one out further, and into my pile it goes.
- After heading to the fitting room, I ensure that there were no stains, tear or weird body odor on my choices and tried on each piece.
This Felicity & Coco Maxi dress was the perfect find for summer days, and even nights! It was a size small!!! Because of the look and quality, (from Nordstrom) I had to see if it would fit and it did! Woot!
Those were my finds from thrifting and what a haul it was! I spent only $13!!! Now somewhere in this article is the phrase or words for you to take a note of. Happy blog-scavenger hunting!~
Each day, for the next five days, I will include a word or phrase in each article I publish for this entire week. You will put it all together and send the sentence or quote from those words as the answer in an email to donnaand company at yahoo dot com. Now find the word or phrase in this article and make a note of it.Come on, join in the fun with me.
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