A few weeks ago, I went to Value Village with my fellow thrift enthusiast Adina of Blue Collar Red Lipstick and we had so much fun we decided to make it a regular occurrence! We’re calling it “Tuesday Night Thrift” and we went thrifting last night to make it official! We went to the Sherwood Park Value Village for the inaugural Tuesday Night Thrift and
I had the pleasure of spending last Friday afternoon with one of the nicest people I’ve met! Jaime is the sister of Riki, another amazingly nice woman I helped discover the joy of thrifting almost two years ago. Riki passed my name along to her sis quite some time ago, but I, being the technical wizard I am, had no idea a message was sitting there
There are two kinds of thrifting regrets: Pieces you left behind Pieces you should have left behind A good example of #1 is that black Roots cross-body bag I left behind at the Spruce Grove Value Village sneak peek… Sometimes, when you’re trying to avoid #1, you end up with #2 and that’s exactly what happened to me while trying to embrace the metallic midi
I had something entirely different in mind to wear today and then looked at the beautiful weather forecast and made a game-time decision to switch into one of my recent thrifted Anthro-brand dresses… I suspect this dress is from several years ago but it is in great shape and #noanthroleftbehind and IT HAS POCKETS! I didn’t know how much I loved dresses with pockets until
B.T. (Before Thrifting), I was busy gaining and losing 70lbs three times over having kids. Those years are basically a blur and I didn’t pay much attention to fashion. I started shopping in 2012 after finally feeling like myself again, and then BOOM, my husband lost his job and I started thrifting and the rest is happy history! All that is to say that I
Going back to work is hard. Going back to work is harder if you had an extra 6 weeks off, even if it was for surgery… And so I find myself a little out of habit of dressing like a grown-up a professional. To ease the transition, I bought some “work pajama” pants earlier this summer from Plato’s Closet Strathcona and gave them a go earlier this
It’s not every day that a new thrift store opens in town but that’s exactly what happened today!! Value Village opened a new location in Spruce Grove! I consider Spruce Grove to be part of my “town”; I live near Beaumont, so basically Edmonton, Leduc, Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Spruce Grove, and Stony Plain are all around the same driving time for me and
You might think that, coming off my annual review of how much I thrifted in my 4th year of this adventure, I might, er, slow down a bit. If so, you might be thinking wrong! August was full of thrifting – I took advantage of my higher budget and, er, even splurged a bit. 😀 Here’s a run down of what I added to my closet this
This year (of blogging), I’m delving into sustainable fashion a little more deeply, beyond thrifting which I have, eh hem, mastered. I thrift for my kids but thought I might pick them up something new, something NEW new for back-to-school just so I would have a reason to explore ethical kids clothing options. I had no idea where to start so I turned to Google
Last night, my Splurge Sorority sisters got together for our final gathering of the fourth round of splurging and it was a blast! We started off with a tour and tasting at Big Rig Craft Distillery, the only craft distillery in the greater Edmonton area, providing the only spirits – including vodka, rum, whisky, gin, moonshine, and coffee cream liqueur – that are locally sourced, produced and distributed.
