Back a couple of weeks ago while Hurricane Harvey was barely beginning and seemed merely like a reason to hunker down and snack, I found some secondhand stress relief by thrift shopping on-line using Thred Up for the very first time, if you can believe it. Up until recently, Thred Up was not available in Canada and so I could only watch with envy as my Southern thrifty neighbours
A week ago, things were very different. I now live in Katy which is a suburb city West of Houston. I had grand plans for the past week. The kids were supposed to be into their third week of school, I had plans to meet up with new friends, I was considering exercising, I was getting into routine. We all heard about Harvey’s approach and
Well, I don’t know what you’re doing right now, but I’m sitting indoors waiting out a hurricane, musing about another year of thrifting under my belt. It was 5 years ago this August that I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to shop secondhand for a year and blog all about it. I still have most of those first purchases and about 500 more pieces in my
Did YOU celebrate the big holiday yesterday?!! Okay, maybe it hasn’t achieved stat holiday status, but National Thrift Shop Day happens every August 17th and is a great excuse to head out for a little thrifting! That’s just what I did with my new friend Laurie, followed by festive bevvies (which in the blazing August sun of Houston means margaritas), so basically I had the
Tis that time of the year for my annual plea for people to avoid fast fashion. (Straight to the point.) I’m (not) sorry but here in Texas and much of the US, school starts next week (which finally explains why back-to-school ads start so early), which means we are in the thick of school supplies and back-to-school shopping, which bring up my annual angst. You see, I loved
Some things are just meant to be. On the day I arrived in Houston, I received a lovely email from a woman named Elisa, welcoming me and offering help and friendship. Elisa and her husband are retired long-term Houstonians who immigrated years ago. Last week, I finally took Elisa up on her offer and the kids and I headed out for a blind-friend-date for lunch
Today marks one month in our new home in Texas and things are settling down a bit in terms of logistics. I dare not say they have concluded because there is still a significant logistical event on the horizon: school, which starts on August 16th. Back in Canada, my kids all attended the same pre-k through Grade 6 school of about 500 students, and I also
Moving to the US has been a learning a process, and no doubt will continue to be so for the next 6 months to a year or longer, or so the Internet tells me. For example, I have already learned that my beloved Canadian Value Villages are just not as prevalent in the US, that Goodwill is the major thrift chain of choice. I have
Since I started thrifting back in 2012, I have followed a lot of thrifters worldwide on social media including several from Houston and Texas. I’ve always been blown away by the low prices of some of their thrift finds, wondering how and where they find such amazing deals… I finally get it… I ventured out last Friday in my “new” wheels with my “friend” Siri
It finally happened. I was FINALLY able to go for a proper thrifting trip and it was exactly what I needed! Though I am very blessed with a beautiful home and a pool here in Texas, there are tons of logistics to deal with every. single. day. Today, I learned I could not get a library card until I have ID with my name and address on it.
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