This is not earth-shattering news for anyone local, but it has been unusually cold these days – and what better cure for cold weather than a good dose of thrift shopping! That’s exactly what I did last Saturday with thrift-guiding client Molly!
Molly is a young part-time student, full-time neurosciences secretary, wife and supporter of all things local food. She is friends with some of my favourite people, Su and Deb, and is another wonderful example of living your values! She was even talking already about her garden! Molly is not new to thrifting but was looking for some help in putting pieces together, going outside her comfort zone and bringing some of her pinned looks to life. Therefore, I *had* to spend several hours on Pinterest researching; just doing my job, Ma’am.
It was a pleasure to go through the racks with Molly! She was patient and willing to try on anything and share some laughs about wildly inappropriate pieces! Here are some pics from our time together…
Molly tried on what she could in the aisles to help narrow down the tops for mixing into outfits. In other words, these carts are the edited options!! Shout out to the Sherwood Park Value Village staff for their patience and willingness to let us go through her cart at a relaxed pace!
The left look was the pièce de résistance of the trip! Molly loved the patterned skirt, chambray, belt and boots! She could be pinned on her own Pinterest board in this outfit! Ultimate thrifting success!! We played with the skirt and found some other ways to wear it, including with the short sleeve sheer blue top, and we discussed another styling trick would be to mix it with a contrasting pattern or colour. As for the chambray, well, Molly found not only one but TWO chambrays in different styles and washes. I’m so very jealous happy for her. I see no sign of chambrays losing steam and, in fact, I am always on the hunt for more for myself. There are pins and pins of chambray pinspiration, but one of my fave resources is the Smith’s Blog Chambray Shirt Project. Chambray + black skirt = YES! Chambray + orange skirt = YEEEESSSSS!!!! I could go on but I’m close to exceeding my exclamation point per post max.
Molly had a generous shopping budget and didn’t even come close to her top limit! She spent $187.15 on 26 pieces for an average cost per piece of $7.20, or $11.45 including my fee, for great quality pieces and brands! I’m hard pressed to choose a favourite, but I’m leaning towards that incredible BCBG blazer! Molly, it was a true pleasure and I hope you enjoy all of your amazing new pieces.
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wow – i LOVE that skirt! dots, denim and leather – AWESOME!
cant think of one thing better than thrift shopping ever, and even a better idea when its so cold out.
looks like you guys had fun!
su 🙂
I’m with you, Su! I had a great time! And Molly found great pieces! This weekend I will shop for moi!
When I saw the blonde hair in the awesome chambray look I thought it was you!!! HA! Love the orange pencil skirt and the polka dot one…of course, the chambray is perfect and really all of that for less than $200 is amazing! So fun!!!
hee hee well, I wanted that outfit but since I was on the job, I restrained myself!! She did great, I’m so pleased!
Awesome! Love the chambray! (I learned a new word today).
Nothing like “new to you” clothes after a too long winter 🙂
Indeed!! Hey, you NEED a chambray!!! Chambray and plaid are practically tied for versatility!!