Thrifting Score!

That sounds like a great find!

My mom loves to go to thrift stores and has gotten some good finds over the years! Yours sounds like a real winner!

I am a member of an MCM Facebook group, and I am stunned at some of the amazing things people pick up in thrift stores in the US. I was reading some of the posts in the group last weekend, and was so inspired, I raced down to an op shop about 15 minutes from my house. Most op shops are closed on Sundays, but I knew this one would be open. Sadly I didn't find any MCM treasures, but I did leave with a King size doona (comforter) for the spare bed, two skirts, a pair of jeans, a dressy tank top, and a t-shirt. I spent $112. The doona was the most expensive, it was $59.


A Calvin Klein dress in an op shop here would be MUCH more than that. I expect it would be around $15-20. Then again, the original price would also be a lot more than $90! What a great find for you!

I got a milk glass raised cake stand to use at my DD’s wedding this weekend. I have a whole collection of cake stands. None were white.

Got home the next day, opened the car door, box fell out and it broke. Kind of sick about it now.

It's been a good minute since I've actually bought anything at the thrift store, but I went before I started working where I do now because I knew I couldn't get away with wearing jeans every day (which is funny since I'm in sweatpants 98% of the time now).

But I digress.

I bought some pants that needed no hemming (a small miracle), but the real winner was the $14 wool peacoat from J. Crew (I think -- one of those nice stores [and I'm too lazy to look in the closet]) that retails for $325. I keep telling myself that one of these winters, I'll get the lining replaced since it's torn in a few areas...and then I remember that we rarely get weather cold enough and when I wear coats out to the car, I immediately take them off when I get in. 😂

I love thrifting! A great deal of my clothes come from those stores. That dress is a great find!

Oh I am sick for you! I love milk glass! 

OK I realize this makes me sound like a crazy person, but my DD isn't engaged yet (but not far off) and she has 2 wedding dresses and veils.

DD loves thrift shopping and it makes up a big percentage of her wardrobe. She also really loves mystery bags and boxes from stores.

I stumbled on shopgoodwill.com and found they have wedding dresses and usually some in the preservation boxes. I joked with her that the boxed one would be a mash up of her favorite things.

With her blessing, I bought one (under $25 including shipping) thinking we would get a ill fitting over the top 80's dress that she could try on, we'd have a laugh, and they she could use it in a cosplay or I'd just donate it straight back.

It turned out to fit almost perfectly and it was a pretty simple style that looked great on her. We agreed to tape it back up in the box and shove it back into the closet so when the time to actually try on dresses we can pull it out and see if it was a contender.

Well apparently this turned out to be my tragic addiction, because a few months later I tried it again. I justified it saying you couldn't see anything but the box on this dress (the previous one had better pictures) and we'd more likely get the silly try on experience we had planned before. Dang it! This one also fit pretty well and was very nice. (I'm still team dress 1 but DD I think is dress 2) so now I have 2 ridiculously sized boxes sealed and shoved in the back of my closet for a year or 2.

DD had told her boyfriend when we bought the first one that she would send him pictures of the try on unless by chance she liked it and would consider it for their wedding. She did not send him pictures of either one.

I haven't gone to a thrift STORE in a while, but the last couple weeks, I've made HUGE scores at estate sales. I just started a new job where I need to dress 'business casual' again, after 6 months of working laboratory jobs where I wore jeans, tee-shirts, tennis shoes/safety shoes and had to worry about my clothes getting spilled on or dirty.

Both estate sales I found had photos of VERY nice clothing, and the listing said ladies clothes from Talbots, etc.

At the first estate sale I got more than ten long-sleeved t-shirts (for layering under sweaters) from Eddie Bauer, etc. for $2 each, 4 or 5 silk scarves (I have a weakness for them) for a couple dollars, and two long-sleeved blouses from Talbots for $4 each.  The second estate sale I got 2 blazers, 5 pairs of dress pants, more silk scarves, two more blouses, 5 belts (one belt from Talbots with a price tag for $59.50 still on it), three pairs of more casual chinos, etc. The items were mostly from Talbots and a few other higher-end mall stores.

When I calculated it all up later using very conservative "new item" prices, I figure that I got >$900 worth of 'classic' clothes for about $150.  So I basically refreshed my entire work-appropriate wardrobe for under $200. (I do have to hem up the pants, though- ick.)

I'm sorry about your broken cake stand, teddyw ! Anything getting broken sucks, but it sucks EXTRA when it's a super-good-deal you just found.

eta:  I just realized that right now I'm wearing a J. Jill sweater from an estate sale, too. Got it for less than $5. I love a good thrift score!!  

I rarely make it up to our Goodwill but I do shop eBay periodically. Just scored a pair of Democracy jeans (my favorite!) and a cute Talbot's plaid blazer, each for less than $20. Was very pleased. I love eBay and occasionally ThredUp and PoshMark for good buys.

cadoodlebug For some people it’s more important to get it gone immediately, also I know a lot of people don’t feel like the hassle of dealing with meeting people because of the flakes. Or taking the photos and making the listings and replying to questions, etc. or holding on to it for a garage sale. It’s me. I’m some people. When I make the decision I don’t want something anymore I want it gone immediately if not sooner. As soon as a bag or box is full for donation it gets put in the vehicle immediately just to get it out of the house. We’ve only held on to things to sell them once. And while we made several hundred dollars I would have rather have the space all that time we held on to them. 

crimsoncat05 so good to “see” you!

I love a good thrift store score. That was a fantastic find, OP!

There are probably some in my town but we live in a gated community so it wouldn't work here. We do have trucks that come by and pick up donated items for charities.

We got rid of a coffee table and our dining room table and chairs by giving them away for free. The market for used furniture is not very good, and when you charge even a small amount, you have to deal with flakes, people who want to argue with your price, people who want you to deliver the item to them, people who want it to be free anyway because their "aunt with cancer" really needs it, etc. Post it for free and someone will be there to pick it up the same day in most cases. No hassle. No longer my problem.