Shopping the recycled way
#1 on this list? Shop resale! Coats, boots, cozy home decor are some of the Best Buys in consignment, resale & thrift shops.
Start a first-day-of-Fall tradition: Leaf cookies! Fun tradition for kids and for grown-ups. Take a leaf cookie to the owner of your local consignment or resale shop, too
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What’s easier than baby as a football, Daddy as a linebacker or letterman, Mom as a cheerleader or bookish nerd? Grab a onesie at your local thrift, dye it brown, use iron-on tape for the ball laces, and have, forgive me, a ball.
No excuses. Do not buy a cheap, plastic, made-in-China costume for your kids, pets… or yourself. It’s eco-unfriendly to buy something that’s been shipped across the globe to use for one evening. Not when there are so many ideas waiting for you to get creative with at consignment, resale, and thrift shops! Shop local for the best in Halloween disguises… and do
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Ever notice how people say things like I found this at a great new resale shop or maybe they say This? It had my name on it at that consignment shop down on Main, you know the one….
But they say I bought it at Marshall’s or It was on sale at Macy’s.
Isn’t it interesting? True shoppers are so much more excited at the thrill of discovery, the unique local business. They realize it doesn’t take imagination or style savvy to pull out the credit card at the chain store. Anyone can do that.
But it takes ingenuity, creativity, vision, to pull together a unique wardrobe or decorating style. The savings from buying gently-used things? Really secondary to the fashion maven. (Although everyone loves a cheap, err, thrifty thrill.)
Who wants to look like a mall rat?
In a book I read the author was describing just how bland, boring, and plebeian a character was. She did it in one sentence. She was the kind of woman who wore department store jewelry.
Doesn’t that say it all?
If you run across a trifle bowl in your favorite consignment, resale, or thrift shop,
Even if you haven’t the slightest intention of making trifle (but you should), trifle bowls are perfect for decor uses… and even other recipes.
Showcase a pair of perfect pears. Or holiday ornaments. Or your grandmother’s costume jewelry. I’ve even seen a trifle bowl layered with rainbow colors of Jello, topped with whipped cream, for a dieter’s birthday “cake”!
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