THRIFTING OP-SHOPPING SALVAGING RECYCLING PRELOVED VINTAGE RETRO TIP SHOP

 

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These

are 

the 

kind 

of 

words 

that 

make 

me 

SWOON.

Cannot go past one,

even on holidays, without feeling a deep pang in my belly.(Am I weird? Does it matter?)                      

I have been doing this , thrifting etc, for YEARS, way before it became hip to do            so...yes I know... 

we all say that.                                                                              

It started age 13,     

year 8, when I walked past the                             local Vinnies on the way to and from school. 

In the window

one glorious day, I saw a rather fetching pair of "Dolly" style school shoes. I tried them They fitted. I was hooked. 

And so began my love in earnest...men's shirts, particularly tuxedo dress shirts..which I sewed funky vintage buttons onto.

I thought i was so goddamn COOL.

Now, a few decades on, my thrifting choices are geared towards purchases for my home. And boy, do I have a lot of cool stuff. No minimalism here...sorry.Do I neeed any more? NO. Will this stop me? NO...but you knew that already, huh?