Don't you just love it when someone starts a blog and then doesn't post for months on end?!?! (crickets chirping) What can I say? Life. It happens. Kids get busy. Work gets insane. You stop folding clean clothes until 3 weeks pile up in baskets and overtakes your family room. I'm still thrifty crazy as ever. Opened a Poshmark shop, https://poshmark.com/closet/funklicious . (Seriously, go check it out. I have good taste!) Last post was all about my favorite thrift haunts. I thought it might be beneficial to go over some good guidelines to keep in mind when you go thrifting (if you are new to the thrifting game). 1. Bring friends. It's a bitchin' time to get some of your peeps together and search for buried treasure in thrift stores. Trust me on this. 2. Research your thrift stores first and check out their sale schedule. What colored tags are marked down? When is Ladies' Night? What days are 50% off (BEST DAY EVER)? 3. Don't go in with a specif...
I live in the Metro Detroit area and we are certainly blessed with some damn fine thrift stores. It's going to take me a few posts to list them all, along with all their pros/cons. I will try not to bore you to tears. 1. Value World - located on Central City Parkway in Westland (across from Westland Mall). Pros - HUGE selection of big name brands. Value World has probably the cheapest prices around. PLUS they send out 50% off your entire purchase coupons and other coupon goodies if you go online and subscribe to the newsletter. Make sure to check the white board at the front of the store for the current day's sale. Cons - No dressing rooms to try on, so you take a chance when you purchase. Plan on wearing a tank top under your shirt. At least this way you can try on shirts/jackets. Another check mark against them is that the store is quite large and can seem fairly daunting to tackle. 2. Salvation Army - locaded on Morton Taylor and Joy Rd. (I think...) Pros - You can...