Thrifting Tip too Link Up

For those of y'all who saw Friday's Quick Takes, this link upward comes every bit no surprise.  To guide maintain part, all y'all guide maintain to produce is write a postal service amongst your best thrifting tip or trick. Include or don't include an outfit photo; it is completely upward to you. Then, link upward below to bring together the fun!

I'll larn first... I had a hard fourth dimension choosing a tip to portion amongst you, but I lastly settled on ane that I intend is the foundation for all the rest. Are y'all read for this gem of wisdom?  Do non purchase an item from the thrift store if it does non delight y'all 100%. 

And in that place y'all guide maintain it. But I volition elaborate. Because I e'er do. If an item is worn out together with cannot live fixed produce non purchase it. Check pant hems together with cuffs for fraying. Look for spots, pilling, fading, together with stains, particularly within the collar, downwards the front, together with inward the armpit areas. If an item almost fits, produce non purchase it (unless y'all can together with will brand any adjustments it needs). If an item leaves y'all amongst a "blah, it's okay," form of feeling, produce non purchase it. If an item is near to larn dwelling family amongst y'all exclusively because  you experience similar y'all can't exit empty handed because thence your shopping trip was pointless together with because thence y'all guide maintain proof (in a negative sense) that your afternoon was wasted..... Don't purchase it! And ane to a greater extent than clarification near the higher upward statement. If y'all are 100% pleased amongst something, but it scares y'all only a picayune fighting because it is exterior your comfort zone, purchase it!

And for the outfit details. If y'all read the aforementioned Quick Takes y'all volition already know that I guide maintain been contemplating whether or non to include to a greater extent than details near each outfit. Since readers either said that they preferred to a greater extent than information or were neutral, I volition oblige. Jeans: Old Navy // Merino dark cowl: Banana Republic thrifted // Navy long cardigan: Eddie Bauer "thrifted" from a friend's "about to larn to Goodwill" handbag // Belt: 7 Hills from Piperlime // Boots: Fugu Malibu from Piperlime // Watch: Citizen Eco Drive  (gift) // Pearl stud earrings (gift).

  

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