Our budget being tight (thanks to the extremely High cost of living) and my true hate for real shopping, I've put off buying or even looking for much. In the back of my mind, I've been wanting to go thrift shopping. I usually end up feeling guilty buying clothes from regular stores (plus the torture of shopping in NYC stresses me out), but somehow, I feel good about thrift shopping. I'm reusing, and it's quite relaxing and enjoyable to search the racks and find clothing treasures. NYC has to have some kick ass thrift shops, right? I mean, you have a ton of people... which equals a lot of clothes... Someone (or a lot of someones) has to be donating clothes I want.
With my stepmom visiting this last week, I knew if I mentioned thrift shops, she'd be all about it! She's a very thrifty person, finding awesome things all the time... either at the second hand stores near their home in Texas or auctions... or on the way to auctions... or craigslist. So, after her big YES, I began doing some research and mapped out our second hand store locations, which originally included 18 thrift shops. We ended up visiting 8 and finding out that one of those on the list doesn't actually exist! Click here for the map of the New York City thrift shops we found in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Here are pictures of (almost) all of my finds. I'd say half of the items were under $5. The other part were under $10 each. One pair of pants was $12. One gray pea coat for the coming Spring weather was under $20. I also found some clothes for a few of my siblings.
Funky sweater. Debated on getting it. Green buttons made it a must.
LOVE these green corduroy pants. They are the most comfortable things ever! Plus, I looked at the AG website and other pants on there go for over $150 at retail. I got them for under $10!!
Soft and comfy gray v-neck. Teal sweater with big buttons.
I got a few pairs of jeans, which means all my old jeans can be made into shorts for the summer or donated :)
Can't wait for summer.
Light green Spring sweater.
This shirt makes me think Weekend.
Another warm weather shirt. I'm getting Spring Fever sooo bad!
Skirt. :)
Summer dress. It's so cute on! My favorite brown sweater goes over it perfectly!
A fun find.
Another pair of AG brand jeans. Found these at the East Village Thrift Shop right off the corner of 2nd Ave and 12th St in the East Village. This shop made me happy. I also found some cool scarves (below). It's way too close to Seth's work... I'm sure I'll frequent that shop from now on!
A few tee shirts. Most of mine have shrunk and there's nothing more annoying than a short shirt.
Skirt. Love the pattern and colors. Now I need warmer weather!
Another pair of jeans.
It's a little wrinkled, but I love this shirt! It looks really good with my dark pair of jean-like slacks!
Dress pants for work.
Skirt for work.
Dressier jeans. I can justify wearing "jeans" to work in the middle of the week now!
Did I mention I'm ready for summer. JULY. JULY. JULY. JULY.
Loved the pattern. Turns out it fit. Again. Summer. COME. SOON.
Seth was weirded out by me wearing earrings. I don't often, but maybe I will now.
This wasn't from a second hand store, but it's new this week. Got it on Canal Street while we were down there getting souvenirs. Ended up getting a Great deal on tee shirts and other New York things. I talked a lady at a different place, where we didn't buy from, into $1 shirts. He he! It was kind of fun, even if we didn't take advantage of the deal. I've never done that kind of dealing before... I'm usually scared to! I was sad that I didn't get a woman to sale me a hat for $5. I found this cute one price for $13. I got her down to $10, but tried to go lower. The guy across the street was selling them for $5... she offered $9 and then told me to go across the street. It wasn't quite the color I wanted anyway.
Scarves. One winter, the rest all seasons. Love the striped one!
