Thrifty Thursdays advice

Anyone who knows me, knows I am very thrifty! I seem to find steals and deals. I have an eye for it...whether it's something for the house, repurposed, or clothes for me or my family members.
My closet is mostly filled with items from thrift stores, consignment or friends who just wanted to give stuff away because they no longer wanted it. They know who to ask first before making that trip to Goodwill. I have an eye for putting things together and spotting things to work with. 

You see living in Chapel Hill has a few perks you can find stuff big or small; name brand, couture, or boutique clothing and some still may have a tags on them! If you can remember back to your broke college days...you need money to go out~ right...there is now a store in Chapel Hill called Clothes Mentor that buys name brand, newly styled (within 2-3 years), quality stuff and they give you cash on the spot! cha ching...affords a night out on the town for them and something new to wear for me. That equation means theres been a lot of cute clothes I have picked up cute stuff at that store and it looks like it has never been worn. 

I could probably afford to go to the Mall or cute boutiques but I pride myself on putting together eclectic looks from different thrifty stores. It's fun to me... Some may think its gross but there is such a thing as a washing machine! I do draw the line at garments that would not be in good personal hygiene to buy used!!! If you catch my drift!
I thought I would start blogging about that here for Thrifty Thursday posts...putting tips on here, were to shop, and some outfits I put together and how much I actually spent on the whole outfit!

If I do splurge on something its few and far between and probably because I actually need it! My only splurge item is on running shoes! I have to have top of the line running shoes, I have learned my lesson on buying shoes from regular shoe stores versus running stores! It made a huge difference in my training. You cannot skimp on shoes!  It makes this thrifty shopper feel better about splurging every once in awhile.

So look for those posts on Thursdays...