jazzy_dave | Shopping

We raised seven kids. LOTS of their clothes came from thrift shops. For 'special occasions', I often sewed special dresses and my girls learned to sew. #2 daughter made her own wedding gown (with her Dad's help-he also sews.) My daughter once had someone ask if she was 'poor', because she had clothes from thrift shops. I said "If we didn't buy from thrift stores, you'd have three sweaters and two skirts instead of the closetful you have." That satisfied her!

No, not into antiques.

Not a lot. I use libraries a lot,though.

I poke through charity shops and thrift stores, but I usually can't find anything in my size.

Love going into antique shops. Always stop in them when I see a new one.

Always always always.

1. Not on the whole, but occasionally.

2. I do, but it was more a past time for Mary Moo. We'd spend ages looking around Bric n Brac shops and Antique stores when were dating. I swear she will turn into Aunty Wainwright when she gets older.

3. Nearly always, yes.

Thrift stores and yard sales are where almost all of my clothes come from.

I enjoy looking in antique shops, but cannot afford to buy things in them.

Duh. Well, not the big chain ones, but any used bookstores, yes.

Do you buy clothes from charity shops / thrift stores?

Occasionally, although I tend to use those more for household items - bowls, vases, etc.

Do you like looking around antique shops?

I'm not particularly fond of antiques, although I have been known to haunt pawn shops in some states.

Do you always enter a bookshop when you see one?

Actually, since I do most of my reading via e-reader, and enjoy book categories that are somewhat specific, I rarely shop actual physical book stores. I buy books constantly, though, on-line.

- Erulisse (one L)

I have bought costume pieces at thrift stores. :)

I do. I don't do it often, but I do like to walk through them. :)

Almost always. lol...
Hugs, Jon

Yep. Most of my clothes are second-hand. Except for undergarments & socks.

Not really.

Almost always!

1. No
2. Yes
3. Most of the time.

I love thrift stores! You can get such interesting things there.

I sometimes like looking around antique shops, but it's not something I plan to do or anything.

I will usually enter a bookshop if I see one, if it's convenient to do so!

1. I used to a lot more. Now I need to look all professional for work, and the selection in thrift stores is less great, but I still buy a lot of costuming things there.
2. Yes!
3. There are no good bookshops in Toronto anymore, at least not near me. Fucking Chapters-Indigo.

Indeed! My primary sources of clothes are the internet and Old Navy, but I love a good thrift store find.

Yes, though I prefer thrift to antique due to the prices.

No. I buy ebooks for the most part.

I find some amazing clearance deals in stores like Ross, but I always buy new.

I love antiques, especially old solid wood furniture.

I read ebooks now, and actually prefer that way over bookstores. If I had book stores near at hand, I might wander in.

I rarely find anything to fit me in charity shops, but my husband gets a lot of nice shirts at our local favorite.

If it's called an antique shop, not really; where I live, those tend to be full of expen$ive fancy items I neither need nor want. If it calls itself a flea market, sure; you can get a lot of useful stuff in good condition for reasonable prices.

Nope, not always. I avoid those that are religious-themed, or owned by large national chains, because as a rule they have nothing I want to buy. Used bookstores, though, I always check out, and if they're any good I go back again and again.

Edited because I accidentally a word.

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I rarely buy from charity/thrift stores (but I donate regularly) mostly because I never find anything that would fit

I love antique shops.

If I have time then yes I almost always enter a book store

The charity shops in my area are not very good for clothes. People keep things longer here, so the clothes you find are generally a decade out of style and not in very good shape. I do, however, buy kitchen items and used books from those places often.

I love browsing antique shops, but seldom buy.

Used bookstores are my jam. One of the first things I do when checking out a new city is locate the good used bookstores. New bookstores are nice too, but I rarely buy new books full price.

Book shops esp second hand ones are my jam too!

Yes. The past years of repeated unemployment and less money has meant shopping at thrift stores plus taking better care of our clothes w. wear and washing to make them last.

I adore antique shops and the combination "junk and old stuff and maybe a few antiques" places. Our house is filled more w. antique or older furniture and pieces (some inherited from family, some bought), than anything bought new. Although I don't buy much any more, I still enjoy going to look at a few shops that have pretty displays and I enjoy seeing unusual items.

Not always but that is bc we are limited w. book shops in our little burb. The main town is down to the big box store and a used paperback shop, neither of which is close to the grocery in town. The used/ sometimes new book shop up the road from us has become so cram-filled I am now anxious when I go inside and have not visited in many months. Sadly the owner has overdone w. the books in boxes in the aisles and piled up in front of the shelves to where it gets you can't see titles bc there are just TOO much in the way and it is not orderly. I did not know there could be TOO many books in one room until the owner began putting more and more books into the shop.

Yes, I do. Not ALL my clothes, but some of them. They featured a lot when I had six kids, too :)

Yes, I do, although it's a long time since I've been in one. There used to be one in one part of town and then another. Actually there is another one started up, which I must say I have found tempting when I have gone past, but it is on the expensive side, unfortunately.

I used to. I always look in the windows when I go past, now. And we've got three in town, plus they have secondhand books in two of the op shops. Help!

I have, but I don't buy a lot of clothes.

Nope, although I don't mind when we do visit one.

On vacation, yes, at home, no.

Oh yes!! Cheaper and you can get such unique clothing!

I do...but I try not to, as I cannot buy anything, lol!

Mmmm,if I can. Usually I'm in a hurry, lol!

*HUGS*

Yes, but I don't buy clothes often.

No.

I used to. Nowadays I rarely do. I frequently visit libraries, though.

1) I have a few times, but not recently

2) I browse in a few, but haven't been able to afford what I desire

3) I'm on a first-name basis in three ~~at least I don't get Get Well Soon cards if I don't show up for a couple of weeks straight (that's reserved for the eight libraries I go to)~~...

I used to buy clothes from thrift shops, but not in many years.

Antique stores are fun!

I can't go into a bookstore unless I am alone, because I would want
to stay there for hours and look at - and then buy - books! :)

I often stop in thrift shops and I want to start buying more there, even if it is to alter the clothes into something else. We have some fairly nice thrift stores here.

I love, love looking around antique shops. I hope to go looking tomorrow!

Oh yes, must go in the book store if I see one, we just did that the other day :-)

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