Designer Jeans!

Dear Reader,

While I have not been blogging, I have been thrifting! Hopefully many of you took advantage of the big sales over the Fourth of July weekend!

Designer jeans are a major reason shopping pre-owned can save you big money. Ranging from $100 to $200, brands such as Joe's Jeans, Citizens of Humanity, Level 99, Adriano Goldschmied, 7 for All Mankind, Paige Premium Denim, Chip and Pepper, True Religion and Rock & Republic all can be found in thrift stores for a fraction of the original cost.

While the Unique Thrift Stores may sell these jeans from $15 to $40, check out these Joe's I found at the Roseville Goodwill for $6.99!





While these didn't fit me, I sold them to a friend who gave them to her niece.

I think the best odds of finding designer jeans are at the Lake Street Savers, followed by the University Avenue Goodwill. For extensive and more expensive high-end jean collections, check out Plato's Closet, TurnStyle, Clothing Mentor, Marshalls/TJ Maxx or my favorite consignment shop, Nu Look!

xooxxox
Wendell!

The Time Has Come

For a new blog. I think.

While my love for critters remains undiminished, I have sort of run out of MN wildlife to feature on the Critter Corner.

Meanwhile, thrifting has grown into a new passion in my life. Perhaps because of necessary budgeting as a homeowner, or simply the "wisdom" that comes with being over 30, buying pre-owned is becoming more attractive.

Both my Wisconsin and Minnesota families are avid thrifters; none more so than my mother in law R and sister in law AM.

AM gave me this thrifted rug last summer for my birthday:

(Not included: her dog, Ari.)


I found the middle Haeger pot at a local thrift store to match the ones my Mom bought me for Christmas.



At the Savers on Lake Street in Minneapolis, I found this Boden wrap dress for $12.99, compared to a retail of around $100:



Even today I found a SIGNED COPY of this Tyler Florence cookbook at the same Savers, for $7.99:



Hasten there immediately if you're a size 31 in designer jeans; there were at LEAST five pairs of 7 for all mankind, Paige Premium Denim and Paper Denim and Cloth jeans at the Lake Street Savers.