Thrifting
January 11, 2010Jon Brooks 1 Comment »From Wikipedia:
“Thrifting refers to the act of shopping at a thrift store, flea market, garage sale, or a shop of a charitable organization, usually with the intent of finding interesting items at a cheap price…
Thrifting lures a variety of different audiences. Two most commonly come to mind: 1) People who have no economic choice but to buy secondhand, 2) Bargain or treasure hunters. There is an emerging third audience and chances are it far outnumbers the first two. Simply put, this is an audience of smart shoppers comprised largely of families with a stay at home parent and young professionals. Their reasons for thrifting are a combination of the first two. Overall, these three groups thrift to save money because they have to or want to.”
Thrifting’s especially helpful if you’ve got the itch for kitsch. Examples below. The images of coveted and/or purchased items were culled from the following blogs:
- Thriftaholic:A Tale of Two Addicts
- Secondhand Nation
- Manic Thrift Store Shopper
- Dime Store Thrift
- Things I Found (at the Thrift Store)
There are a lot of thrifting sites out there if you’re looking for more inspiration. To spend your whole day looking at fabulous junk, check out the blog rolls on the above sites.
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January 11th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
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