I'm not that big of shopper, but when I do I go all out. I especially like to shop at thrift stores. I have a special place in my heart for them. I live by the old saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure." I have found many a treasure while frequenting these blessed stores.
When I step inside a thrift store I first think I've gone back in time about 10 years. Some of the clothes really are 10 or more years old there. Then there's the smell. A thrift store has a very distinct smell, and they all smell the same. It smells like a mix of body odor and febreeze. I'll admit when get home from many hours of patronizing these fine places of business, I feel like I have to take a shower. Some of the stores I've been in are not very hygienically friendly, but that's all part of the experience. My most recent thrift store purchase is probably one of my greatest finds. I have included a picture of it above. On the particular day I found this awesome sauce article of clothing I was shopping for a purpose. That purpose was to find a suit appropriate for my summer job. This suit had to be flashy, noticeable, and most of all really ugly. Sure enough the second store I went to, which was Savers (my favorite!), I found what was possibly the coolest suit I had ever seen. From the looks of it I thought it would never fit, but I tried it on, and It fit better than OJ's glove on trial day. I then had to find a tie to match this awesome suit. As I looked through the plethora of ties, some of which were unusually dirty, I found a very colorful Wembley.
Now Wembleys are a great tie for a number of reasons. First of all the little tag that holds what I like to call the "the little tie" says what color of suit goes with this tie. Now this is very helpful in deciding which suit you should wear. Second of all these ties are as rare as the coelacanth fish found off the coast of Madagascar. When you find one its a must buy. These things are like gold! They were the most coveted in my mission.
On a side note the sunglasses were a find by my brother-in-law, Brigham, at a St. Vincent De Paul store across the street from our old Glendale office.
When all was said and done the suit and tie ended up costing me $20 and some change. I left that Savers feeling like a million bucks!
On a side note the sunglasses were a find by my brother-in-law, Brigham, at a St. Vincent De Paul store across the street from our old Glendale office.
When all was said and done the suit and tie ended up costing me $20 and some change. I left that Savers feeling like a million bucks!
5 comments:
Firstly, where do you work, that you need such a specific sort of suit?
Secondly, thrift store smell is at least 25% the stinky old shoes.
(I only know because I go there for the books. That's a joke along the lines of... I only read that magazine for the articles.)
Thirdly, you do know about half price day at Goodwill, right? That suit coulda been 10 bucks.
Still, it looks pretty nice. Napoleon would be pleased.
Well I wanted wear something different than the normal white shirt and tie to the EFY Friday night dances so I found this and sported it, and I looked at Goodwill, but found nothing.
oh amen to that!!! i swear that there is nothing better then a good thrift store find! I'll take that over a make out anyday...
by the way... the suit freaking rocks!
Wow!... Diggin the suit bro! the only thing your missing in that picture is your churro, hot dog, and mickey ears.
hey mister when are you going to write another blog??? Your blog reading rights will be revolked from you reading my blog... this is your warning... I will give written warning in 24hrs, lol
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