Hopelessly devoted.

The other day someone complimented an outfit I was wearing. I told them (because I am far, too proud of myself) that I'd gotten the whole thing for only a couple of dollars at a thrift store. Pleased, she pointed out the blouse she was wearing, and her lovely dress-suit, telling me she scored the whole thing from bins and super-sales at the local donation center. Hooray for finding a kindred spirit (plus she has three sons, although they're grown).

My latest find includes this floral bag. I use it for church since I pack along an entire book collection each week.

Oh, I just thought of another great story about my quirky attire! So on Halloween I dressed up like bug-collector, with super nerdy glasses and a explorer's hat... the whole works. A young boy, about twenty years old, who is serving a mission for the LDS church in our area, comes up to me and says, "You know when you see someone and you're not sure if they're wearing a costume or not, and you don't want to say anything?" I thought he was talking about someone else. "Well, on a scale from 1 to 10 of weird dressing, you're usually like an 8 but today you're a 9. So are you wearing a costume?" So funny. I looked down and realized that if I took the jar-with-holes-poked-in-the-top (that I had hanging from a rope around my neck) out of the picture, I could very-well have gone out for the day in total comfort.

I once thought that a person had to pick a style they liked and stick to it (preppy, emo, hippie, classic, hipster, yuppy, whatever). Now I just pick ANYTHING I like and stick it to myself, and that becomes a style of my very own.

I'm pretty sure that even if we ever have money coming out of our ears, I'll still be hitting the thrift-store racks, treasure hunting like a maniac. Yup.

Ooo, I would love to see your marvelous thrift-store finds! If you want to share, leave a comment with a link to a blog post about your favorite treasure and where you dug it up!

Happy hunting!