tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29256184752155909382024-03-13T04:02:15.335-04:00Thrifty ThreadsA thrifting guide for teens.Thrifty Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12084657375988299704noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925618475215590938.post-35035288364970480922010-10-22T22:24:00.000-04:002010-10-22T22:24:02.137-04:00It's New to Me No.4<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Welcome to the third addition of It's New to Me. This week, we're sharing an outfit that we put together for under $10. All items were purchased at our local Good Will store.</div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Old Navy Cords - $4.25</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Aeropostale Sweater - $2.25 </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Floral Bag - $2.00</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">_________________________ </div><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">total - $8.50</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We'll be back later this week with a special Halloween addition of It's New to Me.</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">*Remember, when you shop at thrift stores, you are not only helping your wallet, you're helping the environment, and nobody will be able to tell where you bought your clothes, unless you tell them</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263582394469349823noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925618475215590938.post-67375782732152038072010-10-16T17:00:00.002-04:002010-10-25T07:55:24.775-04:00It's New to Me No. 3<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Welcome to the third addition of It's New to Me. Each week, we will post an online outfit that we were inspired by. Then we'll show you the outfit we thrifted. Sometimes it will be an exact copy of the outfit and other times it will be a similar outfit. We'll give you the rundown of the online or store pricing and then show you what we paid for our outfit. Our goal is to show tweens and teens that you don't have to spend a lot of money to look great. We hope to encourage you to "shop green" and thrift whenever possible.<br />
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This week, our inspiration comes from this <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/sweaters/cardigans/PRDOVR%7E29350/29350.jsp">outfit</a> at J. Crew. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2Ck5Ft7iv09W5qKBBX_n5nBEZa1A3HzfoVmjpdkELsC9DnmuLpBWpbNyKPibLmWwztMbPtQK00YATp4JhKQW_XbPkl0Lihs3JJ-JFinuGUe0eF559bzTxWk9Q20WkCS7Qw5yaoqsPZY/s1600/erez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2Ck5Ft7iv09W5qKBBX_n5nBEZa1A3HzfoVmjpdkELsC9DnmuLpBWpbNyKPibLmWwztMbPtQK00YATp4JhKQW_XbPkl0Lihs3JJ-JFinuGUe0eF559bzTxWk9Q20WkCS7Qw5yaoqsPZY/s320/erez.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>J Crew Pricing</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/sweaters/cardigans/PRDOVR%7E29350/29350.jsp">grey cardigan</a> - $62</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.jcrew.com/womens_feature/NewArrivals/denim/PRDOVR%7E29272/29272.jsp">matchstick jeans</a> - $98</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/shirtstops/classicshirts/PRDOVR%7E29865/29865.jsp">white button-down shirt</a> - $58 </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.jcrew.com/mens_category/ties.jsp">tie</a> - $50</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">__________________________</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">their total = $268</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Our Pricing</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">brown GAP cardigan (thrifted) - $4.25</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Aeropostale jeans - (thrifted) - $7.25</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">white button-down shirt - (thrifted) - $4.25</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">tie (thrifted) - $1.00</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">__________________________</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">our total = $16.75</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">total savings = $251.25</span> </b><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Linking to:</div><a href="http://sumossweetstuff.blogspot.com/2010/10/market-yourself-monday-giveaway.html" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Market Yourself Monday @ Sumo's Sweet Stuff</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263582394469349823noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925618475215590938.post-73448414699416909322010-10-15T12:01:00.000-04:002010-10-15T12:01:05.143-04:00We're Baaaack!<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Wow, two weeks since the last post. That's not good! We've just not been together during the day (when photos are good) in two whole weeks. School's out today so we're going to just do a massive photo shoot so that we'll have enough material for several posts. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today, I wanted to share with you, what we found at Good Will yesterday. We scored these four, gently used, Aeropostale bags for a total of $4!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Come back tomorrow for another "It's New to Me" post that will knock your socks off.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The target... J Crew.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263582394469349823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925618475215590938.post-66207300616958124342010-09-26T08:19:00.005-04:002010-09-27T06:32:50.902-04:00What $10 Will Get You at Goodwill<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As I mentioned earlier this week, our Goodwill has a Color of the Week sale. This means that any clothing items with a color of the week tag cost $1. This week, the color is orange.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Total = $8.25</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Not too shabby!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">*Remember, when you shop at thrift stores, you are not only helping your wallet, you're helping the environment, and nobody will be able to tell where you bought your clothes, unless you tell them</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Linking to:</span><br />
<a href="http://sumossweetstuff.blogspot.com/2010/09/market-yourself-monday-bat-wing-shirts.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Market Yourself Monday @ Sumo's Sweet Stuff</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263582394469349823noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925618475215590938.post-57411517437580717032010-09-25T13:36:00.003-04:002010-09-26T11:02:15.018-04:00It's New to Me No. 2<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Welcome to the second addition of It's New to Me. Each week, we will post an online outfit that we were inspired by. Then we'll show you the outfit we thrifted. Sometimes it will be an exact copy of the outfit and other times it will be a similar outfit. We'll give you the rundown of the online or store pricing and then show you what we paid for our outfit. Our goal is to show tweens and teens that you don't have to spend a lot of money to look great. We hope to encourage you to "shop green" and thrift whenever possible.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This week we didn't use an outfit for inspiration, but our outfit is composed of name-brand items.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHo3NKSuE_gQrp0AABuV9QVAeHhpIVMqv2zcgJQGayXNyHx_c28RjlgKdgf_035VrQH_4EPBMGQyvxv90jFN0A_A8g407xbBj3lCL9RSoFMEuQ8AheJgQzlwpxtPaYNSJBGvYrwEnygg/s1600/DSC02754.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHo3NKSuE_gQrp0AABuV9QVAeHhpIVMqv2zcgJQGayXNyHx_c28RjlgKdgf_035VrQH_4EPBMGQyvxv90jFN0A_A8g407xbBj3lCL9RSoFMEuQ8AheJgQzlwpxtPaYNSJBGvYrwEnygg/s400/DSC02754.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our pricing:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hollister tee - $4.25</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Aeropostale jeans - $7.25</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Highland Creek Chesapeake shoes - $4.25</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">___________________________________</div><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">total - $15.75</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Linking to:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://decormamma.blogspot.com/2010/09/frugalicious-friday-giveawaylittle-posh.html">Frugalicious Friday @ Finding Fabulous</a></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b>Thrifty Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12084657375988299704noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925618475215590938.post-20469936749294904372010-09-24T11:44:00.000-04:002010-09-24T11:44:36.737-04:00Goodwill Hunting - Color of the Week Sales<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPGHUSlEEq6qPdpUDolYsR-06_uDigEMlH7QMLbjo7jebZZNQMIR1MwY9oetOFCy_VNYtdLfgfAUcg4uj9h9Ln-EqFvX-9w5HCNbt9eDBHcz9EUVrH26D3My6m7mXP_DAF8asLiLNKD0/s1600/image+two-color+logo+05-28-04+cleaned.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPGHUSlEEq6qPdpUDolYsR-06_uDigEMlH7QMLbjo7jebZZNQMIR1MwY9oetOFCy_VNYtdLfgfAUcg4uj9h9Ln-EqFvX-9w5HCNbt9eDBHcz9EUVrH26D3My6m7mXP_DAF8asLiLNKD0/s320/image+two-color+logo+05-28-04+cleaned.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We do most of our thrifting at our local <a href="http://www.goodwill.org/">Goodwill</a> store. A lot of Goodwill stores run a "Color of the Week" sale. At our store, with this special, clothing with the color of the week tag, is $1. Today, we were able to get to get two pairs of Old Navy of jeans for $1 each.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sometimes they'll have a sign on the door or in the front of the store that tells what the color of the week is. If you don't see one, ask an employee at the register if there is a Color of the Week sale (some GW's don't have these) and find out what they color is and what the sale means. It may mean clothing is $1 or it may mean that it's 50% off.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Keep in mind that not all clothing will have the same color tag. For example, the color of the week at our store this week was orange. Most of the jeans have blue tags, but we found these jeans with orange tags. You just have to look. When you thrift, you have to do a little more work to find something than if you went to a "regular" store, but to us, that's part of the fun. It's like a treasure hunt to find the best deal you can.</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Our Outfit</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmccPyI59qXrD_l72iFL82kKK0kaIFE8zDoZXaIaLp1dJbIZGadeMi68hfq-arPZ-8W4shJIolfexhLtY56os-75jWwfr4WaKb6fS1thGq__iS_gBIPgcHRuPri9UdSDgg_5-nlvto64/s1600/DSC02165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmccPyI59qXrD_l72iFL82kKK0kaIFE8zDoZXaIaLp1dJbIZGadeMi68hfq-arPZ-8W4shJIolfexhLtY56os-75jWwfr4WaKb6fS1thGq__iS_gBIPgcHRuPri9UdSDgg_5-nlvto64/s400/DSC02165.JPG" width="167" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN20zqw2CiGVlZTCuCux6NZmElweS8jW1EIr2fCNVK7H_wYonti7PhVbCh9jeH1JjAHfCJzSUTPw-a6NG6TlwRbI5jDFf2BBthMxFtlEnpLoprAMacVsu8T8Zaqrio-EGhT-0HvQR8VQw/s1600/DSC02175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN20zqw2CiGVlZTCuCux6NZmElweS8jW1EIr2fCNVK7H_wYonti7PhVbCh9jeH1JjAHfCJzSUTPw-a6NG6TlwRbI5jDFf2BBthMxFtlEnpLoprAMacVsu8T8Zaqrio-EGhT-0HvQR8VQw/s320/DSC02175.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">original prices: </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">beatles t-shirt from <a href="http://oldglory.com/lp/The-Beatles-Cartoon-Ladies-T-Shirt/p/051551TBTS">Old Glory</a> - $22</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">low-top converse allstar from </span><a href="http://www.converse.com/#/products/Shoes/ChuckTaylor/M9166" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">converse</a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> - $45</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">total price - $67</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">our prices:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">beatles t-shirt - 40 cents</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">low-top converse allstar - $3.75</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">total price - $4.15</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">our total savings - $62.85</span></b><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Remember, when you shop at thrift stores, you are not only helping your wallet, you're helping the environment, and nobody will be able to tell where you bought your clothes, unless you tell them</div><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">*We'd like to add that these shoes appear to have never been worn. There is no wear on the bottom and the shoes were very clean. We're sharing this because we realize that some people are grossed out at the thought of wearing "used" shoes. We'd like you to know that you CAN find new or like new shoes at thrift stores. If you are still worried about wearing "used" shoes, you should know that </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">some shoes, like canvas sneakers can be washed in the washing machine. For shoes that can't be washed, </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">you can sanitize the shoes by spraying the inside with <a href="http://www.lysol.com/cleaning-products/disinfecting-wipes/disinfectant-spray">Lysol</a> or <a href="http://www.oust.com/product.aspx?oust=surfaceAir">Oust</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Linking to:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://decormamma.blogspot.com/2010/09/frugalicious-friday-giveawayredi-shades.html">Frugalicious Friday @ Finding Fabulous</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/2010/09/nifty-thrifty-tuesdays-no30.html">Nifty Thrifty Tues @ Coastal Charm </a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://creatingahouseofgrace.blogspot.com/2010/09/twice-owned-party.html">Twice Owned Tuesday @ House of Grace </a></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263582394469349823noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925618475215590938.post-16601673453619648602010-09-13T12:04:00.000-04:002010-09-13T12:04:16.681-04:00It IZZE What It Is<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since one of the main reasons for thrifting your clothes is to reuse and re-purpose, we'll sometimes have posts that show how you can reuse, re-purpose or</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upcycling" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> upcycle</a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> an object.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The topic of this post is what you can do with all of those leftover <a href="http://www.izze.com/">IZZE</a> bottles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Whatever you do, do not throw them in the trash. At the very least, you should recycle them. To find out if your town or city has a recycling program, check with your parents or <a href="http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en">google</a> your </span><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">town/city's name </b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and your </span><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">state abbreviation</b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> along with the word </span><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">recycling </b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">to see if you can access your town/city's Department of Public Work's website. This website should give you any information they have on recycling. Our city's</span><a href="http://www.greenvillesc.gov/publicworks/AboutRecycling.aspx" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> site </a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">is full of information on recycling.</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">One of the most obvious things you can do with your empty bottles is to turn them into vases. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqKMFyiK-0m9kJHKDTWkp6SYfCOUxR1X0k5a-vLaXbTIzXKFwZLJFEg2ed4NeMA1ulb6AvKoJyJrRabnyGtgscBIL8lNPtKlWlbG_OvNe-1KvmHgrO9uJuMpvhGrcgctk-1HddtVPec0/s1600/AugBlooms-Bottles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqKMFyiK-0m9kJHKDTWkp6SYfCOUxR1X0k5a-vLaXbTIzXKFwZLJFEg2ed4NeMA1ulb6AvKoJyJrRabnyGtgscBIL8lNPtKlWlbG_OvNe-1KvmHgrO9uJuMpvhGrcgctk-1HddtVPec0/s400/AugBlooms-Bottles.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">image courtesy of <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2010/08/budget-blooms-bottled-up/">young house love</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You can leave the label on, or remove it. One of the cool things about the IZZE bottles is that you can remove the labels and have a clear bottle. Just peel the label off and use some nail polish remover to remove some of the stickiness left behind. Then just wash the bottle with some dish soap and a washcloth to remove the rest of the gunk. To remove the stamped on bottling information, found at the base of the neck, you can either scrape it off with your fingernail or use fingernail polish on it too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Other things you can do with empty glass bottles:</b></span><br />
<ul style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><li>Fill them with marbles or colored glass beads and sit them on your windowsill as sun-catcher.</li>
</ul><ul style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><li>Use them as your Silly Bandz holders, if you're still wearing them. This should keep them from getting tangled up. If you don't wear Silly Bandz, use your bottles to hold your bracelets or bangles. </li>
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There are so many other things you can do with empty bottles besides throwing them away. Just </span><a href="http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">google</a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <b>glass bottle crafts</b> or <b>empty glass bottle uses</b> to get some other ideas.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263582394469349823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925618475215590938.post-27317159385665544362010-09-12T15:39:00.005-04:002010-09-25T13:44:18.715-04:00Thrifty Threads - First Post Evah<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We're a mom/daughter duo whose goal is to show tweens and teens that you don't have to spend a lot of money to look great. On our blog, we'll be showing name brand outfits that we mimic by shopping at thrift stores. We hope to encourage others to "shop green" and thrift whenever possible.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For this outfit the shirt was inspired by the <a href="http://www.bodenusa.com/">Boden</a> Autumn 2010 catalog. Here is Boden's shirt at $48. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN662Aym8YgxgEcxPcr2-qb8whj1Q_QxFfCK18Jg807zqaACI-Kue5GwSh_x-KE5j5BRqsboIKoQtVPqBzJBBxw4ZphyRpcnJEpSZ9GAihspctu_l1BrfBWZuOerLpXOfxjGyuN4PXnSw/s1600/bodenmoss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN662Aym8YgxgEcxPcr2-qb8whj1Q_QxFfCK18Jg807zqaACI-Kue5GwSh_x-KE5j5BRqsboIKoQtVPqBzJBBxw4ZphyRpcnJEpSZ9GAihspctu_l1BrfBWZuOerLpXOfxjGyuN4PXnSw/s320/bodenmoss.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.bodenusa.com/en-US/Womens-Tops-T-shirts/3_4-Sleeved-Tops/WL557/Womens-Drapey-Jersey-Top.html">drapey jersey top</a> in moss sprig</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">We paired this top with a pair of Highland Creek Chesapeake <a href="http://www.rackroomshoes.com/product/highland+creek/chesapeake/1203.131036.html#">shoes</a> and a pair of <a href="http://www.express.com/home.jsp">Express</a> X2 jeans (the X2 jeans are no longer made, but we came across a <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380156330740&rvr_id=138781331336&crlp=1_263602_263622&UA=WVF%3F&GUID=869fd89b1240a0b58ac32b53fffcacd6&itemid=380156330740&ff4=263602_263622">new pair</a> on ebay so we got our pricing from there)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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<b>original outfit price:</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Boden Drapey Jersey Shirt - $48</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">X2 Jeans - $34.99</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Highland Creek Chesapeake shoes - $39.99</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b>total - $122.98</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">______________________________________ </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
<b>our price</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">shirt - $4.25</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">jeans - $5.25</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">shoes - $4.25</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b>total - $13.75</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">______________________________________</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Remember, when you shop at thrift stores, you are not only helping your wallet, you're helping the environment, and nobody will be able to tell where you bought your clothes, unless you tell them.<br />
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Linking to:<br />
<a href="http://decormamma.blogspot.com/2010/09/frugalicious-friday-giveawayuncommon.html">Frugalicious Friday @ Finding Fabulous</a><br />
<a href="http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/2010/09/nifty-thrifty-tuesdays-no29.html">Nifty Thrifty Tues @ Coastal Charm</a><br />
<a href="http://733blog.blogspot.com/2010/09/sugar-and-spice-weekly-link-party-24.html">Sugar & Spice @ seven thirty-three </a><br />
<a href="http://bec4-beyondthepicketfence.blogspot.com/2010/09/under-100-linky-party_15.html">Under $100 Link Party @ Over the Picket Fence </a></div>Thrifty Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12084657375988299704noreply@blogger.com6