It's New to Me No.4

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.

Old Navy Cords - $4.25

Aeropostale Sweater - $2.25  

Floral Bag - $2.00

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total - $8.50


We'll be back later this week with a special Halloween addition of It's New to Me.

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*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

It's New to Me No. 3

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.

This week, our inspiration comes from this outfit at J. Crew.

J Crew Pricing

grey cardigan - $62

matchstick jeans - $98

white button-down shirt - $58 

tie  - $50

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their total = $268

Our Pricing

brown GAP cardigan (thrifted) - $4.25

Aeropostale jeans - (thrifted) - $7.25

white button-down shirt - (thrifted) - $4.25

tie (thrifted) - $1.00

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our total = $16.75

total savings =  $251.25 

Linking to:

Market Yourself Monday @ Sumo's Sweet Stuff

We're Baaaack!

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. 

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!

 Nice, huh? 

Come back tomorrow for another "It's New to Me" post that will knock your socks off.  The target...  J Crew.

What $10 Will Get You at Goodwill

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.

This is what we were able to get for under $10.

 Old Navy denim jacket - orange tag - $1

 Old Navy denim skirt - orange tag - $1

 Aeropostale cargo pants - not orange tag - $4.25

Old Navy jeans - orange tag - $1

Old Navy jeans - orange tag - $1

Total = $8.25

Not too shabby!


*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


Linking to:
Market Yourself Monday @ Sumo's Sweet Stuff

It's New to Me No. 2

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.

This week we didn't use an outfit for inspiration, but our outfit is composed of name-brand items.

Our pricing:

Hollister tee - $4.25

Aeropostale jeans - $7.25

Highland Creek Chesapeake shoes - $4.25

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total -  $15.75

*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

Linking to:
Frugalicious Friday @ Finding Fabulous

Goodwill Hunting - Color of the Week Sales

We do most of our thrifting at our local Goodwill 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.

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.

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.

Stop back by here tomorrow for our 2nd addition of It's New to Me.

It's New to Me No. 1

Welcome to our first (well, second really) 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.

Our Outfit

Online photos

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original prices:

beatles t-shirt from Old Glory - $22

low-top converse allstar from converse - $45

total price - $67
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our prices:

beatles t-shirt - 40 cents

low-top converse allstar - $3.75


total price - $4.15
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our total savings - $62.85

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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

*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 some shoes, like canvas sneakers can be washed in the washing machine.  For shoes that can't be washed, you can sanitize the shoes by spraying the inside with Lysol or Oust.


Linking to:
Frugalicious Friday @ Finding Fabulous
Nifty Thrifty Tues @ Coastal Charm 
Twice Owned Tuesday @ House of Grace