http://greengirlsglobal.com/blog/guest-editor-trish-smith-green-thrift-store-shopping-tips Women from all over the world sharing their views, ideas and experiences on living a more sustainable life Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:06:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://greengirlsglobal.com/blog/guest-editor-trish-smith-green-thrift-store-shopping-tips/comment-page-1#comment-23015 Shopping Golightly Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:30:54 +0000 http://greengirlsglobal.com/blog/guest-editor-trish-smith-green-thrift-store-shopping-tips#comment-23015 Thank you for talking thrift! I started a blog, The Thrifty Chicks, dedicated to the art of reuse and repurposing in late October. At the top of left of the blog is a slide show of 90 (soon to be 100) items, the 2009 Gift Guide. I averaged $4.50 per holiday gift and I either gave new items or antiques. Talk about low carbon footprint holidays! Below the gift guide is a listing of posts that will turn any thrift novice into a master. I offer how to recalibrate the retail mind to the zen of thrift. They are, after all, two different markets. We explain how to devise a thrifting routine. Routinely stopping by the thrift store is key because inventory moves so fast. And, I offer in store tips, which are very specific and easy to follow. There are 35. I consider myself an advocate for reuse and repurposing. Americans can no longer look to the factories on the other side of the world and selfishly demand “More!” How about we learn to manage what we have, which is hardly slim pickin’s. I even added to the listing for “thrifting” in Wikipedia because it was so darn empty. Pathetic no? Godspeed, Ms Shopping Golightly of The Thrifty Chicks Thank you for talking thrift!
I started a blog, The Thrifty Chicks, dedicated to the art of reuse and repurposing in late October. At the top of left of the blog is a slide show of 90 (soon to be 100) items, the 2009 Gift Guide. I averaged $4.50 per holiday gift and I either gave new items or antiques. Talk about low carbon footprint holidays!
Below the gift guide is a listing of posts that will turn any thrift novice into a master. I offer how to recalibrate the retail mind to the zen of thrift. They are, after all, two different markets. We explain how to devise a thrifting routine. Routinely stopping by the thrift store is key because inventory moves so fast. And, I offer in store tips, which are very specific and easy to follow. There are 35.
I consider myself an advocate for reuse and repurposing. Americans can no longer look to the factories on the other side of the world and selfishly demand “More!” How about we learn to manage what we have, which is hardly slim pickin’s.
I even added to the listing for “thrifting” in Wikipedia because it was so darn empty. Pathetic no?
Godspeed,
Ms Shopping Golightly of The Thrifty Chicks

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