Captain Compost remembers the days when her Auntie would send over reused cardboard diaper boxes filled with hand~me~downs from her older cousin. It felt like Christmas as she went through all the new~to~her clothes and picked out her favorite outfit in the batch to wear to school the next day. She looked up to her older cousin and felt “cooler” knowing that she was wearing her beloved shirts, jeans and dresses. Eventually that cousin stopped growing while CC did not and Mama Captain Compost had to buy clothes from retail stores, agonizing over when the next big sale would be so she wouldn’t have to pay an arm and a leg to replenish CC’s wardrobe.
These days Captain Compost still has no one to hand down clothes to her but she does purchased recycled clothes at her favorite local thrift store and consignment store. The higher end consignment stores in her metro area have some great finds that make Captain Compost feel like she’s on a treasure hunt as she searches the racks of formerly expensive threads. A quick Google search gives lots of options of places to shop near by and CC recommends you check out a Consignment or Thrift store the next time you are in need of some new duds! If you like certain brands, it’s also easy to find some great options on eBay, too. Although you have to pay for shipping, the fact that you are adding recycled clothes to your wardrobe should make all Eco~Warriors out there feel a little less guilty about shopping!
We have some great thrift shops in my town and it’s always so much fun to visit them.
I like thrift and consignment stores. I’m getting more of the teen’s and the Husband’s goodies from thrift and consignment; don’t tell them!
I used to have a shoe bin on my porch for kids to trade and take soccer shoes from. They’re usually only worn one season before the kid needs the next size up and they are hardly worn out.
I adore consignment for formal clothes–for one event? Why NOT buy gently used???