When I was in high school I had to wear a uniform everyday, and let me tell you: I HATED IT. I did everything in my power to bring some fashion (uuuuh upon review, “fashion” might be the wrong word. Let’s call it expression instead) to those stiff blue polo shirts, and perhaps the one area where I had absolute freedom was in what bag I wore to school. So naturally, I had about 4 million bags. They were all thrifted of course, and they were also all kinda ratty. Many of them f

I love a good cup of coffee. I love any cup of coffee, really. I'm not like a coffee snob or anything. In fact, I'm a grad student, which means my coffee preferences have more to do with frequency and cup size than anything else. As such, I think I'm unqualified to judge the taste (and I dunno, what are coffee terms? richness? depth? Those sound right.) of Local Joe's coffee, but I'm going to judge it anyway. Here goes: It's really good. Now that we've gotten that out of the

Long time no post, huh? I've been busy with a new job and wedding planning (on top of my other job and school). I've been so busy in fact, that I haven't been thrifting in weeks. This weekend I finally got myself out there, and I've realized, now that I'm busier (and making more money, if I'm honest), that I'm a lot more interested in shopping at consignment (and/or resale) stores than I have been in the past. I'll never stop loving a dirty old Goodwill, but it would appear t