Comments on: Question of the day: Thrift shops http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10482 A Daily Digest of Twin Cities News, Arts and Culture Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:22:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Diane http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10482#comment-118315 Diane Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:50:12 +0000 #comment-118315 Help! I need a wedding dress for the Bride of Frankenstein costume I plan to wear for Halloween. Is there a good wedding dress thrift store out there? Help! I need a wedding dress for the Bride of Frankenstein costume I plan to wear for Halloween. Is there a good wedding dress thrift store out there?

]]> By: Lola http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10482#comment-89309 Lola Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:16:25 +0000 #comment-89309 Thrift shopping is a good thing- it's a joy to find a treasure and to spend your money somewhere other than Target/Walmart/Macy's or any other big box corporate entity. Why not reuse?<br /> <br /> I gotta place my vote with the Arc's Value Village people. It's fun to shop in their stores and they got the good stuff. Thrift shopping is a good thing- it’s a joy to find a treasure and to spend your money somewhere other than Target/Walmart/Macy’s or any other big box corporate entity. Why not reuse?

I gotta place my vote with the Arc’s Value Village people. It’s fun to shop in their stores and they got the good stuff.

]]> By: The Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10482#comment-89013 The Rat Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:33:32 +0000 #comment-89013 As long at The Rat can afford to buy new, he will. Doesn't want to wear used clothes. As long at The Rat can afford to buy new, he will. Doesn’t want to wear used clothes.

]]> By: kdf http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10482#comment-89014 kdf Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:26:16 +0000 #comment-89014 There's a new Goodwill in Eagan that's good for household items (fans, knife blocks, etc.). I used it to replace cheaply a lot of small items I didn't feel like bringing when I moved to Minnesota last year. Perhaps because the store is new, it doesn't seem to have as much "why the heck would anybody want this" junk as other places. And one bonus for moving here: prices are better than at the Goodwills in California, which tend to be pricier than the other charity thrift-store chains. There’s a new Goodwill in Eagan that’s good for household items (fans, knife blocks, etc.). I used it to replace cheaply a lot of small items I didn’t feel like bringing when I moved to Minnesota last year. Perhaps because the store is new, it doesn’t seem to have as much “why the heck would anybody want this” junk as other places. And one bonus for moving here: prices are better than at the Goodwills in California, which tend to be pricier than the other charity thrift-store chains.

]]> By: Realtor! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10482#comment-89011 Realtor! Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:13:27 +0000 #comment-89011 E-Bay where I can shop <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/J-RIGGINS-MENS-CHARCOAL-GRAY-PINSTRIPE-DB-SUIT-40-L-40L_W0QQitemZ280085035083QQihZ018QQcategoryZ3001QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">J. Riggins</a>.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/J-RIGGINS-L-CASUAL-SHIRT-100-COTTON_W0QQitemZ220093916239QQihZ012QQcategoryZ57990QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">Yep.</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/S-MENS-VEST-J-RIGGINS-BROWN-TAN-SUEDE_W0QQitemZ190047266981QQihZ009QQcategoryZ15691QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting" target="_blank">J. Riggins!</a> E-Bay where I can shop J. Riggins.

Yep.

J. Riggins!

]]> By: StandishThrifty http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10482#comment-89007 StandishThrifty Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:35:46 +0000 #comment-89007 Unique on Winnetka also has great vintage electronics sometimes. Unfortunately someone there knows what is what and they are usually priced accordingly. Even still, a B&O turntable for 100 bucks is a steal.<br /> <br /> Unique on Winnetka also has great vintage electronics sometimes. Unfortunately someone there knows what is what and they are usually priced accordingly. Even still, a B&O turntable for 100 bucks is a steal.

]]> By: rugburn http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10482#comment-89006 rugburn Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:25:13 +0000 #comment-89006 Are the clerks at Tatters any less rude than they were a decade ago, when I vowed never to go back there? Are the clerks at Tatters any less rude than they were a decade ago, when I vowed never to go back there?

]]> By: ranty http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10482#comment-88999 ranty Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:09:03 +0000 #comment-88999 er, I meant "scored." er, I meant “scored.”

]]> By: A guy http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10482#comment-88997 A guy Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:07:05 +0000 #comment-88997 Sorry. I just wanted to see if they would fit before I bought them. Sorry. I just wanted to see if they would fit before I bought them.

]]> By: ranty http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10482#comment-88998 ranty Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:01:15 +0000 #comment-88998 I go to the Goodwill on County Rd B in Roseville at LEAST twice a month. I dig their M/T/W half-off whatever-color tag sales.<br /> <br /> In recent weeks I score the following: Lucky jeans for myself, Diesel jeans for Mr. Ranty, Doc Martens, three pairs of Sketchers in varying styles, a huge BCBG Max Azria (lime green) purse on which I get constant compliments, and of course the requisite work-gear like plain jeans and sweatshirts. (Actually I use most of the shoes mentioned for work too, but they look nice for the first couple of wears before I destroy them with paint and other construction crap.)<br /> <br /> And that's just clothes. Don't get me started on all of the (house) staging items I've thrifted because it will take five pages of text.<br /> <br /> I go to the Goodwill on County Rd B in Roseville at LEAST twice a month. I dig their M/T/W half-off whatever-color tag sales.

In recent weeks I score the following: Lucky jeans for myself, Diesel jeans for Mr. Ranty, Doc Martens, three pairs of Sketchers in varying styles, a huge BCBG Max Azria (lime green) purse on which I get constant compliments, and of course the requisite work-gear like plain jeans and sweatshirts. (Actually I use most of the shoes mentioned for work too, but they look nice for the first couple of wears before I destroy them with paint and other construction crap.)

And that’s just clothes. Don’t get me started on all of the (house) staging items I’ve thrifted because it will take five pages of text.

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