Thrifting

My phone does this thing where it autocorrects 'thrifting' into 'thrusting' so my friend was understandably confused when I asked her if she wanted to go thrusting with me.

I've been wanting to go thrifting again for a while now, especially since I loved my last thrift finds. However, I keep giving myself a reason to stay home on weekends and the thought of clothes shopping alone is a bit terrifying for me. I finally grew some balls got some motivation to thrift when I watched clothesencounters's thrifting videos on YouTube. (Jenn is so pretty!) She must either have a talent for this or she's just really lucky to have a Goodwill supplied by trendy donors @_@ Conveniently, everyone happened to be busy today (tf could you be busy doing on a Saturday... bitches) so I just went alone. Mind you, besides not bringing more money I have no regrets.

Goodness in Goodwill

I don't even understand why or how anyone would want to part with these lovely clothes. I was determined to spend no more than $25 (all I brought with me) so it was an internal battle with my desires and frugalness when I stumbled upon all these abandoned treasures.. They were all so cheap too! :'( *my first world woes*

Top-right dress was so cute but too big and small at the same time so it kept slipping down and it was so unreasonably tight and unstretchable at a tiny circumference under my chest (panicked and contemplated on asking the staff lady for help getting out of it when I got stuck in an awkward position) so I thought it'd be more work than it's worth. 

My original intention was to find myself a cheap kiddy watch so I could keep track of time while taking the SAT and totally not because of a personal fashion choice or anything. However, I ended up leaving with two dresses (one is the gorgeous rose print dress on the lower left).

Edit: I ended up going back with more money... I'm a hoarder in-the-making! T__T

Classy used tissue is classy.

This neutral brown petite Ann Taylor Loft dress isn't something I'd usually wear.. but then again, what I usually wear isn't what I usually want to wear. At school I'm usually in a hoodie/thick jacket and skinny jeans (or a skirt on rare occasions) because I feel no need to pretty myself up much when I'm just trying to learn about the Holocaust or trigonometric identities... I save dat for the young weekendz. I thought this dress was so sophisticated (wtf Elle tryna be a fashionista doing fashionista talk) and I love pleats in skirts/dresses so I had to get it despite the price which hindered me from buying more lovely clothes on my first pilgrimage to Goodwill. 

This dress received the mother approval because it's the first one I own where I don't look like a 'con đĩ' (whore) wearing it. Until this thrifting trip I had only two black dresses which I would save for special events (nonexistent with my social life). 'Pretty slutty' would be an understatement for one of them; if I bent down the slightest I would risk mooning someone unintentionally and the revealing back made me feel like a languidly wrapped mummy. The dress was a gift from a girl who wanted me to wear it to a New Year's telly (which I would later learn was a hotel party where I ended up being surrounded with a bunch of strangers all older than me - girls in tacky bunny lingerie, dudes getting high on the balcony, wasted guy taking a piss in the bathroom with 10 other people in the same room including myself). Needless to say, that was the last time I ever wore it... but I digress *u*

This floral print dress fit me perfectly. Again, I don't understand how people can part with clothes like these.. The rose print is gorgeous and the colors are so vibrant; it's like a work of art I could hang on my wall. This is a change from my other monochrome dresses. The dress wraps around me perfectly without suffocating me. I also love that there are little straps so I don't have to worry about unintentionally giving people the idea that I want my jerry beads. Another plus is that it has pockets!! *O* Pocketsssssssss. For $7.49 I can't believe how lucky I am to be the one to bring it home. 

I always wanted a denim jacket (I want everything lol T_T) and this one was super warm! Inside the jacket is an unattractive knit layer of pink, orange, and white (atrocious colors to combine) stripes that kind of ruins the subtle badassness that comes with wearing a denim jacket, but it helps keep me warm and at the price of $8 I can't be one to complain.

Look at those spines!!

I didn't expect to leave with books of all things, but this Goodwill had such a huge collection of vintage  hardcovers. I could've spent days going through books written by Charles Dickens, books on algebra and self-teaching mathematics (which were actually interesting ok!!!), and a plethora of other books on neat subjects like law vs. morals. Even at the cost of $5.49/book, I didn't feel like I was ripped off because these are vintage!! VINTAGEEEE D8 Owning a vintage book makes me feel like I've been passed down a valuable possession or am the keeper of a century-long secret. (I sound senile) @_@ 

Thinking Special Topics in Calamity Physics was a purely academic book I just shoved it into my basket. The table of contents also fooled me, but according to its wiki page the ToC is actually 'written in the style of the syllabus for an English Literature course and includes references as footnote'. Neaaaat. I also love that the protagonist is a female; I'm not sure how this preference came to be but it may have something to do with being able to relate more with the character or just the fact that until The Hunger Games I've been deprived of good stories involving a protagonist with a vagina for once.

Cure for a bad case of edumacation.

High School Self Taught immediately caught my attention with its regal spine. The whole idea of learning at least four years of high school from a single book was funny to me and so it was kind of fitting that I bought it because I don't really learn much at my high school anyway. The book gives a basic overview of the fundamentals in a bunch of subjects like physiology, sociology, mathematics, and even beginner French. There's something about the font that I really like (font fetish) as well as the brown tint at the edge of the pages that form a kind of vignette from aging. 

I spent a total of about $38, seems like a hefty cost but I'm really content with all my finds. The great thing about Goodwill (aside from the thrill of never knowing what you may find) is the fact that it's tax-free! Plus, knowing that your money goes directly to charity to help provide jobs and job trainings for people in need is always a good feeling. I'm such a cheap samaritan. 

As I'm finishing this blog post I have the temptation to go back and scavenge for more treasures.. Must resist becoming a hoarder... *__*