Cheap tricks: calling for frugal clothes shopping tips
At Consuming Interests, we're usually urging you to avoid retail therapy. The surest way to keep the money in your pocket is to not spend it in the first place.
But sometimes ... when the seasons change, when a buckle breaks, when a special occasion looms on the horizon ... you've just got to go shopping.
Ladies and gentlemen, how do you satisfy the hunter-gatherer urges for new clothes when they well up inside of you?
Are there particular consignment shops or thrift stores or outlets that you target? Do you rummage online through pages and pages of discounted merchandise at specific Web sites? Have you signed up for coupons for every clothing store you have ever shopped at?
Share your tips below and we'll feature the best ideas as part of the extreme makeover edition of Cheap Trick Thursday.
Comments
For good basic clothes, you might be surprised at what you will find at your local Goodwill and Value Village. You can find some almost new (or possibly really new?) good looking clothes of all types at obscenely low prices if you're willing to do a little digging (like $3 to $6 for collared shirts that you'll find for $15-$30 at regular dept stores). Same thing for local flea markets. Moving up the food chain, Target, Wal-Mart Old Navy and even (gulp), Sears actually has some not-too-bad offerings. Finally, there's stores like Minas (in Hampden) that offer hip clothes at decent prices. There's many other places around similar to Minas (there's one in Fells Point) but can't remember their names at the moment.
Posted by: bob | June 24, 2008 3:08 PM
I agree with the comment above. Goodwill is a goldmine!
Posted by: zara clothing | October 30, 2008 12:52 PM