Thriftiness is next to Godliness? Maybe?

Even from an early age, I’ve always been thrifty. Excessively so, even. You’d never know it by looking at me, or at least that’s what I’ve been told, but, I do NOT like to spend money. At all. I was that little girl that got money for her birthday and, instead of spending it, I put it into my Tootsie Roll bank in my room and saved it. And never spent it. Not one dime.

This may seem like somewhat of a contradiction if you know me, because honey, I LOVE to shop! But, through the marriage of these two things in my life – thriftiness and a love for shopping - the perfect love child was born, the love for consignment and thrift shopping.

It is not for the faint of heart, I will quickly admit. I have, on many days, taken a friend along with me to a consignment boutique or, (gasp) the ever-dreaded neighborhood Goodwill, and looked up at them 15 or 20 minutes into our shopping adventure to see them totally overwhelmed and frustrated, asking “when can we go?” or “how do you EVER find anything in here?”

The answer to the ladder is simple: patience and the understanding of delayed gratification. And while sometimes I struggle with having patience in other aspects of my everyday life, I have the patience of Job when it comes to finding an amazing bargain. And the sense of gratification I receive from buying a $4 pair of Coach shoes or a $1 J. Crew coat – well, it’s enough to keep me going back.

This blog will be a place for me to share my consigning experiences, tips and tricks of the trade, exciting finds, and just overall thoughts. Consignment shopping is not for everyone, but, it is for me and, I hope you will enjoy reading about my journey through life – one secondhand purchase at a time.