Cute, thrifted outfits, complete from head to toe, for $10 or less? Impossible you say? Not for a dedicated garage sale and thrift store shopper!
I thought that I would share some of the outfits that I have put together using a combination of hand me downs, garage sale finds, and thrift store scores that cost me less than the price of a pair of cheap shoes at some bargain basement retail store. I know that taste is a personal thing, but I think that each outfit is something I can be proud to wear in public. And I guarantee that no one has any idea of how much (or how little, as it turns out) I paid for each one.
This first outfit is centred around a dress that has a style and colours that I love, and which was free to me as a hand me down. It came from Value Village prior to that, where it was purchased for $9.99, a bargain even at that price.
I kept this outfit simple, adding just a pair of bright yellow heels which were acquired from a garage sale for $2, and a pair of earrings that I bought at another sale for $1. So, total cost of this outfit...$3! I could add my choice of purses, bought for between $1-$2, and additional jewelry, bought for between 33 cents and $1, still keeping my final total well below the $10 mark.
The black sandals were 50 cents from a garage sale I went to late this past spring. I could accessorize this with the black purse that I bought that same day for 25 cents or with any number of purses on which I have spent $5 or less. And I could add any one, or more, of the number of pieces of jewlery I bought for 33 cents from the garage sale coup discussed in an earlier blog post. Again, keeping the head to toe outfit priced well below $10. I cropped off my head here due to a 'bad hair day'.
The third outfit includes purse and accessories. The fitted tee came from a sale where you were encouraged to fill a plastic grocery bag for $2. I took all of the t-shirts in my size; eight of them. Two I ended up not liking and donated to the thrift store. So the remaining six priced out for 33 cents a piece.
The black skirt with the lacey overlay...which I think is so pretty and feminine...was purchased from Value Village for $4. The sandals are the same as pictured above, costing 50 cents. The purse was a garage sale bargain at 25 cents. It actually had never been used and still had the retail price tag on it, of $35.
The ring was one of several which I purchased a couple of years ago from Additionelle when they were having a clearance on jewelry. I paid $2.50 for it. The earrings came from kijiji and I paid $1 for those. The ankle bracelet was 50 cents at a garage sale a couple of years ago.
It is actually a necklace. I love ankle bracelets but they are hard to find at garage sales, so I will often buy necklaces and wrap them to use instead. A little tip in case you want to try it! The gold necklace was a gift.
Total cost of this completely accessorized outfit...$9.08!
The final outfit for today features a faux wrap dress in versatile neutrals. The dress was a Value Village find, bought on 50% off day for $6.50. The shoes are the yellow heels from the first photo, which were $2. The earrings were $1 from a seller on kijiji. Which makes the final total for this outfit $9.50. I could add the 25 cent black purse to bring that total up to $9.75 for a complete outfit for under $10. And one that I can hold my head up wearing out and about town.
So, for little more than the price of a Big Mac meal at McDonalds...and sometimes for even less...you CAN put together a head to toe outfit, including shoes, purse and accessories. All it takes is a little time, some luck, and the love of...or at least an interest in...thrifting!
Nifty, thrifty and (almost) fifty,
Cathy
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