http://www.chicgalleria.com/2010/01/become-a-thrift-store-expert/ Your premier, social destination for all that is Chic, where globetrotting professionals chat about Style and Beauty, Home and Family, Arts and Entertainment, and Body and Mind. Where a recipe of expertise and passion fulfills your desires. Mon, 21 May 2012 06:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.chicgalleria.com/2010/01/become-a-thrift-store-expert/#comment-5544 Shopping Golightly Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:18:28 +0000 http://chicgalleria.com/?p=10754#comment-5544 I've written nearly an entire chapter on how to Shop Thrift. Since it's a completely different culture than conventional retail, one must reframe the mind. A series of posts on this subject appear in the left column of our blog. When newbies switch to thrift, I want them to become converts. The reuse market in this country needs to expand like nobodies business. It's great for the local economy. It's one of the easiest ways to lower the carbon footprint of your shopping. Shopping repurposed goods, is poetic in that it provides funds to help charities reporpose lives in need. I could write a hundred reasons why we need to develop a more robust reuse market. I’ve written nearly an entire chapter on how to Shop Thrift. Since it’s a completely different culture than conventional retail, one must reframe the mind. A series of posts on this subject appear in the left column of our blog. When newbies switch to thrift, I want them to become converts. The reuse market in this country needs to expand like nobodies business. It’s great for the local economy. It’s one of the easiest ways to lower the carbon footprint of your shopping. Shopping repurposed goods, is poetic in that it provides funds to help charities reporpose lives in need. I could write a hundred reasons why we need to develop a more robust reuse market.

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