Salvation Army Atlantic Ave. the first visit of 2009....

After I made a Greek Moosewood Resturaunt fritatta for breakfast, and fueled a slight hangover with coffee and juice...being that this is a new year and the start of this new blog, i figured a trip to the ol' Salvation Army was in order. I like to work with "what's in my wallet" type of budget, and this morning it happened to be $11 cash, so that's what i could spend, no more than that. First thrift shopping tip is see what the half off ticket color is for the day, today it was yellow.

I love these hilarious things that you come across while browsing....You wonder what possessed a person to buy these things in the first place, and what was the deciding factor on getting rid of it, and donating it to the Salvation Army?




I came out with 3 items, 2 of the 3 were half off yellow ticket prices. The item that was not half off was of fancy label, and a vintage design...Gloria Vanderbilt, and still just marked at $2.99. A kilt for an upcoming Robbie Burns celebration, and another cream colored, vintage wintery sweater, with my ever-so favorite style, the princess puff sleeve. Not bad for $7.46.

What's a recessory?

A word developed (well, made up) in 2008, spawn from our current state of financial affairs. A recycled possession, something thrift, something old, but new, well new to you. A handed down item, swapped, re-furbished, maybe something you bought at a yard sale, or got marked down off the marked down ticket price. Salvation Army and Goodwill's are filled with these gems. Maybe you've altered it, maybe you out grew it, or it out grew you.

I was raised on recessories, T.J. Maxx's
and the likes. My mother taught us to never buy full price, only shop sales, because you know in a week or 2 it will be marked down. Also, never refuse a hand-me down. By the time I was a Junior in High School I discovered thrift stores for my "lil granny-esque" styles. I am a walking recessory, and I regret not documenting the recessories that have come in and out of my life thus far. This year I want to document some of the recessories in my life, and the recycling I'll do along the way.

The first stab at it, was the eve of the eve of new year's eve, this past Monday night, it was the perfect night to recessorize. Clean out the closet, and start fresh for 09'. Steph came over to look at a bag of goods I was gonna take to Beacon's Closet, but being that she is my best lady, and a size smaller for when i "grow" (haha) out of my clothes she gets first dibs. These photos posted, are some items she scored along the way....