Welcome!

Welcome to Thrift Store Star!
Thrift store shopping, or "thrifting" has been a favorite pastime of mine since high school.  My love of thrifting began when I was looking for costume pieces for plays. While scouring thrift stores for costumes, I started to find pieces that I would wear during my everyday life, and I got hooked.  Now the majority of my trips are just for clothes for my personal wardrobe.

Somewhere between one third and one half of my closet is filled with items I've purchased second hand.  It's not uncommon for me to hit up at least one thrift store a week.  I've always loved shopping, but as a student on a limited budget, sometimes I only have $10-15 a week to spend on clothing, and at the mall, or even at a discount store like TJMAXX or Marshalls, that doesn't go very far.

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Thrift store shopping in the big city is easy: wealthy, fashionable people donate their perfectly good, stylish clothes after barely wearing them. I've been in some fantastic thrift store shopping in Boston, San Francisco, and New York.  But, I live in a small, working class city that would never be described as "fashion forward," and I've still made some awesome finds right here. I'm here to help other people without the fortune of living in the big city become Thrift Store Stars, too.

I've started this blog as a way to pass on some of the thrift tricks I've picked up over the years.  I'll also post some of my finds and reviews of local thrift stores. I hope that other thrifters will share their tips and tricks, so I can learn some new things, too!