HeyJaredThe Thick-Thrift Diaries
The Thick-Thrift Diaries is a Substack about finding your size, style, and self at the thrift store—especially if you are curvy, have lost/gained significant weight, or are in transition. Because we all deserve clothes we love that fit us, just as we are.
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Live from the Laundry Room: Scenic sweaters, funky jeans, and dresses to wear over pants (opens the original)
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A sign I saw ages ago at an Omaha diner still strikes me as fairly profound. In big letters, it said “Fast, Perfect, Cheap!” And in smaller print below, it said something like: “Choose any two!” The gist: Here, as in life, something’s got to give. If you want it fast and cheap, it probably won’t be perfect. If you want it perfect and cheap, it likely won’t be fast. And if you want it fast and perfect, it’s gonna cost ya. That little sign snaps a demanding customer right back to reality with a li
A $1K Local Thrift Haul? (opens the original)
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I don’t check the original MSRP for every item I thrift. But it’s helpful when pricing items for resale and can make a gal feel pretty chuffed about the time and effort she puts into sourcing secondhand things.So after spending three hours at the grand opening of a new local thrift store location in West Des Moines Wednesday morning, I spent another hour or two tracking down the original or equivalent new market value of the 15 items that caught my eye and came home with me. (See the video above
Live from the Laundry Room: Juicy summer-into-early fall finds (opens the original)
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Hey, thrifty friends. I’m trying something new this week: a little video walk-through of some recent thrift finds, shot live in my laundry room. I started recording these privately awhile back for a few reasons: The laundry room is where I’m typically unpacking and sorting a haul and working things into my closet and resale racks after they’ve been washed and mended.This kind of video helps me keep track of what came from where, why I bought it, and my thoughts on brands, style, condition, fabri
Panic (and Inspo) at the Disco (opens the original)
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Preloved-Purse Adventures: My Recent Handbag Odyssey (opens the original)
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