Meanwhile at Goodwill

If you are anything like me...you see your local Goodwill as the place where you go to donate items at the end of your spring-cleaning cycle. It feels great, when donating, to feel a sense of helping an extraordinary business. Goodwill does so much for the community and should probably be sainted for it's affiliation with several, charitable businesses. To add, Goodwill also helps out so many in-need families in a time of such economic uncertainty.

However, too often I forget that Goodwill is also a store that is open and available to the public. Yesterday, when making bi-monthly donation, I started to explore the Goodwill. What I found was nothing short of shocking.

I was surprised to find, while walking around, the amount of super-trendy items I actually found on the racks! Among my findings, a fashionable red cardigan from the GAP retailing for an astonishing $6.50,several tops from Levi brand for less that $5.00, and an American Eagle pair of flats for $5.00 with the sale tag still securely on the bottom of the shoe and the SHOE HANGER STILL ATTACHED (in a freaking size wouldn't you know...booooo.



Pictured above is me at the Goodwill on Sunday. Like I said in my last post, that Mustard color on the shorts is very in for Fall ;)

It was so exciting to hunt through the racks and look at all the fun merchandise. I had no idea Goodwill promoted any of these name-brand articles for sale. And yet, there they were all waiting to be found. I recently found this cool article which discusses Goodwill's fairly recent rise in the thrift-store circuit. Definitely check it out if you have a minute!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/fashion/11goodwill.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

So, in short, I entered Goodwill a donator and left it an avid shopper. I left with two,fashionable belts for 0.99 a piece and also got a really cool, white oxford shirt that can be a staple in many outfits for $4.00. I can't wait to show you the way's I style all the items!!!! I feel a Goodwill-only inspired outfit contest coming on!!

At other retailers, I was able to find an almost exact replica of this shirt "on sale" for $16.99.