*pop noise, techno music*

Hi! Who could it be? Annika V!

That's me. I promise I'll never do that again...

Hey everyone! *sing songy voice* Iiiiii wanted
to do, a little thrift haul, for you!

Why do I have to make everything into a rhyme
today?

So! I have had some very very very good, thrift,
finds, recently!

And I wanted to show them to all of you

These are from a couple of different places,
over the past couple of *pause* months? of...

Goin to thrift shops, charity shops, second
hand stores, and vintage stores...and then

my absolute favorite items

Let's start with accessories. My absolute
favorite thing that I have ever thrifted,

ever, in the world, ever...

not only does it have a three-dimensional...
like...

Silicone or something beak, Luci pointed out
that it is indeed a BACKQUACK™ or a QUACKPACK™

whichever one you choose, it's an incredible pun.

"My name is Mary

McQuackpack, the backquack."

*Annika again* Unfortunately THE WORST THING
HAPPENED!

The zip broke? It um? You know the zipper
did that thing? Where it fell off the? um...

Zip? I don't know how to get it back on...?

How do you got a zipper back on a zip?

Do I have to replace the zipper entirely?
If I do that's gonna be able to work...

But it is worth it to save Mary McQuackpack's
LIFE.

The second accessory I found is this fanny
pack/bum bag

Fanny means a different thing in the rest
of the world than it does in America, you

weirdos...

I'm not good carrying weight on my shoulders

Um, from my illness. Especially this once,
so I'm really happy that these kind of bags

are like, you know people don't look at you
like it

*noises of uncertainty*

Some people recognize that they are a little
bit trendy some people still laugh at me,

but yes!

What was I saying? It's so much easier than
carrying things on your shoulders, well for

me.

It's so much easier to carry things on my
waist I feel like a cool 80s mom wearing these.

So I must be just too enthusiastic with opening
my...

backpacks, because I also thrifted, this,

amazing acid-washed denim backpack...

And I broke the zip. It did the exact same
thing, the zip actually came completely off

this one.

Also. This was an awesome find.

I follow, Mihna? Meena? Mina Gilligan on instagram
and apparently she made a book in 2015

It's pretty much all about thrift shopping
and putting cool outfits together,

Features a bunch of her art and I think someone
brought this back to a thrift shop,

because Mina, the author talks about how much
she loves thrift shopping and loves finding

gems at shops

and

so I guess this was well loved and well read
and then left at the thrift shop for me to

find.

And this brooch.

I don't think it's meant to be, but this is
like the most amazing badge for a person with

a chronic illness... like

Ever?

Okay, that's it for the accessories onto the
clothes!

Okay, so the first one, that I am very excited
to tell you about, is right behind me here!

I just got this dress yesterday, and holy
moly it is so cool!!! The dress is from the

70s....

and 100% polyester.

I don't normally go for polyester clothes.
They usually make me way too hot and sweaty.

But I couldn't... I coooooo...I couldn't resist
this...I couldn't

Look at the color, look at the piping, look
at the drop look, LOOK AT IT!!!

Okay, more dresses. this pinafore that I got.
It has frills. It even has pockets. POCKETS.

*noises of happiness* it's so cuuuute I love
it I love it I love it

Another favorite is

This

Crochet orange dress. Because it's actually
like made out of crocheted material was that

yarn
wool.

it's actually quite thick, but it's also a
short dress and also a bit see-through so

it's a little bit difficult to um...

Find the right situation to wear it in. I
think it's more of an autumn dress, because

it's actually quite heavy.

But I'm so excited to start wearing it once
summer is over here, in Australia.

This crushed-velvet...um...

[singing] Green babydoll dress is like my
favorite thing, on earth!

I feel like Tinkerbell when I wear this. This
is a... I don't know if you could see it in

the camera -
It's a dress with a short,

maybe like a princess waist? The high up waist
with a velvet top and cute flowy

chiffon bottom, it's the perfect party dress.
Someone invite me to a party so I can wear

this baby.
This dress that I got is the most fancy freaking

thing that I've ever owned
and I got it for five dollars secondhand from

a market stall. It's got this cool, split
leg action going on.

This is an incredible sheer,
floral body contouring dress and it's stretchy,

and it looks really good with like a beige
slip underneath, and again this was

$5 from a market stall. Go to flea markets
people!

They're the greatest!
Look at the print on this dress

It is so pretty, it is one of my favorite
finds, but I just don't think it super suits

me
I don't know

I just been kind of off wearing circle-y circle
skirt dresses at the moment so I might be

taking this one back
to another thrift store for someone to chance

upon and find and fall in love with because
I think someone

could love this a lot more than I can.
Now I'm probably gonna show you about a million

stripy t-shirts, so let's go.
This is my favourite top find I think of this

whole. Rainbow colored stuff is something
that I have been

really loving a lot lately, and this one is
like a like a pink rainbow.

I mean, there's like there's four different
shades of pink in there, and it's stripy and

it's got its contrasting hem
It's the best! It goes with everything and

I love it. Yeah. This is a cute cute thing
that I found

Mmm. Maybe like four months ago
Yes a nice big

oversized tee so it's cute to tie up or leave
down and tuck in and wear loose

with this awesome like Fresh Prince of Bel
Air print.

This stripey crop top that I found reminds
me of like vintage Barbie, and I found this

really unusual,
that's super... I decided super cool,

T-shirt that looks like it has kind of like
a vest leotard on it,

but it's really nice.
And just the other day. I found this old super

hot pink
Nike top, and I just really liked the colour.

This is a super cute little cropped top
I actually think it has long sleeves at one

point because, unless this brand just like
sucks,

the edges are all wonky and weird and raw
and... eugh.

But you can't tell, and it's very very nice.
It has a very cute flower or floral...

It has a very cute floral print.
And this is one of my favourites

I got this yesterday from a vintage store.
It's a German t-shirt from the 70s

umm, with stripy
sleeves! So it's like a baseball playing turkey

on the front and it says in German
...no, I'm not...

I'm not gonna try and say that, but it means
'hit the drums', or when I put it through

Google Translate,
'today, let's hit the timpani!' But I asked

some german-speaking people what that means
and apparently it means like, yeah go for

it!
Let's go! Like someone told me, umm

that's something only your parents would probably
say so it's like the equivalent in English

of being like yeah,
groovy man! Which I just think is

so good. And and and! A little like attached
googly eye

Yeah, I'm into real
just silly s*** huh?

I got this super nice knitted
singlet top, it's actually very lightweight

and like perfect for summer. It's so nice
I've been wearing it like every day, so comfortable,

don't have to wear a bra!
Ah, so good. In this cute strappy strap strappy

strap strappy top, but how does this work?
I had it on the other day?

I swear I know how to... future Annika take
it away with the figuring out of how it works!

And I also got this baby yesterday. It's very
cute. It's very simple, but it just fit really

well and I like it
I've also picked up quite a few sweaters recently

which is wholly inappropriate for living in
Australia, and it being summer right now

But I'll be able to wear it in like six months.
So it still has the price tag on it, this

one, this is a vintage Adidas sweater,
With like embroidered on, stitched on lettering,

A sweater with a rainbow appliqued onto it.
This was only $10

And yep, yep, I was just like yes please
and it kind of reminds me of brands like Lazy

Oaf or Big Brud *makes mistake saying name
of store* Brother Big Bud press.

But this, this is gonna be my favourite in
winter. It's all like soft and fleecy inside

and everything.
Okay, I got this light denim jacket for how

much?
Was it $3?

No! Cheaper
$2? Nope cheaper!

$1.50? Uh uh, even cheaper.
$1? Yup! This was $1. $1!

Wah, it is so, so, so, so, so nice
Again, haven't been able to wear it 'coz summer

-
But it's gonna be like everyday on my body

when it's wintertime!

I love this swimsuit to pieces, but you're
gonna laugh so much when you see it.

So the one real big drawback of this is that
it's a swimsuit,

But it's not made for swimming so this thing
on the shoulder makes it impossible to move,

it makes it impossible for me to move my arm,
so while I love the ruffly one-shoulder

goodness, like, so much, I am considering
using the fabric to turn it into a one-piece

instead because it's already got like built-in
cups, like I'd only need to just copy that

side of the neckline over, maybe re-think
the frills or put them elsewhere…

[singing] Pants pants pants pants pants pants
pants pants pants pants!

I got theeeese like loose-fitting pastel-pink
couduroy pants in Japan, with an elasticated

waist band, and they are the comfiest thing
that I have ever owned - actually no wait!

THESE are the comfiest pants I have ever owned!
These are like - accordian pleats?

I don't know, what do you call that like,
teensy tiny pleating on material?

Maybe it’s something even smaller than an
accordion?

They’re just loose-fitting, like silky black
pants, also with an elastic waistband for

MAXIMUM COMFORT!
Some of my favourite pants that I’ve ever

found are these jeans that have bears on them!
Not only is it super cute, but I can also

when I'm wearing them I can say, “bear butt!
Bear butt! I have a bear butt!”

‘Coz I’m 5 years old and that joke cracks
me up everytime!

Shorts!
Looking this cutie patootie pair of acid-washed

shorts that I've got
From a very cool vintage shop in Japan. These

cute high-waisted shorts have this adorable
paper-bag waist feature on them, and oh, I

love them so much!
I think it can be difficult sometimes for

paper bag waists to look nice and not just
like a bunch of like extra fabric all up in

there - but I think these one strike the balance
really well. And the shorts that I'm wearing

today are a Ralph Lauren that I got for $5!
Mmm, so fancy!

This is like, the cutest, bestest romper that
I’ve ever found!

This romper is one of my favorite comfy faves.
It's got a little floral print all across

it. What's this collar sleeve called? Princess
Anne? Queen Anne? Some royal - something something

royal! So it looks really good when it’s
worn on its own, or with like a t-shirt underneath,

and it's really really really soooo comfortable.
I think with my clothes, I’ve decided that

the more comfortable, the better lately!

Now this used to be one of my largest categories
of things that I would look for thrift shops,

but now, ehh, I’m just not that into wearing
skirts at the moment, but this long flowy

skirt is 100% silk, and it also has like this
sunflower print all over it… it kind of

looks more like daisies ‘coz it's like the
coloring of daisies, but it's the shape of

sunflowers so - I don't know what it is. Don't
yell at me in the comments cuz I got a flower

wrong!
But it's got all these like extra bits of

like panels in the skirt to make it really
really amazing and flowy and makes you want

to spin around all the time when you're wearing
it.

Is that it? IS THAT IT?

No wait, that's not it. Hang on.

I've got some hats to show you, you think
I'm gonna forget about the hats?

Hat number one…

[silence]

All the hats. And last section [drum roll
imitation]

TOYS! This audio is probably, like, copyright
protected so this video will get demonetized.

But I need to show you I got a Finn and a
Jake and they talk. They talk.

[Toy Finn speaks]

Alright Finn.

[Toy Jake speaks]

They're being so rude to me! And that is my
thrift haul from the last couple of months.

In the past when we went thrift shopping

I used to just kind of go through all the
cheapest bins and find the cheapest clothes

and just get like,

A mountain of super, super cheap clothing,
and usually not that well-made clothing and,

well, the reason

It's cheap, but more recently. I've been kind
of... I've been kind of like that is still

a sort of a fast-fashion

Mentality to have towards fashion. Sure, I'm
not buying the clothing new and it still supports

a charity, but I'm still going through the
clothes

At such a rapid rate where I'm like "I need
more all the time, and I'm not satisfied

By the things I have". I'm not even wearing
some of the things that I have much, before

bringing them back to the thrift shop.

So lately have been picking, uhm,

fewer pieces, but that are just slightly better
quality,

maybe just like a

slightly more expensive. Like, I used to scoff
at things that were more than ten dollars

in thrift shops

But now if they are actually good quality,
because some things can just be way too over

priced, but if they are good quality

I'm like hell-yeah, I'm gonna take this, I'm
gonna love it for years and honestly

it's really made me feel a lot happier with
my style, with my wardrobe. Yeah

I'm not saying one way is necessarily better
than the other, but that's just, that's just

what I've been doing lately

So let me know

What is the most awesome thing that you have
ever found on a thrifting exhibition [expedition]

all these items are awesome,

but they probably still can't beat the little
purse. I have that is shaped like a house.

I had to go find it, so I could show you all.
It's a purse

..And it's a house.

Thank you all so much for watching, if you'd
like to see how I put together outfits on

a daily basis

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on Instagram, and I will see you all next

time. Bye!

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