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*pop noise, techno music*
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Hi! Who could it be? Annika V!
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That's me. I promise I'll never do that again...
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Hey everyone! *sing songy voice* Iiiiii wanted
to do, a little thrift haul, for you!
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Why do I have to make everything into a rhyme
today?
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So! I have had some very very very good, thrift,
finds, recently!
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And I wanted to show them to all of you
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These are from a couple of different places,
over the past couple of *pause* months? of...
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Goin to thrift shops, charity shops, second
hand stores, and vintage stores...and then
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my absolute favorite items
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Let's start with accessories. My absolute
favorite thing that I have ever thrifted,
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ever, in the world, ever...
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not only does it have a three-dimensional...
like...
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Silicone or something beak, Luci pointed out
that it is indeed a BACKQUACK™ or a QUACKPACK™
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whichever one you choose, it's an incredible pun.
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"My name is Mary
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McQuackpack, the backquack."
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*Annika again* Unfortunately THE WORST THING
HAPPENED!
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The zip broke? It um? You know the zipper
did that thing? Where it fell off the? um...
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Zip? I don't know how to get it back on...?
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How do you got a zipper back on a zip?
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Do I have to replace the zipper entirely?
If I do that's gonna be able to work...
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But it is worth it to save Mary McQuackpack's
LIFE.
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The second accessory I found is this fanny
pack/bum bag
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Fanny means a different thing in the rest
of the world than it does in America, you
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weirdos...
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I'm not good carrying weight on my shoulders
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Um, from my illness. Especially this once,
so I'm really happy that these kind of bags
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are like, you know people don't look at you
like it
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*noises of uncertainty*
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Some people recognize that they are a little
bit trendy some people still laugh at me,
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but yes!
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What was I saying? It's so much easier than
carrying things on your shoulders, well for
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me.
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It's so much easier to carry things on my
waist I feel like a cool 80s mom wearing these.
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So I must be just too enthusiastic with opening
my...
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backpacks, because I also thrifted, this,
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amazing acid-washed denim backpack...
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And I broke the zip. It did the exact same
thing, the zip actually came completely off
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this one.
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Also. This was an awesome find.
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I follow, Mihna? Meena? Mina Gilligan on instagram
and apparently she made a book in 2015
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It's pretty much all about thrift shopping
and putting cool outfits together,
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Features a bunch of her art and I think someone
brought this back to a thrift shop,
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because Mina, the author talks about how much
she loves thrift shopping and loves finding
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gems at shops
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and
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so I guess this was well loved and well read
and then left at the thrift shop for me to
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find.
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And this brooch.
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I don't think it's meant to be, but this is
like the most amazing badge for a person with
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a chronic illness... like
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Ever?
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Okay, that's it for the accessories onto the
clothes!
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Okay, so the first one, that I am very excited
to tell you about, is right behind me here!
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I just got this dress yesterday, and holy
moly it is so cool!!! The dress is from the
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70s....
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and 100% polyester.
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I don't normally go for polyester clothes.
They usually make me way too hot and sweaty.
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But I couldn't... I coooooo...I couldn't resist
this...I couldn't
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Look at the color, look at the piping, look
at the drop look, LOOK AT IT!!!
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Okay, more dresses. this pinafore that I got.
It has frills. It even has pockets. POCKETS.
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*noises of happiness* it's so cuuuute I love
it I love it I love it
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Another favorite is
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This
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Crochet orange dress. Because it's actually
like made out of crocheted material was that
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yarn
wool.
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it's actually quite thick, but it's also a
short dress and also a bit see-through so
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it's a little bit difficult to um...
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Find the right situation to wear it in. I
think it's more of an autumn dress, because
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it's actually quite heavy.
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But I'm so excited to start wearing it once
summer is over here, in Australia.
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This crushed-velvet...um...
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[singing] Green babydoll dress is like my
favorite thing, on earth!
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I feel like Tinkerbell when I wear this. This
is a... I don't know if you could see it in
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the camera -
It's a dress with a short,
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maybe like a princess waist? The high up waist
with a velvet top and cute flowy
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chiffon bottom, it's the perfect party dress.
Someone invite me to a party so I can wear
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this baby.
This dress that I got is the most fancy freaking
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thing that I've ever owned
and I got it for five dollars secondhand from
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a market stall. It's got this cool, split
leg action going on.
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This is an incredible sheer,
floral body contouring dress and it's stretchy,
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and it looks really good with like a beige
slip underneath, and again this was
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$5 from a market stall. Go to flea markets
people!
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They're the greatest!
Look at the print on this dress
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It is so pretty, it is one of my favorite
finds, but I just don't think it super suits
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me
I don't know
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I just been kind of off wearing circle-y circle
skirt dresses at the moment so I might be
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taking this one back
to another thrift store for someone to chance
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upon and find and fall in love with because
I think someone
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could love this a lot more than I can.
Now I'm probably gonna show you about a million
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stripy t-shirts, so let's go.
This is my favourite top find I think of this
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whole. Rainbow colored stuff is something
that I have been
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really loving a lot lately, and this one is
like a like a pink rainbow.
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I mean, there's like there's four different
shades of pink in there, and it's stripy and
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it's got its contrasting hem
It's the best! It goes with everything and
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I love it. Yeah. This is a cute cute thing
that I found
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Mmm. Maybe like four months ago
Yes a nice big
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oversized tee so it's cute to tie up or leave
down and tuck in and wear loose
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with this awesome like Fresh Prince of Bel
Air print.
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This stripey crop top that I found reminds
me of like vintage Barbie, and I found this
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really unusual,
that's super... I decided super cool,
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T-shirt that looks like it has kind of like
a vest leotard on it,
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but it's really nice.
And just the other day. I found this old super
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hot pink
Nike top, and I just really liked the colour.
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This is a super cute little cropped top
I actually think it has long sleeves at one
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point because, unless this brand just like
sucks,
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the edges are all wonky and weird and raw
and... eugh.
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But you can't tell, and it's very very nice.
It has a very cute flower or floral...
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It has a very cute floral print.
And this is one of my favourites
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I got this yesterday from a vintage store.
It's a German t-shirt from the 70s
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umm, with stripy
sleeves! So it's like a baseball playing turkey
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on the front and it says in German
...no, I'm not...
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I'm not gonna try and say that, but it means
'hit the drums', or when I put it through
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Google Translate,
'today, let's hit the timpani!' But I asked
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some german-speaking people what that means
and apparently it means like, yeah go for
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it!
Let's go! Like someone told me, umm
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that's something only your parents would probably
say so it's like the equivalent in English
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of being like yeah,
groovy man! Which I just think is
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so good. And and and! A little like attached
googly eye
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Yeah, I'm into real
just silly s*** huh?
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I got this super nice knitted
singlet top, it's actually very lightweight
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and like perfect for summer. It's so nice
I've been wearing it like every day, so comfortable,
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don't have to wear a bra!
Ah, so good. In this cute strappy strap strappy
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strap strappy top, but how does this work?
I had it on the other day?
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I swear I know how to... future Annika take
it away with the figuring out of how it works!
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And I also got this baby yesterday. It's very
cute. It's very simple, but it just fit really
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well and I like it
I've also picked up quite a few sweaters recently
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which is wholly inappropriate for living in
Australia, and it being summer right now
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But I'll be able to wear it in like six months.
So it still has the price tag on it, this
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one, this is a vintage Adidas sweater,
With like embroidered on, stitched on lettering,
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A sweater with a rainbow appliqued onto it.
This was only $10
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And yep, yep, I was just like yes please
and it kind of reminds me of brands like Lazy
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Oaf or Big Brud *makes mistake saying name
of store* Brother Big Bud press.
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But this, this is gonna be my favourite in
winter. It's all like soft and fleecy inside
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and everything.
Okay, I got this light denim jacket for how
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much?
Was it $3?
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No! Cheaper
$2? Nope cheaper!
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$1.50? Uh uh, even cheaper.
$1? Yup! This was $1. $1!
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Wah, it is so, so, so, so, so nice
Again, haven't been able to wear it 'coz summer
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But it's gonna be like everyday on my body
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when it's wintertime!
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I love this swimsuit to pieces, but you're
gonna laugh so much when you see it.
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So the one real big drawback of this is that
it's a swimsuit,
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But it's not made for swimming so this thing
on the shoulder makes it impossible to move,
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it makes it impossible for me to move my arm,
so while I love the ruffly one-shoulder
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goodness, like, so much, I am considering
using the fabric to turn it into a one-piece
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instead because it's already got like built-in
cups, like I'd only need to just copy that
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side of the neckline over, maybe re-think
the frills or put them elsewhere…
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[singing] Pants pants pants pants pants pants
pants pants pants pants!
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I got theeeese like loose-fitting pastel-pink
couduroy pants in Japan, with an elasticated
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waist band, and they are the comfiest thing
that I have ever owned - actually no wait!
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THESE are the comfiest pants I have ever owned!
These are like - accordian pleats?
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I don't know, what do you call that like,
teensy tiny pleating on material?
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Maybe it’s something even smaller than an
accordion?
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They’re just loose-fitting, like silky black
pants, also with an elastic waistband for
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MAXIMUM COMFORT!
Some of my favourite pants that I’ve ever
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found are these jeans that have bears on them!
Not only is it super cute, but I can also
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when I'm wearing them I can say, “bear butt!
Bear butt! I have a bear butt!”
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‘Coz I’m 5 years old and that joke cracks
me up everytime!
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Shorts!
Looking this cutie patootie pair of acid-washed
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shorts that I've got
From a very cool vintage shop in Japan. These
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cute high-waisted shorts have this adorable
paper-bag waist feature on them, and oh, I
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love them so much!
I think it can be difficult sometimes for
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paper bag waists to look nice and not just
like a bunch of like extra fabric all up in
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there - but I think these one strike the balance
really well. And the shorts that I'm wearing
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today are a Ralph Lauren that I got for $5!
Mmm, so fancy!
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This is like, the cutest, bestest romper that
I’ve ever found!
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This romper is one of my favorite comfy faves.
It's got a little floral print all across
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it. What's this collar sleeve called? Princess
Anne? Queen Anne? Some royal - something something
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royal! So it looks really good when it’s
worn on its own, or with like a t-shirt underneath,
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and it's really really really soooo comfortable.
I think with my clothes, I’ve decided that
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the more comfortable, the better lately!
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Now this used to be one of my largest categories
of things that I would look for thrift shops,
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but now, ehh, I’m just not that into wearing
skirts at the moment, but this long flowy
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skirt is 100% silk, and it also has like this
sunflower print all over it… it kind of
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looks more like daisies ‘coz it's like the
coloring of daisies, but it's the shape of
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sunflowers so - I don't know what it is. Don't
yell at me in the comments cuz I got a flower
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wrong!
But it's got all these like extra bits of
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like panels in the skirt to make it really
really amazing and flowy and makes you want
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to spin around all the time when you're wearing
it.
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Is that it? IS THAT IT?
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No wait, that's not it. Hang on.
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I've got some hats to show you, you think
I'm gonna forget about the hats?
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Hat number one…
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[silence]
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All the hats. And last section [drum roll
imitation]
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TOYS! This audio is probably, like, copyright
protected so this video will get demonetized.
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But I need to show you I got a Finn and a
Jake and they talk. They talk.
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[Toy Finn speaks]
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Alright Finn.
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[Toy Jake speaks]
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They're being so rude to me! And that is my
thrift haul from the last couple of months.
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In the past when we went thrift shopping
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I used to just kind of go through all the
cheapest bins and find the cheapest clothes
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and just get like,
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A mountain of super, super cheap clothing,
and usually not that well-made clothing and,
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well, the reason
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It's cheap, but more recently. I've been kind
of... I've been kind of like that is still
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a sort of a fast-fashion
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Mentality to have towards fashion. Sure, I'm
not buying the clothing new and it still supports
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a charity, but I'm still going through the
clothes
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At such a rapid rate where I'm like "I need
more all the time, and I'm not satisfied
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By the things I have". I'm not even wearing
some of the things that I have much, before
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bringing them back to the thrift shop.
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So lately have been picking, uhm,
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fewer pieces, but that are just slightly better
quality,
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maybe just like a
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slightly more expensive. Like, I used to scoff
at things that were more than ten dollars
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in thrift shops
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But now if they are actually good quality,
because some things can just be way too over
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priced, but if they are good quality
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I'm like hell-yeah, I'm gonna take this, I'm
gonna love it for years and honestly
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it's really made me feel a lot happier with
my style, with my wardrobe. Yeah
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I'm not saying one way is necessarily better
than the other, but that's just, that's just
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what I've been doing lately
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So let me know
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What is the most awesome thing that you have
ever found on a thrifting exhibition [expedition]
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all these items are awesome,
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but they probably still can't beat the little
purse. I have that is shaped like a house.
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I had to go find it, so I could show you all.
It's a purse
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..And it's a house.
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like to see how I put together outfits on
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on Instagram, and I will see you all next
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