• Take Off Your Clothes with The S.W.A.P Team!

    Take Off Your Clothes with The S.W.A.P Team!

    The S.W.A.P. Team is behind North America’s largest clothing swaps. So far the organization has exchanged over 12,000 items! I had the pleasure of volunteering with the Calgary (Alberta, Canada!) chapter this spring, experiencing the beautiful chaos that is a clothing swap. And it’s definitely something everyone needs to know about.

  • Tis The Season for Ugly Sweaters

    Tis The Season for Ugly Sweaters

    When I walk through my local Salvation Army or thrift store, I fully expect to be assaulted by an abundance of glittery, jingly, horrendously ugly Christmas sweaters. That is where they belong, after all. Once a trendy item among soccer moms, those same women have since woken up from their chardonnay-induced comas and realized that no one should be wearing something with a fuzzy/light up Christmas tree on the back. So they donate them to the needy.

  • You Can Recycle More Than Just Beer Cans

    You Can Recycle More Than Just Beer Cans

    We live in a world of disposable everything. Cups, plastic bags, razors, boyfriends; you name it, you can find it in a disposable form. And although this makes our lives terribly easy, it also makes our landfills terribly full. By just being a tad more conscious of your recycling options, you can make a huge difference with relatively minimal effort.

  • Thrift Shopping: How to Spot the Real Deal

    Thrift Shopping: How to Spot the Real Deal

    Ever since I was given a fistful of dollars and a ride to the mall to buy my own school clothes, I was a thrifty shopper. I liked the new stuff too, but once I discovered that, by looking in the right places, I could find better quality things for WAY less money, I was hooked, and thrift stores became my new shopping mall.

  • Old is the New Vintage

    Old is the New Vintage

     

    I adore vintage stuff. Nothing makes me squeal quite like walking into a vintage boutiqu…

  • Make Your Own Ugly Christmas Sweater

    Make Your Own Ugly Christmas Sweater

    If I had to name one thing I love about this time of year it would not be the Gingerbread Latte, it wo…

  • Holiday Parties to Put You in the Yuletide Spirit

    Holiday Parties to Put You in the Yuletide Spirit

    We may have outgrown classroom “Secret Santa” parties and Snow Balls chaperoned…

  • Overheard: Social Vomit

    Overheard: Social Vomit

    [Every week, CC and John will bring you some of the weirdest, funniest, saddest things he hears o…

  • Back to School Clothes – Where Best Buys Meet Best Trends

    Back to School Clothes – Where Best Buys Meet Best Trends

    A new school season is here, which means more than new books, new cute boys in class and new dorms.…

  • Thrift Shopping 101: The Thrill of the Find

    Thrift Shopping 101: The Thrill of the Find

    As a girl on a budget, shopping (or more accurately: window shopping) can be painful. When even c…

  • Breaking Up with your Ex’s stuff

    Breaking Up with your Ex’s stuff

    Brace yourself, girls. We’re about to talk about Ex’s. Specifically, the stuff they leave behi…