tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post7574059326452642876..comments2024-03-17T04:14:44.845-05:00Comments on Frugal Scholar: In Praise of Thrift Stores, Kind Of, with Babette and DejaPseuFrugal Scholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-40701440935143192472011-05-27T10:28:22.146-05:002011-05-27T10:28:22.146-05:00@shelley--We are certainly guilty of overaccumulat...@shelley--We are certainly guilty of overaccumulation here. My daughter and I just took a bunch of stuff to Buffalo exchange.<br /><br />@sewing--There are a couple of demographic reasons I find so much around here. Other places I've lived/visited--not so good and too expensive anyway.<br /><br />@Duchesse--Bobette is married to a French person==I'll have to ask her if the slang is the same in Paris (though her husband came to the US after the War, so his French may not be current).Frugal Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-42115644518558613332011-05-25T14:50:49.992-05:002011-05-25T14:50:49.992-05:00You have the gift! (If one can wear it well, Babet...You have the gift! (If one can wear it well, Babette is worth buying full price if one hasn't your luck.) I like Babette but the poly fabric used for most of it does not breathe, so is uncomfortable in our hot summers and too cold in our frigid winters. (Line originated in San Francisco and that tells you something about optimal temps for wearing it.)<br /><br />Putnam (and I have seen that quote attributed to someone else, too) is right: people buy too many indifferent clothes whether they get them at thrifts or Saks.<br /><br />"Bobette" is French Canadian slang for underpants: "Mes (pe)'tites bobettes". So someone named bobette here- you can imagine the jokes.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-58479128995962018152011-05-25T01:31:14.714-05:002011-05-25T01:31:14.714-05:00I must be going to the wrong thrift store. I never...I must be going to the wrong thrift store. I never see the quality stuff that you find. The only thing I've ever bought is a nice jewelry box.SewingLibrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09884510117234994583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-82038918058152420292011-05-24T09:58:33.037-05:002011-05-24T09:58:33.037-05:00PS I really do know how to spell 'bargain'...PS I really do know how to spell 'bargain', my fingers just don't type it any more...Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-69390657068679713692011-05-24T09:57:30.442-05:002011-05-24T09:57:30.442-05:00I think thrift stores have both positive and negat...I think thrift stores have both positive and negative aspects: on the positive side, all that you have written: find bargans, buy clothes you wouldn't buy new, mistakes aren't tragedies, a ruined bargan is sad, but not sickening. On the negative side: we buy what we don't need and I have been guilty in the past of buying something because it's a good price, not because I love it. It's one of the reasons my closets are so full. I am not familiar with all the really upscale brand names - and I'm not likely to become so - so I wouldn't buy something for the brand, only because it stood out because of the colour, the texture or the design. I'm sure Babette stands out at least in the latter two categories. Not sure how well it would go with the rest of my 'downscale' wardrobe though! Glad you're enjoying a bronze top. Sounds lovely.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.com