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Showing posts with label #Madras. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Madras. Show all posts

Thursday, June 04, 2026

How Do You Shop?



 Let us count the ways:

Need 
Garment specific
Thrift stores
Sales and bargains
Color
Fabric
I know when I see it
Fashion fad
Bored and needed to get out and about

Shopping all ways now and then, I believe, is the right answer. 

I am mainly a thrift store shopper leaning into need.

 Last fall I I over did it on tunics, bought more than I needed. That turned into more laundry than I care to have. So, now I am keen on asking myself do I need to buy whatever. I am skilled at making excuses in that regard. Get it down to will it break my heart to say I don’t need it is the coin toss. No wins more often.

Deciding on no is a major change of my shopping attitude. Proof that we can change. Yay me!

A local thrift store is running a 25% off clothes sale. That is worth a quick look. I bought 2 Summer tops and a pair of Gap Madras shorts. I love Madras. I look for Madras in the men’s section because it is difficult to find, and when I do, it is in the men’s section. 

Today though, I didn’t look on the men's racks. As I make my way to the check out counter, something out of the corner of my eye briefly catches my attention. My neck snaps in that direction. Madras! What a thrill. The mind knows what the mind knows. 😎

Alterations needed