Goodbye :'(

It’s already been about 3 months since I started this blog and I’m sorry to tell you that it’s coming to an end.

I had so many new and great experiences preparing and writing this blog

I originally didn’t have much interest in thrift shopping(oops :P), but once I started this blog, I started to love thrifting!

It was wonderful going out in San Luis Obispo looking for the thrift stores and interviewing the managers and employees.

Although it was a lot of time and hard work that I had to put in to make this blog a success, I feel that it was worth it

My shy personality made it hard interviewing, and I had so much technical difficulties with the computer, wordpress, Audacity(audio interview), and Premiere(video teaser and video).

IT WAS SO FRUSTRATING! But I made it 🙂

I had the most difficult time with Premiere, but filming and editing the video was a new experience and I really enjoyed it(not sure if I’ll do it again though…haha)

Up to this point, I had 764 views and 3 comments

Thank you to those who gave me comments, they really helped and I hope I was able to meet up to your expectations

Thank you to all of my readers who visited this blog and I hope you had a wonderful time like I did writing it

Keep on thrifting! 😉 ❤

 

Video

Here’s the video you’ve all been waiting for!

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I went to Curio and interviewed Donna Cody, owner of the store. (Sorry for the bad audio, I had some technical issues for her interview 😦 )

I also went to Mission Thrift, a thrift store that supports Old Mission School. I interviewed Susie Fitler, who has been working there for about 3 years.

Lastly, I had my roommate, Kelsey Laroa(who I interviewed for my past post, Thrift Thrive), make an outfit from her own closet with just thrift store finds.

Thank you to all who made this video a success!

Hope you enjoyed the video 😀

Teaser

This is a teaser for the upcoming video!

This teaser only shows Curio but the upcoming video will also be featuring Mission Thrift, and some interviews with Curio’s manager and an employee from Mission Thrift.

There will also be a special interview with my roommate, Kelsey Laroa, who I interviewed in my earlier posts.

Stay tuned! 🙂

There’s an APP for that

I’m here today to introduce you to a really cool app that is totally free available both on the iPhone and Android called Vinted!

I found this app a few months ago so I don’t really know much about the app, but they also have a website that you can access through your computer.

I just checked out the website but it seemed pretty easy to use 😀

This app lets you sell, buy, and swap pre-owned clothes and accessories super easy and fast through your phone!

Here’s a quick view on what the app looks like on the Android

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Here’s my top 10 reasons this is a really awesome app for thrifters and why you should check it out!

1. The app layout is really simple and easy to use
2. Lots of pre-owned items from famous brands
3. Vinted will give you $10 for FREE when you download the app and sign up!
4. The Vinted staff are very friendly and easy to contact 🙂
5. Very good prices–if you don’t like the price, you can try negotiating with the seller by commenting under the item or messaging them
6. You can filter your search by keywords, brands, payment option(sell, swap, or gift), price range, sizes, color, location of the item is shipped from, and the condition of the item!
7. You can save items that you like or are interested in by putting them in your favorites and check them out later
8. You can swap items that you like with items you are selling–you just need to ask the seller first if they’re willing to swap
9. Super easy and nice buying process (I’m not really sure how the selling process goes but it seems easy!)
10. Once you buy an item and the seller sends it, Vinted will automatically send you a tracking number

Map!

I made a map on Google Maps of the thrift stores I have been to so far and the other stores in SLO that I have yet to go check out!

The blue checkpoints are the thrift stores.

It’s amazing to see how much thrift stores there are in SLO!

Hope this treasure map will help your treasure hunting 😉 ❤

Enjoy thrifting!

How am I doing so far?

To see how I am doing so far on this blog, I asked a few people to comment on my blog.

I got great comments, compliments, and suggestions from so many! Thank you all 🙂

Here are some of the comments I received that I screenshotted.

My father

My aunt

My friend from elementary to high school.

My friend from Japanese school.

Another friend from Japanese school. Loves shopping 😉

I had some comments about the appearance of the blog so I tried changing some stuff.

Did you notice the different background color? How do you like it?

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to do anything about the font color and home button because of the blog theme I am using

About the soundcloud audio from my blog post, Thrift Thrive, the audio played on my phone(android) but I’m not really sure how it works for iPhones.

I also had comments about wanting to see some DIY projects or original outfits created with items bought at the thrift stores.

I will definitely plan for that soon and hopefully think of good and unique ideas!

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In addition to these comments, I also received a comment from my fellow Journalism 285 classmate, Juliet Saunders 😀

Here’s her blog that I also commented on, check it out: Dear Poly, get me outta here!

She told me that she really liked my blog, simple and nice. She said that my blog reminded me of one her favorite fashion blog keiko lynn

I looked at it, but it’s a super pretty blog not even comparable to mine, so I feel honored that my blog reminded her of it!

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Thank you all who gave me feedback on my blog! ❤

They helped me a lot and I will definitely take in consideration of everything that you all mentioned to improve my blog.

 

 

Thrift Thrive

The thrift store industry has been thriving these past few years.

I went to Wilshire Hospice Hope Chest and Fred & Betty’s thrift stores and interviewed their store manager to see if this was true for their stores.

I also interviewed pro-thrifter Kelsey Laroa, a student from Cal Poly 😉

“You know how they say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” -Pam McKiernan, Store Manager of Wilshire Hospice Hope Chest

Hours: Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-5p.m.

Donation Hours: Mon-Fri 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Saturday 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Wilshire Hospice Hope Chest

445 Higuera Street

San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

(805) 545-5955

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“People are more into recycling, doing upcycling of furniture, and very creative,” -Lillie Lamm, Manager of Fred & Betty’s Thrift Store

Hours: Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-5p.m.

532 Higuera Street

San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

(805) 593-0255

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Retrofit

 My thrift store expedition has begun!

First store I went to was RETROFIT

Retrofit

Very nice thrift store with a 1970’s to 1990’s style and feel.

Retrofit’s been open for about 4 and a half years now.

Prices were all very nice and all of the clothes they had were super cute.

All the staff were so kind and considerate 🙂

“Our store mostly specializes in either vintage from the 1970’s, 80’s, or 90’s or newer resale from places like Urban Outfitters, Forever21, H&M, American Apparel,” said owner of Retrofit, Katie Cobler.

Inside

Retrofit has a $5 rack daily, but when I went, they had another extra rack. Score. 😉

I looked around the other racks but spent most of my time looking through the $5 racks.

Surprisingly, the $5 racks had some good stuff.

“We buy the clothes from the public. We are a little different from thrift stores because we give cash or store credit to people who bring in their old items, and we give them either 30% cash of what we price it for or 50% store credit,” Cobler said.

She told me that she prices the clothes depending on condition, if it’s vintage, or how trendy it is at that time.

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“Things that are kind of symbiotic to vintage work well. Because that whole vintage style are in right now,” said Cobler.

Vintage style is definitely popular right now so Retrofit was the perfect thrift store to shop at.

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Retrofit is located right next to Urban Outfitters in Downtown San Luis Obispo.

956 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

(805) 541-8084

Store Hours: Mon-Sat 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sunday 12 – 5 p.m.

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