So sorry to neglect the blog for the last few weeks, it has been quite busy around here. I had to post today because I just got back from my first ever second-hand shopping spree. Now, I have been to second-hand shops before and usually feel lucky to find one thing that ends up working out. Today, however, was different.
Let's back track a moment. With a new full time clinic placement, I am now required to wear dress casual attire everyday. This presented a problem as I have been a student for 6 years and have a closet that demonstrates that quite well. About a month ago I picked up a few things from Zara, thinking that would suffice. Well, that lasted about 2 weeks and suddenly I realized when you wear dress casual everyday, it is much more difficult to stretch the wardrobe.
Today I had a couple of extra hours on my hands and decided that meant I had time to try a second-hand shop. I chose Plato's Closet in Lincoln Park because I figured they would have a decent selection of current clothes, and did they! Now if any of you are considering trying your hand at second-hand (hehe), ample time is definitely needed. I probably tried on 30 different items of clothing. I ended up with 3 cute tops and 5, count them 5, "new" pairs of pants. They even had designer jeans (which I never can rationalize to pay full price for)! So now my closet is stocked and my heart is happy knowing the money I spent on the clothes didn't support a an unethical company.
So in sum, today was a second-hand success. Thanks to everyone for the encouragement to stay committed to this process. We can't win 'em all, but we might as celebrate the minor victories along the way :).
