Shhh: How to Get the Prada Discount

Whenever I tell acquaintances that more than 50% of my wardrobe is secondhand, I get a LOT of crinkled noses and gyrating, quizzical eyebrows. “Ew,” these naysayers murmur. “Don’t those clothes smell?” I am delighted whenever I hear this type of nonsense. The more people who are grossed out by consignment shopping = the more […]

The Spring Sweater Hath Cometh

This past weekend, I visited my in-laws in New Jersey. I’m a bonafide city dweller at heart, but I guiltily enjoy my jaunts to the ‘burbsĀ — the kitchen feels cavernous, I get to visit Target and I always leave with a tote bag full of hand-me-down home decor, courtesy of the in-laws. I opted to […]