“I only paid 87 cents for this shirt!” Yes, I used to happily proclaim this about recent thrift stores scores that I was proud of. Now, I’ll just as happily tell you about a $20 thrifted dress. Over the past few months I’ve started spending more money on my thrifted clothes and it’s been the best thing ever for my style.

I hate to say it, but sometimes thrift shopping isn’t a good thing. I don’t want to say it’s bad, but let’s face it, some thrift shoppers just buy any and everything. Now that’s bad! We know that just because something is “cheap” doesn’t mean it’s necessarily worth buying and those little purchases can rack up after a while. But beyond that, thrift shopping can actually be bad for your personal style. Ok, just hear me out on this one…

Yesterday I did something I haven’t done in almost three months…I went thrifting!!! Yes, I know. I have an affordable style blog and focus on thrift shopping, but I hadn’t been thrifting since last December. Like I mentioned a few weeks ago, I kinda needed to chill on the shopping so I could clean out my closet and truly define my personal style. But yesterday I had a reason to thrift, as a vintage shop near me was having a great sale and I was clear on what...