Swap 'til you drop

Well I've been a bit neglectful with the blog...perhaps something to do with days getting shorter and the weather getting colder (snow, anyone?), which makes me feel like just curling up on the couch and binge watching The Walking Dead (ever uplifting). Though I suppose that taking a break from clothes shopping does make things easier on the wallet...

Though who says you actually have to buy clothes to acquire them?

A number of weeks back, my friend M.R. and I decided to check out a clothing swap, on the advice of another friend (thanks S.M!) who had had some pretty good swapping success herself.

The swap was being held on a Sunday afternoon downtown in Queen West. The premise was simple: bring along your used clothing you wanted to part with, and in return you could pick up "new" stuff! For a $5 cover, you were given a ticket for every item you brought in, which were sorted and haphazardly thrown placed into various piles around the room. Essentially, if you saw something you liked, you grabbed it.

Things got picked over pretty quick as soon as a new items were thrown on, and to be honest there wasn't really anything extraordinary to be had, but M.R. and I managed to leave with a few things. Not nearly as many as I had brought, but it was nice to purge a bit and get a couple of new items; (new to me, anyways). A couple items were just practical things I could wear for aerials, but I thought at least two others were shareable. A cute vest and a t-shirt tunic!

So nothing overly spectacular, BUT it just goes to show that if you want to pick up some decent used clothing without breaking the bank, and get rid of a few things at the same time (and have a little fun), then a swap might just be for you! Check out the Toronto Clothing Swap facebook group to keep up to date on their various swaps that happen around the city.

THE DETAILS:
Tunic: Mac & Jac
Vest: Club Monaco