Day 75 - Last Day of Vintage Challenge! in These Foolish Things

Today is Day 75 of 2025.

It’s also the last day of my Vintage/Thrifted Fashion Challenge! It would also be the last day of my 2nd 75 Hard fitness challenge (mental and physical), but even though I feel good about my daily habits, I fudged so many days that I really didn’t stick to this one.

So, let’s just talk about the Vintage/Thrift Challenge then.

I honestly want to keep this one going too. I love the idea of incorporating thrifted pieces into my daily wear. I’m actually pretty much in a place where I can do that right now (as shown in my 75 days of posting my outfits on Instagram). At this point, I can’t imagine paying full price or buying anything NEW (clothing-wise). There are just too many GREAT pre-loved finds out there.

Now, it may be hard to find something you’re specifically looking for when you go the vintage or thrift route, but it’s always a fun challenge. I’m by no means a thrifting expert - like anything else, it takes some time to get good at it. But I have started learning little tricks and hacks here and there.

For example, Goodwill. I didn’t know this when I first started shopping there, but they color code their price tags, and every day a different color is 50% off the already inexpensive prices! And then on Tuesdays (check your local Goodwills, they will differ), if you’re over 55…ahem, a “senior”…which I am, you can take 30% off of anything in the store!

And the city where I live is the perfect place to get creative with the thrifting or vintage sales. There are multiple - if not DOZENS - of pop-up flea market festivals every single weekend and even during the week! It’s hard to even find them all! People are constantly sending me different events happening around town.

Am I getting cheaper as I age? Maybe. Or maybe I’m just thrifty. Or maybe I’m just getting more like my dad who goes insane for a great deal!

But the bottom line is that I’m not CONSUMING brand new clothing. I’m actually keeping these pieces from going into landfills. I know it seems like such a small, tiny, miniscule thing to do to help, but remember the butterfly effect, right? I’m taking the energy that would have potentially made an article of clothing a piece of trash that is one more thing on a mountain of a landfill and repurposing that energy.

And the fact that thrifting and vintage has become a whole industry and more and more people in the fashion industry - and BEYOND - are into this concept of anti-fast-fashion is exciting to me! It’s a movement, and one that I can stand behind because it fuels creativity, helps the environment, and when you combine that with my favorite thrifting charity that I volunteer for monthly, it helps society.

Full circle, people. I love this so much. I’ll be working on ways to make this a bigger part of my life and the lives of others.

xox,
GS