Thrift with me: 5 finds under $30

Saturday, 10am, three shops, a hard $100 limit. Came home with five pieces for $87 total, and one of them might be the best blazer I own now. Here’s how the morning went and the rules that keep thrifting from becoming hoarding.

The five keepers

1. Wool blazer, fully lined, fits like tailoring — $22
2. Broken-in straight leg jeans, the wash fast fashion keeps failing to fake — $14
3. Silk scarf that upgrades every coat I own — $6
4. Chunky fisherman knit, zero pilling — $25
5. Leather belt, solid brass buckle — $20

My three thrifting rules

• Check fabric before size — natural fibers first, the tag decides in five seconds
• If it needs more than a hem to work, it goes back
• Walk the men’s knitwear aisle. Always. That’s where the good sweaters hide

Thrifting rule zero: you’re not looking for something to buy, you’re looking for something you’d already own.

Total damage: $87, one tote bag, and the smug glow of someone who will absolutely mention the blazer was $22 every time she wears it.

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