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Sep 25, 2022Liked by Heather Havrilesky

Loved this, and LOVED the boots, omg! They are badass!

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Who has the link to the boots?

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Whew, I love the idea of thrifting as meditation.

Funny enough, I just had a very good couple of thrift stores reintroduced to me a few days back, by which I mean a very savvy stylist took me to these stores—which I had previously been to and shopped in several times before but had also entirely forgotten they existed because of, I don't know, my brain? the pandemic?—and I made out like an absolute bandit. And part of me was thinking "well yeah, she knows what she's doing and it's easy to go thrifting when a pro is grabbing stuff for you," but like, back in the day, I would spend HOURS scouring thrift shops for the good shit.

So thank you for this additional reminder that the next time I'm in need of a retail-therapy dopamine hit, I can also take the time, slow down, and mine for gold. (And by "gold," I mean an impeccably fitting brown leather jacket for $35.)

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Slay.

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those boots are fucking amazing. Also lovely essay as usual <3

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