Partying It Up in My Thrift Store Dress

By Bryn | Operations Manager

Jun 22, 2018 @ 6:30 PM MDT

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Sent from reader, Kaonu:

My family threw me a 40th birthday party last month, in which the theme was a masquerade ball. I looked for my dress for a few months at malls, department stores, Kohl’s, Target, Amazon, David’s Bridal, etc.

I did see some I really liked, but they were well above my budget (some were $200!). It was getting hopeless to find my perfect dress. The week before the party, I decided to stop by my favorite local thrift store called Freedom House. To my surprise, I found my dress there… for only $13!!!

I had never thought I’d buy a formal dress from a thrift store. I’m so glad I gave Freedom House a chance. Many guests at the party onlineplimented the dress – that’s me in the silver dress and mask!

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Kalia June 22, 2018 at 6:43 pm MST

What a great find!

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Jessica June 22, 2018 at 6:49 pm MST

Great dress 👗 and picture,

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Christina June 22, 2018 at 6:52 pm MST

You look beautiful! I’m sure you had a blast

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Mymocha June 22, 2018 at 6:53 pm MST

Happy belated 40! You look so glamorous! I bet it was a super fun party with everyone dressed up 😃

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debbie June 22, 2018 at 7:05 pm MST

you look great… belated happy 40th b-day!

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Susan June 22, 2018 at 7:08 pm MST

Beautiful picture and great find on the dress.

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Kat June 22, 2018 at 7:21 pm MST

Believe it or not, I actually find a ton of clothes for my family at Goodwill outlet. (Be sure to bring gloves!) They sell everything for $1.50 a pound (in Cali) and a lot of the items are clothes that didn’t sell in the Goodwill stores. All you need to do is wash them when you get home and I often find like new clothing items from brand names for next to nothing. It’s basically like searching for buried treasure 🙂

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sue June 22, 2018 at 8:35 pm MST

my goodwill outlet is full of homeless people. I have never felt more unonlinefortable before. I felt like I was just taking stuff from them. I did not know the carts on the edge were theirs. They took stuff out of bins and stored it in shopping carts along the walls. it was so weird. I’ll never go back to the goodwill outlet. never again. a regular thrift store is fine. but not the outlet.

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Kat June 23, 2018 at 4:39 am MST

Lol there are definitely some sketchy characters sometimes but you just bring an alarm and pepper spray nbd. Most of the people I meet at the outlet are very friendly though, they’re just being thrifty like me. I’ve found so many tops there for next to nothing. Most of my favorite clothing items onlinee from the outlet. I’ve even found brand new with the tags leather jackets. One of them was from Calvin Klein and the tag said it was $196 new, someone just gave that away! I probably paid maybe $3 at most. It wasn’t very heavy at all. I’m sorry to hear your experience wasn’t great though

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Amy June 23, 2018 at 6:24 am MST

I tried the goodwill outlet near me once. I couldn’t get past all the dead mice laying around amongst the merchandise. You couldn’t have paid me to take that mess home to my family.

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Kat June 23, 2018 at 8:19 am MST

Wow that’s crazy! I’ve never experienced anything like this and I’ve gone to several different Goodwill outlets in my area. Well I guess if you ever take a trip to northern California you could give it a shot, that’s too bad your stores are not kept very nice 🙁

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Michelle June 22, 2018 at 7:25 pm MST

Love a good thrift store score! I never get tired of it.

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Karla June 22, 2018 at 8:01 pm MST

Congratulations on your thrift store find! It looks lovely and at an amazing price. Thrift stores are my favorite shopping destinations. Happy birthday!

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June 22, 2018 at 8:10 pm MST

We love our thrift store. My newest awesome find is football jerseys. I’ve gotten a ton of them for my kids, some for the future, and some for the dress up box for now. They’re retired players, but two of the jerseys match my husband’s jersey he’s had for year. ❤️ For $5 or $6 each. Amazing!!!!

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June 22, 2018 at 8:11 pm MST

PS- You look radiant!

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LS June 22, 2018 at 8:12 pm MST

What a great find! You look fabulous at 40.

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Emily June 22, 2018 at 8:18 pm MST

Back in the day I got my prom dress for $20 at Fashion Bug. 20 years later I still have it, it still fits, and it still is fashionable. It is classic black with a few decorative flowers. I love it.

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Lora June 22, 2018 at 8:50 pm MST

Fashion Bug … now that is going way back! I used to find great deals on their clearance racks.

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Casey June 22, 2018 at 8:56 pm MST

Oh my! I miss Fashion Bug. I’m a teacher and my most favorite dress pants came from there. 10 years later they still are awesome, but I’m bummed I can’t replace them!

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EmilyMab June 22, 2018 at 9:59 pm MST

I miss Fashion bug!!

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Keesh June 22, 2018 at 8:25 pm MST

Wow how beautiful.

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Tammy June 22, 2018 at 8:48 pm MST

So beautiful! I’m glad you were able to find your dream dress at such a great price! Nice work! Love thrift store finds like that.

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EmilyMab June 22, 2018 at 10:01 pm MST

You look amazing! I love my local savers on half off days 😍 the kids and I have found some awesome finds!

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Amy June 23, 2018 at 5:00 am MST

Ever try Cato fashions? They are kinda like Fashion bug. They go into strip malls. Usually next to a Kroger. I buy stuff from them all the time. the have misses, juniors and plus sizes.

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