#so I have to keep thrifting them
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I miss my pets so here are the Batkids as different images of my pets
Dick :
Jason
Tim
Damian
Cass
Steph
Duke
Bonus:
Alfred pennyworth:
#dick grayson#batfam#batman#Jason Todd#tim drake#damian wayne#batfamily#cats#dogs#my cat refuses to drink out of anything that isn’t a porcelain tea cup#but she loves knocking them over#so I have to keep thrifting them#my cats name is Jacklynn Elizabeth cat the second and I feel like Alfred pennyworth would approve#yes her last name is cat#don’t judge me I got her when I was 12
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Knitting class at the school was yesterday, not today.
But today was pizza day.
As I'm sorting the boxes of pizza by class (the pizza shop does most of the work, we just need to read the names and then check the totals against the sheets for each class), some of the students I've been working with came through.
Now, yesterday was the last knitting class. I'm coming back next week, but that's a "where do you go from here?" presentation, not knitting time. One of the kids had forgotten this, and had been planning on starting a bunny yesterday. (Thank you so much to whoever suggested that project, it's been a huge hit). So I drew out the instructions for him, and he slid his stitches onto a chopstick (I don't have enough needles to let the kids keep them, but yarn is a consumable so they can keep it if they want).
Today, when he sees me in the hall, he calls out to me that he's finished the bunny.
I told him to bring it next week so he can show it to me.
#this is why I'm doing the teaching!#this is why I've told the teacher I'll come and teach her grade six class#as long as she's still there#until I'm out of kids at the school#the kids who take a pair of chopsticks and a ball of yarn so they can keep going#the ones who didn't know how to knit before I came but are now bugging their grandmother to show them how#the kid who showed up with a bundle of needles that they'd picked up at a thrift store halfway through the knitting series#I think there's benefits to all the kids#perhaps even more so the ones who never pick up the needles again#but now have some understanding of how it works#but what I'm getting out of it#is the joy from all the kids who love knitting now#and never knew it before
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man i really need yo find a shelf for my ladies but i just cant find one good enough 😮💨
look at them. they deserve the best smh one day yall will have the perfect shelf
#all the shelves i keep finding are too small#like narrow#their arms make them have a bigger diameter than they look#and i want to be able to spread them out to show off tbeir glory#i also need more#also yes i thrifted each one of them#also theyre kind of a mess i need to reorganize them so dont judge
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Its official, I went thru my plushies. There's so many of them I decided to keep 😭 3 boxes and 2 trashbags worth (ran out of boxes). And there's 2 trashbags full of plush that are going to be resold/donated.
Also these guys are getting a home with my friend
#it felt good to go thru them all#didn't realize there'd be so many I'd keep#a lot of them are larger sized plush tho which is why so much space was required (bunch of 10-20in ones)#there's also a bunch of stuffed animals that I didn't touch because they're definite keepers and are on display#like most of my thrifted build a bears and my jumbo pokemon#I definitely need to take a trip to my storage unit cause I don't really have room for the boxes and bags#but haven't done so yet cause I just went thru the collection and its 11pm where I am#I might go Tuesday#if not then Thursday#maybe. we'll see. the sooner the better tho#in unrelated news echo was promoted to bed plush cause I didn't want to pack her away or leave her on display anymore. she needs cuddles#so thats about it#yay#it was kind of overwhelming to do ngl. all the stuffed animals everywhere. and theres sooooo many of them#its insane#anyways#stuffed animals#plushies#viti's plushies#viti shoosh
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3 Sentence prompts: Willexie + Thrift Shopping!
Just because they were kind of famous now, didn't mean Reggie wanted to give up on his favourite hobby. Listen, he'd gotten his most iconic outfit from the thrift store. Okay, it had been pretty much his only outfit for a while. But it had clearly worked, because Sunset Curve was topping the charts now and everyone thought he was really cool.
Another bonus to having one iconic outfit was he could just ditch the leather jacket and flannel for the day and be basically incognito. Not that a lot of old people at estate sales knew who he was, but he'd been recognised at a bunch of garage sales and it just felt wrong to try and haggle with someone who really just wanted his autograph.
"Tell me again why you dragged me out of bed at five in the morning to drive down to Pasadena to look at... old junk?" Alex whined, sipping on the giant coffee Reggie had gotten him along the way. He was dressed in one of Reggie's flannels, which honestly was kind of a little treat in and of itself. Reggie himself had stolen one of Bobby's shirts and Alex' denim jacket.
"Because it's fun?" Reggie asked. Alex did not look convinced. "Because we can get cool stuff for the house?" he tried again.
"We can get cool stuff for the house at literally every store we want now," Alex pointed out. Which was true, they had Money now. Of course their co-dependent asses still went and bought a house together like they always said they would. It was just... slightly closer to a mansion than the shitty apartments they'd been thinking of when they were seventeen and broke. "Luke and Bobby spent a couple of grand on a new sound system."
"It's not about the money," Reggie pouted. "It's about the thrill of the chase. It's about treasure hunting! It's about finding unique pieces nobody else has!"
Alex stared at him, unamused, obnoxiously slurping his coffee.
"Fine, you're here because you love me and because I need your big sexy muscles to help lift stuff into the truck if we find anything." He was hoping to find a cool coffee table, or a desk, and they could still use a nice dresser.
"Fine," Alex said, pressing a kiss to his cheek. "But if I find something cute, you're doing the haggling for me."
"Deal."
The morning went pretty well. They found some cool lamps, and a couple of nice hardcover science fiction books Reggie thought would look very mature and adult on their shelf. Reggie managed to haggle down on a really mature looking desk that would look great in their 'We're Real Adults Now' house, and Alex did use his sexy muscles to help get it onto the truck.
After a quick early lunch in town, they went to the next estate sale. They agreed to split up, since it was later in the day and they needed to be fast before all the good stuff was snapped up.
Except when Reggie rounded the corner, he saw Alex wasn't looking for a nice dresser or pretty trinkets. Alex was talking to a very hot, very cool guy in a crop top.
Reggie narrowed his eyes, going over. Alex beamed. "Hey babe!"
"Why are you flirting with the enemy?" Reggie hissed.
Alex groaned. "Not this again."
"Hey, Reggie," Willie beamed. "Great job on nabbing that desk at the Gilmore estate, I had my eye on that too. But you got here a little late. Do you want to see the heirloom patchwork blanket I scored? And I found this really cool dresser I'm going to paint..."
Reggie squinted at their rival, annoyed. He wanted a cool dresser. And the patchwork blanket folded over his arm looked really nice.
"I'm sure it will look really cool," he said, trying to keep the sulk out of his voice. He gave Alex another glare.
Alex just stared at him. "Maybe I was distracting Willie so you could be the first to notice those vintage comic books in the corner," he said, and Reggie gasped, running off and rifling through the box before Willie could get there.
"Aw man, low blow, Hotdog!" Willie complained.
"Yeah, I'm evil like that," Alex deadpanned, rolling his eyes at the two of them.
In the end, Reggie came away with some Spiderman and Hawkeye comics that were still missing from his collection, and a cute little side table they could paint a pretty pink for Alex. As they were finishing up and loading everything in the truck at the end of the day, Willie moseyed back over.
"Howdy," he said, tipping a cowboy hat Reggie had completely missed. He felt a stab of jealousy, not just for missing it but also because Willie looked unfairly hot like that. Then, Willie plopped the hat on Reggie's head. "We still on for dinner?"
"The burger place?" Reggie asked, leaning over to press a kiss to Willie's cheek.
Alex popped out of the truck. "Oh so now it's okay to flirt?" he asked, grumpy.
"Of course it is, Alex, it's four thirty," Reggie said, propping the cowboy hat on Alex' head. He did not look as sexy as Willie had, but he did look kind of cute. They should go on a horseback riding date, all three of them, sometime soon. He'd bring it up over dinner.
"Yeah, Hotdog, we're only mortal thrifting enemies between six and four," Willie agreed.
"You two are so weird," Alex complained, but he still climbed down to sit in the bed of the truck to receive kisses from both his boyfriends. And over dinner, he smiled indulgently as his two thrift-nerdy boyfriends compared notes and showed off pictures of the treasures they'd found.
#julie and the phantoms#reggiexalexxwillie#fanfic#I wrote a thing#AUs are awesome#willie is a reseller who also like fixes stuff up and refurbishes it#he probably has like a blog or something as well#reggie just really likes thrifting#alex is there to look pretty and keep Reggie from bringing home any taxidermy (so Bobby won't disown them)#and use his big sexy drummer muscles to help lift stuff#and to roll his eyes at both his boyfriends and their silly rivalry#lbr the sunset curve house is a mess between Luke refusing to give up his ancient couch#reggie's thrifting and Bobby's 'I'm going to buy designer furniture because I'm rich now fuck you'#meanwhile Alex just wants somewhere to sit that is comfortable and doesn't have bedbugs#poor guy probably went to like Ikea in self-defence
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I found socks with my favorite flowers on them (nasturtiums!), but they literally don't match anything I own, so making an outfit with them is difficult.. just all black with the bright shoes and a random stuffed animal for accents lol
#self#ootd#still unsure if I should do the like.. 'saying where stuff is from' section at the end of outfit posts like I think it's popular to do#but it just feels repetitive because basically for everything is just 'it's all thrifted' occasional 'shoes from ebay 10 years ago so I don#t remember the seller' or 'socks from a random sock store in the mall 2 years ago' etc.#even the stuffed animal is from the bins lol#Shoes and tights and wigs are the only things that it tends to be harder to get from the bins. Though I still find some#except wigs. I wouldn't really wear Bin Wigs since half the bins have like mysterious wet stuff and mold in them or etc.#I've gotten some shoes and stuff there though. But most of my shoes are from online. It's just that theyre also not from#like.. brands..?? Like 'converse' or something. It's more.. some random ebay seller in 2017 or something#so then that feels weird too because I thought the point of that being popular is so people can go find the things you're wearing and#buy them or whatever. but in my case that would never be helpful ghjbjk#since I also keep things so long. I have shoes and stuff Ive had since elementary school#good luck tracking down where I got these tights on ebay in 2011. good luck going to the bins or a thriftstore and finding the same#exact dress or etc. So then in that case does it even matter?? eh#The only sense I could see it being useful in is like. people seeing that they could make looks without spending a lot of money.#since I have had some comments on costumes or makeups before like 'omg I would love to look like this if I had the $$ for clothes *sad emo#ji*' or whatever. and I always want to message them and be like.. this entire outfit cost like $2.. you can do it. Don't get discouraged#I mean depending on the resources available to you. I know not everyone has a bins type place near the#m. but still. and all of my makeup and wigs are cheap as hell. Probably full of terrible chemicals. but I wear them like. once every 5 mont#hs or less since I dont do full costumes that often so hopefully wont get an infection or something. etc. etc.#ANYWAY. I could see it being useful I guess in just letting people know most of everything is secondhand#if that's meaningful to them for some reason. but also I feel like thats obvious since I talk about it. so#still just seems repetitive to me. ANYWAY. Love nasturtiums... aaaaaa... even though it's not my colors at all and I never#wear black or anything that would match them#I had to do it. I also normally would never ever pay $12 for socks but.. it's SO specific to my tastes and I had never seen anything#with nasturtiums on it before since they dont seem as popular as like roses or sunflowers. One of my once every 2 years#impulse buys at a mall ghjhjb.. (I never go to malls and also just rarely buy stuff in general since I'm evil miserly penny pincher etc.)#Kind of like how once a year I allow myself to have one steak from a restaurant or something but that's all. Once every few years#I will go to a large mall at a not busy time of day so I can avoid crowds. just to look around for fun. and will maybe buy like. One thing
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#the problem with wearing clothes designed for women is that often I just end up looking like a gay or otherwise feminine man and thats worse#tag talk#like.. looking like a man who's trying to look feminine is just man-in-a-dress from a slightly different angle and it's just as dysphoric#and it's frustrating but I will continue to navigate this weird gender maze because some things look right so I just have to keep at it#second puberty for real in terms of exploring identity and fashion and figuring out what looks right and what works with my body#finding out what looks right and what looks weird and what feels right and what feels wrong#the good news is any thrifted clothes that don't work I can just keep for fabric scraps cause they're so cheap anyway#being able to sew and otherwise alter my clothes is really nice too. I added flared cuffs to my work pants and now they're my favorite pair#corduroy cuffs too. so they're got that slight outlandish look to them. Anyway gender is hard and I'm glad I'm not fully binary transfem#because on days when I don't feel like it I can just revert to default guy mode and then I'm way more comfortable
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meow
#realized/had an epiphany today that so many of the traits my abusers have condemned me for are the same traits that my friends and family#love about me#im weird and funny and slightly insane#i will threaten to reanimate steve jobs so that i can kill him again and yell at cars driving in the bus lane#i will burn my breakfast and give a dollar to a person on the street and yell PENIS PENIS GOD FUCKING DAMNIT when i stub my toe#i will cover myself in fake blood from target and pretend to be a serial killer to and EDM song because i think it’s funny#i will quote webshows me and 5 other people have seen and i don’t care that you don’t wanna watch it with me#i will interupt people by mistake because im excited to talk to them and you won’t be there to yell at me#i will buy the expensive treat for myself because you aren’t there to steal it from me#i will watch that horror movie and play thay horror game because you arent there to say im gross and depressing for liking it#i will make a fucked up meal with microwave rice and canned beans because you arent there to tell me im a terrible cook#i will fuck around with my makeup because you arent there to tell me i’m bad at makeup#i will thrift for crazy costumes and style crazy wigs because you arent around to steal them from me#i will make new friends because you arent there to tell me you don’t like them so i shouldn’t hang around them#i will keep leading with kindness and not shit talk people i don’t even know just because they give you ‘a vibe’#don’y you dare ever take away my claws and clip my wings again im a weird monsterman and i like it that way
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Psychically deduce what books I randomly own stacked up in piles in my room and the back room and tell me which one to read next, I have the decision making capabilities of someone who is not good at making decisions nor analogies
#books#reading#booklr#readblr#aside from the books i actually specifically order cuz i need to read them right now right this instant#(before promptly ignoring them the second they arrive in the mail in favour of a different one)#I have a ton of cheap or free books i got from thrift stores or yard sales or junk so i just have like a ton of randoms as well#but my executives have not been functioning enough to read very much the past well let's just say a long while#aside from a few from series by authors I already knew/had been enjoying the odd time#so this year i'm finally trying to get into reading a lot more again#but my mind keeps jumping between what it wants to read and can't land on anything#or wants to read something so specific it doesn't exist#leading to me having 24 books on my technically currently reading list#most being in stasis as it's not the right time for them yet it's not the stars must align#ignore me#not writing#if any of you guess a more obscure book on my shelf you get a prize
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Also guess who finally got a cane!!
#im so sorry you have to get one..#but what if you grow dependent and#have to use one your entire life?#the duck quacks#i found a good one at the thrift store which can change heightd n shit and also looks very neat!#its so cool i love it so much#all the comments IRL so far have been smth along the lines of or#AND FUCK THEM!!!#THIS CANE SLAPS IT LOOKS SO GOOD ITS SO FASHIONABLE I LOVE ITTTT#IM TEMPTED TO PUT STICKERS OR SMTH ON IT? but i need smth waterproof#car decals? i mean those are waterproof#altho i always wanna keep the current look hmm#anyways im so fucking excited it looks so good and was so cheap#also the lowest height setting is small enough to fit into my bikes bag thingy#so i can bring it with me on trips!!! i dont need to walk a longass time or take the car (or have the unsafest bike ever) with my crutches!#like man i love my crutches but theyre so bulky sometimes and it can be a bit annoying#i might test my cane out soon as well but idk what for hmm#i dont *need* them atm coz pains been low so i havr to wait to test test them#but i think it could be neat to bring them out
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Just bought 2 new webkinz off ebay! It was a tough choice, because I found a lot of 6 dogs featuring the springer spaniel, clover setter, spooky puppy, peace puppy, texting puppy, and mohawk puppy for $70. But instead I decided to buy a cherry soda pup and peace puppy separately because I liked their faces more (cost me exactly $40 after taxes and shipping, tho). Ik the value of the lot was better considering what I was getting, but making an emotional connection with my plushies means more to me than cost
#even if the lot cost was cheaper if I couldn't make a connection to the plush then I wouldn't want to keep them#or pay attention to them which would make the purchase a waste of money#even tho ik the spooky puppy alone goes for $30-$40 which would make up half the value of the lot#and I do really want a mohawk and peace puppy#the mohawk puppy had such a sweet face#but I didn't feel a connection to any of the others#the peace puppy was my main concern cause her face seemed wonky#and the current owner avoided showing the face straight on which didn't help matters#but I'd foubd a peace puppy who looked so darling on her own that I wanted to buy#so I decided to just buy separately#if the lot is still there next week (doubtful) I will buy it then#I won't mind having 2 peace puppies honestly#but for now ik I will be getting 2 plush that I'll love#if the lot is gone next week I'll know I can buy the other plush slowly over time#amd I'm sure I could thrift a springer spaniel and maybe even clover setter for around $3-$7 someday with luck#spooky puppy may also come down in price since rn she costs more due to it nearly being halloween#viti shoosh
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other reason im obsessed w akira is that i also am fucking jrpg semi silent protag coded. guy who only ever wears big white tshirts and black jeans & the same sneakers every day. never talks in gcs. etc.
#sorry. still having so many thoughts many of them are about self/identity/joker system moment many of them are about morgana several of them#are me thinking i should get out a real fucking notebook to make sure i do all the stuff i keep forgetting to do in game. such as returning#my library books buying plant food going to the thrift store etc.#as i said. p5r posting will NOT be letting up soon!!!#txt#p5 lb#anyway. got to mementos!!!! cool!!
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but no seriously fuck every store that sells "one size fits all" tights bc they never ever fit people with big thighs and i am so pissed off bc i have seen some of the cutest tights and they're all one size fits all and i buy them and i can never get them past my knees
#inner thoughts to keep me sane#this isn't even just for tights#one size fits all is not a fucking size#i bought the cutest mushroom tights#and i cant get them on#and i am so angry about it#and like i have a right to be angry#bc every single store in the mall in my city#only sells pretty clothes for tiny people#and i have spent my entire life hating my body#bc nothing ever looks nice on me#and every time i buy cute clothes in their biggest size#they never fit#this is why i hate going thrifting with my sister#bc she finds all these cute clothes#and the only clothes that fit me#are 2xl old lady clothes#my closet is mostly oversized mens shirts#that are fucking ugly#bc they are the only thing that fit#im going to a concert tomorrow#and i dont have anything cute to wear#i wanted to wear my cute new mushroom tights#im so tempted to just tell my sister to bring her boyfriend to the concert instead#i cant deal with this anymore im so fucking angry
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don't mind me opening up in the tags
#aaaah i have a nurses appointment next wednesday#i don't want to go but i have cancelled the last two nurses appts and lowkey ignored or not reacted to the doctors messages#i have to go i guess#i just know that i should let them know how i am really doing#you know dealing with treatment fatigue a growing self dissatisfaction and being disappointment with myself#that paired with the hypo spells from the previous year where i have passed out has caused major concern among many#and they keep on checking in with me which would otherwise be fine but when they previously didnt care i now feel uncomfortable#i ruined the team day at work by passing out and requiring an ambulance#same goes for christmas#i have worried out people in thrift shops#major department stores#work in general#i hate it hate it hate#most nights i've been severely hypoglyceamic and woken up with massive headaches and brain fog#rather just wished i hadnt woken up at all#like i wouldnt do anything to myself you know but i am just too tired to care anymore if something would happen by accident#i will probably just end up saying that everything is fine and just normal :)#i mean yeah this is my normal so i am technically not lying hah#literally no one cares emma#yeah you can just skip this :D
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#I've got a pair of jeans that's like.. maybe twelve years old? and I've been patching all the holes over the last six months#and my most recent patch job I got some rainbow faux fur and I love it it's so awful#I need courderoy for the last patch job tbh. the mismatch texture would be so fun. they're my favorite pants#tag talk#honestly it's a tragedy I can't wear them to work because they have so much personality#thanks tumblr for teaching me about mending clothing. I have unlocked my most chaotic aesthetic attribute#and you can even use any cloth you want. Just use a larger denim patch as a backing and any fabric you want as a front that shows through#I need to rip out the earliest patching I did on an earlier pair of pants and redo much better now that I've had a lot more practice#the first pair of jeans I did I didn't back with denim I just used t-shirt fabric which stretches something awful so I need to rework it#I also need to go thrifting again and find some new fabric patterns to use for patching.#anyway. mending pants is so fun and I only need to worry about keeping good pants for work. otherwise I can just wear my old pants#Highkey once I get a sewing machine I'm gonna start making my own shit#I already have several shirts I'm gonna take in the waist on since clothing proportions are a nightmare
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#when I start trying to prepare to move—it feels like the coldness of the bare floors creeps up into my blood and chest and heart and throat.#I stare at a single object and wonder if I’ll miss it or not.#I make a pile to donate. a pile to keep. a pile I might donate if I decide I won’t miss it too painfully. a pile I’ll miss but I don’t wsnt#to keep- I want to give away to someone who will love it like I did. a pile to ask my mom if she wants it for sentiment. a pile for#things that are trash but have salvageable components I can remove before throwing away. a pile of salvaged components that haven’t found a#use yet. a pile of things that are trash unless I find a way to fix them. a pile for a single item- a feather from my childhood pet bird#a pile of my old cat’s favorite planet and toy. a pile for gifts I was given that I never used but still treasure as they sit on a shelf.#a pile of fun rocks#a pile of paper clips that started as just office supplies but now they’re 15 years old and they remind me of warm summer childhood day#scraps of string and tiny empty boxes and wires to unknown electronics and acrylic paint that is too dry to donate but I could still use it#because I think it’s fun to do the work to re-pulverize it and turn it into pigmented paste again#a comb missing half its teeth but I can’t remember if it was a gift or not so I keep it just in case#a tiny pillow. is it even mine? it isn’t trash but a thrift store would probably just throw it away. but it isn’t trash so I keep it#a box of assorted nuts and screws and a tiny little jar that I know I’ll find the perfect use for one dayS#a little bag like the kind you get when you buy a bag of polished rocks. inside it are delicately folded soda pop bottle labels from#a birthday long long ago.#a small box of sequins I’ve had as long as I can remember. maybe I’ll make something with them so I can justify keeping them.#old clothes I loved that are too tattered to donate but might fit me again one day or make good fabric for something else#a single old sock but it’s elastic is still good and I should use the elastic for something because I’m always wishing I had some to spare#tickets to a state fair. booklet for a play i saw. graduation photo. a polite birthday card from a childhood nemesis.#it’s so hard to get rid of those things. it feels like throwing away my childhood. and I had a rough childhood! I don’t wanna throw away the#GOOD parts of it. I need those parts. I guess they’ll still be there even without the objects. but…#I can’t remember the Memories without the Objects. they are my memories.#maybe I should just start by filling boxes with Memory Objects. and once I’ve got them all together. I can see if I can part ways with any.#and if I can’t—well#at least they’ll be packed up.#I wish my medicine wasn’t a political debate… oh well. it’s always been hard to get meds. though I’ve never considered moving over it#I wonder if my surgeon will have time to for our consult before. my doctor tried to assure me that my PCOS would justify the surgery but I#I read the bill and it says No Removal Of Healthy Organs Associated With Your Sex Unless You Are In Danger Of Imminent Death#And I’m not dying from PCOS… I’m just like… Chronically ill from the chronic blood loss and overworked pain neurons and sometimes miss
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