Mark down and make more
Dec. 23rd, 2025 06:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
christopher575It's been a while since I got any new shirts to add to the tagged posts on here, mainly because a lot has changed since I amassed my original large t-shirt collection. Most of those came from a few daily t-shirt sites I followed where the shirt of the day was around $10 shipped. And they were selling tons of great designs! I just checked and TeeFury is still doing a decent deal at $13 for the day's design, but the main reason I stopped following them is that the designs started sucking.
Garrett and I both dropped a size, so I gave him most of my collection. I have a few that ran a little small and fit right now, but most of what you see in the tag this entry is under is now part of Garrett's wardrobe. Not being able to replace them via daily sites good and bad. I had a LOT of shirts before. But at least they were cool!
The other way I prefer to get a shirt is by thrifting it. I used to spend lots of time in thrift stores buying shirts and other things, but I've reached a point where I really don't need much stuff, so I don't go thrifting without an agenda. For instance, when I realized we needed a fireplace screen for upstairs, I went to Value Village looking for one, and found one. I've visited a few times over the last year looking for shirts, and it hasn't been a great experience.
Somehow they decided that the default price for their used shirts is $8.49, and they mostly go up from that price. So while you're going through everything on the rack, you'll mostly find crap, and most of that crap is $8.49. Five copies of some shirt given out at a corporate event that nobody will ever buy? $8.49 each! A really cool shirt? Actually that one's $14.49. I'm really curious how much stuff ends up pulled from the rack unsold and what they do with it when that happens.
And then of course I always see new shirts I want online and think about ordering. But when the total with shipping ends up being around $40, I just delete it from the cart and close the tab.
I saw a few cool ones at Value Village last time I was there. One had a very cool vintage design with frogs and mushrooms but I put it back on the rack because it was so worn out that the neck ring flopped over. I can't remember what the second one I put back was, but I ended up buying this one.
I think I need to check out some of the smaller thrift stores around town. I know they won't have as much to choose from, but maybe the quality and prices will be better. Or at least the quality. At this point I'm just grateful to be a remote worker who doesn't feel pressured to show up in different outfits all the time.
Garrett and I both dropped a size, so I gave him most of my collection. I have a few that ran a little small and fit right now, but most of what you see in the tag this entry is under is now part of Garrett's wardrobe. Not being able to replace them via daily sites good and bad. I had a LOT of shirts before. But at least they were cool!
The other way I prefer to get a shirt is by thrifting it. I used to spend lots of time in thrift stores buying shirts and other things, but I've reached a point where I really don't need much stuff, so I don't go thrifting without an agenda. For instance, when I realized we needed a fireplace screen for upstairs, I went to Value Village looking for one, and found one. I've visited a few times over the last year looking for shirts, and it hasn't been a great experience.
Somehow they decided that the default price for their used shirts is $8.49, and they mostly go up from that price. So while you're going through everything on the rack, you'll mostly find crap, and most of that crap is $8.49. Five copies of some shirt given out at a corporate event that nobody will ever buy? $8.49 each! A really cool shirt? Actually that one's $14.49. I'm really curious how much stuff ends up pulled from the rack unsold and what they do with it when that happens.
And then of course I always see new shirts I want online and think about ordering. But when the total with shipping ends up being around $40, I just delete it from the cart and close the tab.
I saw a few cool ones at Value Village last time I was there. One had a very cool vintage design with frogs and mushrooms but I put it back on the rack because it was so worn out that the neck ring flopped over. I can't remember what the second one I put back was, but I ended up buying this one.
I think I need to check out some of the smaller thrift stores around town. I know they won't have as much to choose from, but maybe the quality and prices will be better. Or at least the quality. At this point I'm just grateful to be a remote worker who doesn't feel pressured to show up in different outfits all the time.
