We have discovered the holy grail of thrift stores...

This past Saturday, Crystal and I put on our snow shoes and trekked to Long Island City at 11am to take part in one of the crazies thrift store shopping experience we have ever seen. Housing Works, a nonprofit NY chain of thrift stores that Crys and I already peruse and purchase from on a regular basis, holds this event twice a month where basically they have huge bins and boxes of clothes and accessories and you can stuff as much as you want into a brown bag for $20. We thought since it was freezing outside that there wouldn't be many people there but as soon as we walked in, our jaws dropped. The place was packed with people digging through piles and piles of clothes. Stuff was everywhere... EVERYWHERE. There was barely any room to walk and everyone had this frantic look in their eyes. At first we thought that even WE couldn't hang with this kind of madness but once we got started, we couldn't stop. 2 hours later, we came out with a bag of amazing goodies. We came out with about 20-25 items, making them approx. $1 each. Holy shit. These are a few of the items I picked up (I'll let Crys post her own).

St. John collection wool knit skirt, $1, Housing Works Warehouse

Ann Taylor silk-back vest, $1, Housing Works Warehouse

Brand new Tracy Feith checkered coin wallet, $1, Housing Works Warehouse

Vintage leather wrist-length motorcycle gloves, $1, Housing Works Warehouse

Other items not pictured:
- Jean Paul Gaultier woven top
- Malo cotton black sweater
- See by Chloe white with blue stripe tuxedo pant
- black vintage bathing suit (I know some of you are going to think this is gross, but vintage bathing suits are amazing and absolutely wearable after some heavy-duty scrubbing)

The best item out of the stash is definitely the leather gloves since I've been looking for a pair on ebay for awhile. It's hard to find vintage gloves that are in good condition and don't smell like dead people and will fit correctly. The little shell closure snap and the knuckle holes (i don't know what else to call this) are perfect. Also, I had only found one of the two gloves by accident on the floor. I was afraid that in the mess there was no way I would find its mate, but after lots of digging and hoping, I was able to complete the pair. GLEE!!