Post by Ohhmm(bligo) on Dec 10, 2013 18:54:39 GMT -5
1. White people do not get to complain about being made fun of for being white. No. 2. While I find no offense in 'goddamn white people and their goddamn ugly sweater parties', I take a lot of offense as an ugly person.
"You. You and your crazy life. You and your geographic anomaly. You and your drunken lesbianic ways and terrible navigational skills." - ProfArt and her holy baby
I think I know what you are saying. There is nothing wrong with it. It's a store, who cares. I shop there for clothes on occassion for myself and my kids. You can find some good crap there sometimes. I have to be in the mood to shop because it can wear you down! I got tons of work clothes for $13 there not too long ago (50% discount), some with tags on still. People kept complimenting me on my clothes that week and I would tell them I got it at the thrift store. Am I poor? Nope, sometimes I just don't want to spend $300 on 4 items of clothing and it's kind of fun finding cute stuff although it takes some time.
The fuck? I sometimes shop at Goodwill. Am I supposed to feel bad about it? Or are other people feeling bad for me?
This. I love Goodwill. And I think the feeling bad about it stuff is weird.
I have also purchased an ugly sweater from Goodwill for the sole purpose of attending an ugly sweater party. I also like to shop there for real. Nothing wrong with it either way.
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But apparently this is no longer the topic of this thread. lol. Oh well.
My grandmother has an ugly Christmas sweater for every fucking day in December, I should send you one, lol. She also has the earings, and every other thing you can imagine. I always just ask to borrow one of her sweaters for those parties, ha.
I left this thread feeling bad about shopping at the poor store and I came back and read the rest and now I can't tell if shopping at Goodwill makes me racist or not.
Well I'm offended that someone said borrow an ugly sweater from a teacher. What's that supposed to mean?
j/k, it's TRUTH. I have no idea why teachers tend to gravitate toward that shit. Elderly elementary school teachers are the greatest offenders. The sweaters with the jingling bells are by far the worst because they can be seen and heard. Game over if there are matching holiday socks and scrunchies (or headbands) involved.
My mom's 68 year-old co-teacher (they teach preschool) has the most godawful sweaters I have ever seen.
And they are a point of pride for her, too. She tries to out-do herself every year.
I have all the books I could need, and what more could I need than books? I shall only engage in commerce if books are the coin. -- Catherynne M. Valente
OMG why is this so many pages??? Ugly sweaters? what?
Ugly sweaters are serious business.
i can't believe you found a picture depicting both ugly sweaters and cross-racial friendship. and christmas celebration. all at once. i'm dying to know what your google image search terms were. unless that's a picture of you and your DH. i wouldn't want to be making any ASSUMPTIONS.
Also, I think I get what you are trying to say, but I have donated my own share of ugly clothes to Goodwill. Is that wrong too? Am I part of the problem??
I found the whole planet money t-shirt show hilarious. Not only have I shopped at goodwill, I've also shopped at the "goodwill rejects aftermarkets" in other countries. For the record, I'm not destitute.
I can't tell if I actually need to spell out that "the poor store" was meant to be part of a slightly-scornful interpretation of the OP rather than my own personal feelings about goodwill and consignment. You guys are raring to go lately.
I used "the poors" because I thought the OP was being redic. It seemed like she was insinuating that she was too good to shop there. Like you have to be a certain type of person to shop there and it wasn't her. And that the only clothing there was ugly.
If that wasn't what she meant, that is the way it came across.
I, and most of the people I know, shop at GW since we live near an affluent area and "the richies" donate good stuff. One of my best scores was a set of 6 Ralph Lauren crystal highball glasses and a set of 6 R crystal water goblets for $1/glass. Boom!