I've been a thrift store patron my entire life. At times it has been out of necessity but the older I get the more I have grown to love the unique (and inexpensive) finds. The part I've hated most about thrift store shopping is the hit/miss factor that had been more misses than hits, that is, until I met Ashlie.

I honestly didn't believe her when she'd come to class every morning with some super-awesome-wicked-cute-something-or-other and claim she got it at the thrift store. After an entire semester of the don't-tell-me-you-got-THAT-at-the-thrift-store discussions I talked Ashlie into sharing her thrift store with me. So a couple of weeks ago we made a day of it and had a blast. There were so many awesome things to pick from we didn't even get all the way through the store before breaking our budgets (which is hard to do, especially on half-off-saturdays).

So what makes this thrift store so great you ask? It's one of the few thrift stores in/near the Denver Tech Center which is populated by mostly wealthy young professionals and even wealthier families. Apparently a lot of these people have good taste and money to waste because they dump some really great stuff off at The Arc. Lots of it is barely worn and some is even brand new! I'm not a label whore or anything but I understand quality and many of the items are from reputable companies like Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, Express, the Limited and others. And this thrift store has no idea their sitting on a gold mine, the prices are typical for a run-of-the-mill thrift store AND did i mention Saturdays are HALF OFF?! Well, mostly half off, you have to keep an eye on the tag colors because they exclude a different color from the sale every week.

I suppose now you want to know where you can find this place, and I guess it would be really mean of me to keep it to myself so... you can find it at 3106 S. Parker Rd in Aurora.

After I fill the void my last two trips left in my wallet I'll go again so let me know if you're interested and we can go together. Unless you wear my size, in which case you're not invited...EVER.