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 Sometimes it pays to know more people to get clothes. Instead of always going to thrift shops or looking at sales you can get free clothes. Here's how I got free red crop trousers: My mum's boss brought some old clothes to work for people to take for free. These were his wife's. This lady has a clear out as she's a shopaholic.   So, my mum rummaged through them. She realized they were a majority of small sizes. I'm lucky enough to be that small. Childlike me hehe.  What my mum picked out for me was a 3 items. A lace pink jacket, some straight cut jeans and the red trousers I'm wearing in the photo.  (I'll talk about the other items in future posts so, stay tuned).  Here is a photo of the trousers I paid zero for. They are comfortable. They are cargo pants but 3 quarter length. Originally they came from a UK shop called 'Next'.  That means they are not designer but, does that even matter? The red shade is a dark pinky colo...

How I paid nothing and walked away with additions to my wardrobe: (not stealing) This was several years ago now. Yet I still remember it. Back when I was doing a carboot sale to raise money for a summer holiday. I was down sizing the huge family house to move into a seaside flat. That's where I found items to sell. I wish I had photos of the event. However, picture this. A large empty field with cars in rows. They have boots/trunk open with tables of stalls in front of each car. These stalls selling everything from clothes, kids toys to antiques. Near the end of the day around packing up time, this girl was going round trying to get rid of these bags. Sweet little envelope style bags of many colours. Simply going round trying to off load them. When she approached my stall, I half expected they were going to be tatty. I also expected her to want a cheap price for them. But, no they were totally good condition and best of all FREE! Risk of free:  Although the girls ...