It’s time to sell the clothes again!!!!!
My guest room closet is where I store all the clothes that don’t fit these days. When I went in there this week, there was NO ROOM left for additions!!
I sort of look like a hoarder... these were being stored up for Spring consignment though. I promise!
I had been consigning my clothes up until now at a plus size consignment store close to home and had done pretty well there. I’ve been a big fan of consignment ever since I was in college. Being able to sell clothes I don’t want anymore to reinvest in my wardrobe… it just makes sense!
SIXTY-EIGHT pieces were taken to consignment... Can you believe that??
The challenge in getting rid of these clothes is that I had NO idea where to take them! My plus-sized consignment store has a super-small collection of regular sizes, but I wanted to take the clothes somewhere that had traffic for my new sizes.
My co-worker Carla recommended The Clothes Mentor in Littleton, CO. I was excited to hear about them, and I took a huge amount of clothes down there to sell.
The awesome part about the Clothes Mentor is that they BUY your clothes up front. The bad news about the Clothes Mentor is that they sell their clothes for low prices. As a result, most items I sold to them only earned me between 2-3 dollars. Gasp!
Most of those clothes had tags still on them!!! Also, shockingly, they only took about 6 items that I presented to them… of about 30. I didn’t take everything in… I just had a feeling it wasn’t going to go so well. So glad I didn’t schlep all of it in there!
I will say, I shopped around the store for about 30 minutes while they sifted through my clothes. I will definitely come back here to shop. They had GREAT prices on lightly worn clothing. For someone who’s changed sizes a lot, this is a huge win. For example: I got a super-cute top from Banana Republic for $8. Clothes Mentor is a national chain and may be available close to you. Check their locations online.
Now, I had hoped they would take it all, but they weren’t into the professional clothes as much as the casual wear. As a result, I had to find another spot to take the items.
I ended up finding Act II and gave them the remainder of my stash. They LOVED my stuff and as a result, I HEART them!
The clothes won’t sell for huge amounts, but I like to think that there will be some ladies that pop into the store that are SO excited to find my barely worn suits for an awesome price! And, my jeans that were worn just a few times will be a treat to the lucky one who stumbles upon them.
All good things!
Do you consign your clothes?? It might be time to look through that closet and clean out what doesn’t fit anymore, skinny minnies!
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I love consignment shops! My future mother-in-law actually owns a consignment shop so I just go through her. It’s really good that you don’t hold onto your clothes.
I love consigment store specially for my growing son. Kelly had you thought about selling your clothes on-line. I have a group with a bounch of Moms on Facebook if your interested I can invite you to the group is a closed one. We sell to eachother our own clothes, purses, jewerly, kids clothes you name it. We use paypal to pay since is a safe way to pay eachother. If your interested let me know, I can add you in the group.
I just did the same thing and for the first time in my life all the clothes in my spare and main closet fit me after losing 100 lbs and they are all the same size. I don’t do consignment but instead I donate them to charity as there go I but for the grace of God and I figure if someone can benefit from my gently or never worn with tags still on it designer clothes, I feel a bit better about having worn them so little or not at all. Good for you Kelly for letting go so there is no turning back!
I have been passing my clothes on to two of my coworkers.
They are also losing weight, so they are enjoying getting transition clothes for free.
I wish I had a coworker who was my size… that would be ideal! I was able to give my larger clothes to a friend of mine, but now there’s no one who matches up.
I’ll have to check these places out! I really dont go to consignment shops so much as thirft stores but I’m always on the hunt for some cheap finds. My bosses wife is actually opening up a store in Littleton in the next few months!
Oooooo…. Let me know when she opens her place! I’m always looking for a good place to take my discards (and I always end up buying this and that when I’m there!)
I have consigned before but without much success. The store went out of business and I contacted the shop owner several times for info on whether or not I earned any money and they never got back to me. I’ve never done it since but I would still be open to it.