Tiny Victories

You do! They’re so cozy and can be warm buttoned up or cool open and with sleeves rolled up. So versatile. Iconic. A must.

:grin:

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As soon as I can safely thrift again! Turns out flannels made for women aren’t proper flannels, at least not at the price point I can afford new.

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Highly recommend Thredup for online thrifting. Also look for vintage pendletons on ebay, mercari, and poshmark.

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I used to have a flannel my mom made my dad when they were dating, with a label inside that said Made With Love by ____. It was plaid in all the colors of the Brady Bunch house :rofl: and it was the best.

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Oh my god, yes you need flannel!

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Ooh this is good advice. My partner’s stepmom also works for Pendleton, I should pick her brain about sizing and styles.

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my ex used to work for pendleton, and if you’re good enough friends with stepmom, they can get the employee deal for your. F&F for pendleton and the warehouse sales brought me some of the best wool sweaters I own lol

their sizing in the US is huge. If you find sizing pre-2000’s it is smaller, or the asian sizing

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Tree is up!

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Beautiful! Thank you for sharing :christmas_tree:

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A lovely tree and a lovely furry occupant.

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all of this flannel+PNW talk reminds me of my 23rd birthday when I road tripped from CO to Portland to see Pearl Jam at the Rose Garden and went thrifting beforehand and I found a Pendleton flannel for $15…still my all time favorite birthday.

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That sounds like the best birthday in the history of humanity.

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I was able to get a NYC library card as a resident of NY state. I am now unstoppable.

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I see you’ve installed the cat correctly.

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My brother and his family that lives out of state will actually get a present from us this year. Last year my mental health was so bad that putting stuff I had made for them into a box and buying shipping for it felt like Too Much.

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I semi impulse bought a tea at Trader Joe’s yesterday. When I got home I was like “MAPLE espresso black tea. You hate sweet tea, what were you thinking?!?” But I decided to try a bag anyway. It smelled super sweet when I opened it so I was quite anxious I made a mistake. Took a picture to post to Buy Nothing and everything. But! It turns out it’s really good and mild!

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Huh, good to know. I took a similar gamble on something from David’s (Maple Syrup Oolong) and did not have as good of an outcome.
A friend scored me a few boxes of Candy Cane Green Tea though so I’m very happy!

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I am so enjoying meeting cancellation requests rolling into my email, and meetings disappearing from my calendar. (People are cancelling most recurring meetings during Xmas and New Year’s week.)

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Downside: I underestimated the caffeine level a small cup of this would have, and now I have a crazy head rush.

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I hung out with slacker/stoners in middle school and wanted nothing more than a flannel to wear to be just like them. But no, I mostly wore clothes from gap and j. crew

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