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Bundle Savings

I mostly live in leggings, and I've lost so much weight over the years that none of my old dress pants fit anymore. For a few reasons soon I will need some nice clothes to wear out, so I decided to thrift some pants in my current size. There wasn't anything at our local Goodwill stores, but I found a bundle online that looked in good shape, and decided to take a chance on them with a very minimal bid.

No one challenged me, so I won the bundle, which arrived a few days later.

I was really happy that my gamble paid off. All of the pants fit me, and are in like new condition. They have lables like Shein, Karen Scott and JL, and none need to be dry cleaned (always a plus in my book.) I like the colors and prints, too. The floral capris are a bit flimsy to wear out of the house, and I'm not fond of capris, so I might alter those into pajama shorts. I'd put a resale price of $35.00 on everything. I paid $6.99 for the lot. Savings: $28.01.

Image credit: the first pic in this post came from the original auction listing at ShopGoodwill.com.

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