Welcome to FairlyRooted! I'm Amber and I make videos about sustainable gardening, stewarding the land we live on and how we provide ourselves with as much of our own food as possible. I forage, grow food, preserve food and show you the real side of doing this… real life can be hard sometimes. My family and I live in rural Ontario, Canada. I wear overalls every day. Most of the time I'm wearing a sunhat. I like to share bits of how we live sustainably and maybe you'll get ideas and run with them. Thank you for being here!
I can't speak for Canadian thrift stores. But being a American and thrifting since I was a child because we were poor I can say that American thrift stores have mainly upped their prices because they caught on to ppl who thrift vintage or high end labels who resale for higher prices. It's also worse if the goodwill is privately owned. So in at least louisiana you can go to 3 diff goodwills and the shoes will be 3 different prices and even high if it's a name brand. They let us use the dressing rooms again but salvation army got rid of them. I'm also thinking for salvation army it's because they hiked yo their prices and ppl where stealing because they can no longer afford THRIFT store prices....it's ridiculous here.
I live in Wisconsin, rurally, and the thrift store places here really vary. Luckily we have a small, local, village thrift that is AMAZING with low prices.
Getting rid of the change rooms is a money grab! Because you actually can't RETURN items to Value Village anymore either. Only exchanges. So they make more money. People have to buy things they don't even know if they like. VV is HORRIBLE. They've also phased out cashiers, and introduced security guards. They're SOOO evil. and the prices?!?
Love the bowls with the spouts... good pottery is always so nice to have. The wok is a fantastic find! Great finds on all the clothes ... especially the girls. Keeping them modest, but yet cute clothing.
Have you tried using Vinted instead of thrift stores? You can find specific brands that you like and set price limits using the filter. I personally love it as I can find all the eco conscious brands that I favour for great prices, I just got some great quality second hand grimms toys on there for my daughters birthday 😊x
Unfortunately we don’t have Vinted in Canada, I think they trialed it here at some point but then pulled it? I do sometimes browse on Poshmark, but haven’t found much… I like trying things on so that’s sometimes a deterrent. I did buy some Keen sandals on there this year though! And love Grimms btw, I had some second hand toys by them for the kids!
Value Village on the prairies 🇨🇦 is outrageous. Dresses are $20-$24! Tops are $10-$14. Jeans are $16-$24! I just can't justify it. I drove past VV (which is 100 km away from my town) to go to a church thrift shop today.... clothing was $2 an item! For $24 I got: 2 sweaters, 3 tops, 2 skirts, a shearling vest, a pair of pants, a pair of shoes and 2 kitchen items!!! My fall wardrobe is all set!! (I needed clothes because I changed sizes).
I have so missed hello you beautiful rebels!!! That made my heart smile so hard. Your hair is so long healthy, always loved your long hair. Nice seeing it down. Ok the sock thing. That is amazing. You never stop amazing me. I am twice your age as you know, and I did all the stuff too but I still learn a lot from you. And that is how it should be really. Love this and yes easy simple probably way more healthier and why not make life easier. hugs and love
I LOVE those bowls!!! Great find. Being from the US I found your prices to be about the same as ours. Those name brand items had great prices as well. I snagged my daughter a Columbia Omni heat shield coat for $40 last week... original price $180! We love thrifting!
I’ve been doing the same thing forever too mainly because why waste the nutrients? Difference for me-even lazier-I only coarsely chop and roast until I get the consistency I can use for most things. I either blend or leave as is when I’m about to use it and then add everything else I might need depending on the recipe. This year I did the same with ratatouille:) Nothing beats summer tomato flavours! My only problem is running out of freezer space!
I know exactly the thrift store chain you are talking about, and I find their refusal to reopen the changerooms, while also refusing to give refunds extremely predatory. Also jacking up the prices when they literally get their merchandise for free. It's infuriating! Where are Canadians supposed to go to find affordable clothes and home goods? If even the thrift stores are trying to suck every last penny out of us, and putting profit over morals, what options are left?? Anyways... that's my rant. Loved the haul, Amber! Your videos always inspire me 😊🍂
that's such a lovely haul - and perfect that these types of hauls are rare, just makes sense to buy things as needed like you say, am the same...also what great finds for the children and it's mad to think they are so big now!
I am extremely picky about my clothes as I will only wear 100% cotton. Cotton clothes are hard to find in my price range so thrifting is a great way to find that rare gem that I’m looking for at a more affordable price. I always look forward to your videos pretty much whatever you are doing. ❤
I had no idea that the skins could be left on! I’d love to see more “lazy type” tips. As a person with chronic illnesses I truly welcome the simple approach. ❤
So happy to finally have found you again! I hadn’t been on insta in many months, but finally logged on to figure out where you went! (Long time subscriber of your old channel lol). I wanted to suggest possibly looking into Amish crafted windows. We were so fortunate to have an amish friend-of-a-friend craft us 6 huge windows (our windows are about 5.5 ft tall) for $2400. It was an incredible blessing to us because windows elsewhere were quoted like $20,000. We live in Oklahoma, US and luckily have a pretty large Amish community here.
