Today I attended my
first vintage kilo sale – an experience to say the least! For those
of you who are also new to the kilo sale phenomenon, the concept is
pretty simple; items are not priced individually, instead you pay for
the items based on their total weight. The cost is €20 per kilo so
the price is dependent on how much/little you buy.
When
Anne Marie told
me about this sale I was excited to attend as I'm a big fan of the
Folkster shop in Temple Bar. I was also looking forward to hopefully
buying something for the first time since I've started this
challenge!
When we arrived at the
venue early this afternoon, I was surprised to see that although the
shop had only been open for 15 minutes it was already jam packed full
of eager shoppers. Most of the clothes seemed to have already been
taken from the rails as people carried huge loads of garments around
in big ikea bags or draped across their arms. We soon realised that
people would take as much as they could carry, bring it to a quieter
part of the room to sort through, and then leave what they didn’t
want behind. With that, myself and Anne Marie found ourselves lurking
around other shoppers until they had gone through their stash ready
to riffle through their leftovers when they were finished – not my
favourite way to shop! Agility, speed and a feisty attitude seem to
be the best combination for tackling a sale like this. Nonetheless I
managed to come away with one purchase – an oversized Aran jumper.
Although
I’m happy with my purchase, I think I'll pass on shopping like this in the future. The chaos, competition and reaaaaaaaaaally long queues are
just not for me. I haven't given up on vintage shopping though! I have a family event coming up in a few weeks and
am hoping to pop into Shotsy in Temple Bar to try out a few of their
lovely, sparkly dresses. Will report back if I make any purchases!
Mary x
