My mom's favorite store growing up was a consignment shop, so buying secondhand never seemed unusual to me. It's just how we shopped.

I bought a hundred-year-old house that needed everything, so I spent the next few years hunting for things to put in it. Then covid hit and I wasn't going anywhere, so I started selling clothes out of my own closet, and the thrifting turned into a habit and now a vintage shop in Fairfield.

The one problem is that I'm very allergic to dust, which is why everything gets properly cleaned before it goes out.