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Hahaha, man. When I was in primary school everyone would wear their aboslute best "cool kit" they had. It was most certainly a day of judging what people are like outside of school. Kind of like when you go to a work Xmas party and everyone dresses really differently from one another.

Thrifting is great. These buy nothing groups on Facebook are brilliant for minimising waste too. I've got a bunch of second-hand stuff in my place. Some we do up a little bit and other stuff we just leave as is. I like that it's a little bit anti-establishment too. like, "damn you big trendy corporations! You won't be seeing any of my money!'

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oh gosh! I remember wearing the most ridiculous shoes in year 7, chunky platform shoes were the in thing, but very much not suitable to wear to school hahaha.

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It was shell necklaces, shin basher boardies. fattest skate shoes you could but and socks pulled up for us!

Real Fred Durst energy.

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How good is Noah's story! Have forward this email on to Mum. She's a thrift shopper from way back.

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So amazing! Noah and so many others are so clever with what they can create out of what appears to be junk/rubbish to others. The stuff they can make recycling shoes or the lids for kids crew is incredible too. Theres even a group that makes stuff out of socks. You can recycle many items at the repair cafe https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064697890533

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