i’ve learnt the strangest thing on the internet. people are nice. really nice. and honest. it makes the few who are dishonest [in terms of dealing with them with sales] look pretty foolish, i mean why bother? and of course there are filters on sites like eBay and systems that enforce fair dealings. but when people start sending me things in the mail just because i complimented it in a flickr photo? i am astounded. some people call it swapping, i call it a niceness attack. so they send me something and i send them something… and it’s just so DARN NICE! some people don’t even want anything in return, it’s just a PIF, a “pay it forward” as i had to be taught.

i already wrote about the amazing jeans sjwhidden sent me. i am slowly compiling my return swap to her. and the very far out ring
from Trevira that i swapped for a gold horse necklace. the swan gift from le robo. the pompom socks that made me so happy from Vlada, who i then sent 2 SWAN t’s. and now cakeybabes has sent me this incredible acid wash skirt! so i am thrifting around for a return swap for her.

there’s more too! i haven’t taken pics yet but i sent MEMPHIS DIME a SWAN bunny t. it didn’t fit him but Vlada likes it :) and i can’t even believe what he sent in return. a full on niceness attack! so i will post about them next week. AND also the PIF situation of some sweet little hedgehogs :)

and it’s not that i get all this “stuff”, it’s that there is this friendly, spirited, playful thing going on. and i love when i send something to someone that they also adore and i make them happy. and of course there are extensive groups on flickr for this. i can’t blog them, the internet is too big! but they are easy to find :)

here’s the acid wash skirt from cakeybabes… followed by 2 of my thrift scores this week. a pleated, striped, above-knee skirt from the 80s and an insanely bright fuchsia Minnie Mouse sweatshirt!