If there's one bad habit I developed through my devotion to thrift shopping, it's the "just because" buy. Especially when I was younger, I was easily wooed by beautiful shoes that almost fit or a dress that was just barely too big. "I'll wear them," I told myself after I spotted a pair of lust-worthy Phillip Lim loafers; how could I pass them up? Fast-forward to a year later, and the only time I had worn the shoes, my feet barely fit inside and I spent the day in excruciating pain — lesson learned. I finally gave up and sold the shoes again on eBay. My lesson? That even if I find things I've been looking for forever, if the shoe doesn't fit — don't buy it.
