Thrift Shops, Once my Favorites, Now I Hate Them

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Thrift shops are I realize now an unmitigated disaster. They smell

musty as soon as I walk in. I went to my old favorite three on

seventeenth today. I used to get a lot of stuff there. Now that I'm

more aware of mold and mustiness, I realize as soon as I walk in I

feel slightly unwell and I can smell the mustiness. Old clothes stored

in people's attics and basements, old furniture, old upholstery, old

rugs. MY GOD what could be worse!?!?! Then my nose adjusts. I feel

like an idiot (the way Joe felt like an idiot about getting a new tv),

as I bought a used, silk-lined, denim jacket for $30 and got home and

figured washing it a few times in my Eco Egg on hot would get rid of

whatever mustiness. But when I got home I could smell the mustiness

much more than in the shop where I couldn't smell it at all after a

few minutes. Moreover, after a few washings on hot it still had an

annoying smell. I did not really feel I was 'reacting' but I just

don't want it around me anyway and who knows if I'm actually reacting.

And of course, my Eco Egg smells of it now so I'm running a vinegar

wash and then I think I will run a bleach and water wash.

I wonder how long it takes me to really understand how things work?

I'm extremely annoyed at myself. Really. You'd think I'd have learned

by now but I have to keep testing the same waters. The fact is, I can

get new cotton clothes, and whatever the chemicals, after several

washings they're fine. THAT STUFF washes out, more than MOLD! Mold is

like fabric softener. It sticks and sticks and sticks.