Ideal Bite

I hate clothes shopping. But I love clothes swapping.

There's a Buffalo Exchange about a block away from my house, so when I'm bored with my wardrobe, I'll lug a couple canvas bags full of clothes over to the Exchange and try to brownnose the buyer into buying all of my stuff. It seems to work.

I used to hate bringing clothes in to trade, because you just know the buyer's judging your fashion sense as they separate your wares into "yes" and "no" piles. It's their job.

How'd I get over my timidity? I was broke for the first few months working at Ideal Bite (we were still in the red at that point), so swapping was the only way I could keep my wardrobe fresh. Try going broke sometime - it's a great shyness killer.

-Toshio...off to make "yes" and "no" piles for the organic pizza samples we just got...

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