Flea To Be You and Me
Lat weekend, after shaking my ass in dance class, I fell further down the fatass rabbit hole at the Fat Girl Flea Market! This event is so freakin’ awesome because thrift shopping is usually a fruitless farce if you wear above a size 12. But once a year, this fundraiser for NOLOSE collects second-hand donations from the closets of big girls all over the city, and then sells ‘em off wikkid cheap in a melee of plus-size bargain madness. Its only been going on for three years, but each year the event gets bigger and bigger, drawing crowds from all over. This year, I finally got my act together and filled a whole garbage bag full of stuff to donate. I was carrying it across the intersection of 14th and 6th when a gang of fat ladies from BOSTON literally chased me down the street and surrounded me in front of Grey’s Papaya.
“You’re taking that stuff to the Fat Girl Flea Market AREN’T YOU????” The ringleader demanded.
I was like, “Duh, ” so she was like,
“You’ve got good style. Let me see what you’re donating.” At which point she and her friends tore into my bag like a pack of rabid jackals and started trying on my clothes in the middle of the sidewalk. They were ooing and aahing, and high fiving, much to the consternation of the other pedestrians trying to get around the fleshy frenzy blocking the street, but these sisters were about to head back to Boston and would not be denied. They claimed nearly half of my cast-offs, then marched back to the flea market to pay for them, which I thought was almost ridiculously honest of them.
As for me, I picked up a black jacket, black pants, black fuzzy sweater, and a purple and black striped babydoll dress for $12.50. Those Boston ladies were right though - from what I observed, I did donate the best stuff - natch.
July 14th, 2006 at 8:26 am
ha b/c yer a HOTTIE and you dress like one!
July 27th, 2006 at 9:18 am
You were so great about letting us mug you right there on the street in broad daylight! I’ve already worn some of your stuff and my friend and I are still deep in discussions about who looks best in your cute little fuzzy blue hat. I’m glad you scored some fun stuff at the Flea!