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Kate Kerse, Alumni Blog Scholar
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An Ode to Op-Shopping.
Posted by Kate Kerse on Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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That's right folks, Selwyn's ball is next weekend. Lucky for me I don't have to repeat the same dress from the last two years because earlier this year I was op-shopping and found a full length dress for the princely sum of $20.
Dunedin is a student town, so (as you'd expect) some of the people here follow some of the student stereotypes. Which is not to say that everyone here is a couch-burning, riot-loving, wine-strawpedo-ing scarfie slowly forming icicles in a Castle St flat, but one thing that I have noticed is that students here op-shop much more than I was used to. I've become quite the Op Shop fiend myself. It's strange how it changes your entire perception on buying clothes. I now consider anything over about $12 quite steep for a clothing item, and don't think you'll find me buying a jersey for more than $8.
Sure, you may need some of your napisan to get rid of that oh-so-familiar eau-de-opshop, but if I've got a bag full of clothes for $5, that's quite alright with me.