About Me

Hey loves! Tonia here and I just wanted to share a little bit about me and how I started my online boutique, Thrifted Reality.  We'll call her TR from here but it was birthed out of my love for thrifting first and then fashion. 

My love for thrifting started a very long time ago as a little girl. My mom and one of her close friends would drag my younger sister and me to yard sales every Saturday in the spring and summer. I didn’t realize at the time how those Saturday mornings would later turn into a passion for thrifting. I can’t tell you how many Saturdays were spent doing that and while I wasn’t doing much of the thrifting, I watched and learned how to see someone else’s trash/unwanted items as treasure.

Seventeen years ago my life changed with the birth of my daughter.  I was a young 21 year old with a new baby and I knew that I had to grow up and get started with life. I was fortunate that my parents paid my rent and utilities and allowed me to stay home with her for a year but they told me that I had to get a job and start taking care of myself.  I was on WIC, food stamps, Medicaid, fresh out of college and I had to make it do what it do; so I turned to the thrift stores for clothes, items for my apartment and any random things that I could find. I knew for my career in the finance and accounting world that I needed to dress professionally and there was no way at that time that I could afford to do it without thrifting. It became my regular weekly go to and I loved it. Hence why I’m here to share my love for thrifting and all the dope things that I find.  

Thanks for stopping by and shopping with me!