For those living in major urban metroplexes who've tried to sell clothing to used and vintage places, are you finding those places are super super picky now compared to 10 years ago?

Yes, very much so. Which is why I don't bother to sell things to those sorts of stores, and just hold sales of my own.

Holy carp, yes. I took a buttload of nice shoes and boots that I'd worn maybe once each to a consignment store here, and the girl *turned up her nose* and said they only wanted *current* styles. Nothing like having the shoes you thought were really nice dissed by a college girl.

Oooh, I would be SO annoyed with the clerk. But I bet that's why I can't ever find any Fluevogs in consignment boutiques, dammit.

I have to draw things in meetings or I start falling asleep, which I think would be even more obvious. I play with drawing new fonts and draw the things on the table. I've drawn a lot of coffee cups and water pitchers over the years. I suck at people, but I'm okay at inanimate objects.

meara, you just haven't done the right consignment shopping. Kat took me way back when, and I scored some nifty stuff. My main interview suit apparently belonged to Mrs. Magic Jordan.

If you see someone drawing in a meeting, do you think they're not paying attention, even if they look up most of the time and make a lot of eye contact with the speakers?

I get paranoid about that, but can't stop making stars and spirals in the margins regardless.

meara, you just haven't done the right consignment shopping.

I swear, I am going to give all of you L.A. and SF peeps my phone number, wishlist, and shoe size, and have you call or text me if you find anything good.

If you see someone drawing in a meeting, do you think they're not paying attention, even if they look up most of the time and make a lot of eye contact with the speakers?

I worry about that, too, but it doesn't stop me from sketching outfit designs while I'm listening.

I've drawn a lot of coffee cups and water pitchers over the years.

All we have on the table are conference call phones. I have done some heavily modified pictures of attendees. I hope to never get busted on that.

If you see someone drawing in a meeting, do you think they're not paying attention, even if they look up most of the time and make a lot of eye contact with the speakers?

I assume they're like me and need a controlled distraction so they have at least a hope of paying some degree of attention to the speaker.

If you see someone drawing in a meeting, do you think they're not paying attention, even if they look up most of the time and make a lot of eye contact with the speakers?

I draw stars, crescent moons, the back of elephants, and then these weird freeform blobs that I fill with little boxes and circles.

Zenkitty, I got the "current styles" thing, too. What poppycock! If I were interested in current styles, I'd shop at Ross.

Let's see...they're picky about what clothes they'll buy second-hand, they have jacked up the prices of what THEY sell...I'm guessing the hard core of second-hand shoppers are going elsewhere. I wish I'd had more ability to sell my clothes online before I moved. I had to keep the house in showroom shape which made me more loathe to conduct piecemeal Craig's List transactions. I ended up giving away loads! Jilli, do you sell via Craig's List or etsy or what?