On Sunday, Oak was brewing so I decided to check out the Rugged Wearhouse in Cary. Mom let me in on this secret gem a few months ago, when I bought a cute orange purse and a Hello Kitty t-shirt at one of the locations near Concord. Little did I know, there are several locations in the Triangle… we’ve also got Rugged Wearhouse in Durham and Raleigh! Craziness.

Anyway, you could consider Rugged Wearhouse to be a cheaper, ghettoer version of TJ Maxx. Actually, I think maybe just cheaper. As in, most of the t-shirts are $5. Most pants are under $15. Dressier tops are between $7-10. You get the idea. You’ve got to be in what I can only call the “thrifting” frame of mind, though. Willing to sort through racks and racks of clothes, and to try EVERYTHING on. A lot of the merchandise is either a) from a no-name brand, so who knows how the sizing works or b) is a second from a big-name store, like Express. So you have to be careful to make sure that it fits, and that there aren’t any holes or stains. Not exactly made for a half an hour stop to browse.

I managed to find quite a few things. Only shirts this time. Since I pretty much only wear t-shirts on nights and weekends now, being such a “professional office person” (haha), this is a perfect place and price point to update that wardrobe. A little bit harder to find were office appropriate shirts, but I did find two; a button-up blouse from New York and Company that has little French people and Eiffel towers all over it (what my mom would describe as a “Carrie shirt”), and a nautical-eque red and white blouse. Ding!

I got some shorts for Oak but they didn’t end up working out. Oh darn, we’ll have to go back to return them….

Posted by Carrie on Thursday, June 21, 2007
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