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It doesn't look too bad to me, but if it was mine I would use some white/off white shoe cream, a banana and some... Let's say a Margarita. Because you may need a snack and most projects just work better if you've had a Margarita.
It’s not great up close but I’m going to order d as how cream (again) and see what happens. I have quite the growing collection.
 
I've never bought a used item of clothing online before but I have this bella dahl top in dark grey and love it. I was looking at the other colors and decided black or navy would be too similar to what I have. Fuchsia wouldn't be flattering so purple would be best. This one was priced low so I decided I didn't have much to lose. Hoping it's in decent condition. did i manifest this? ha
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Wow...the pandemic has changed the way so many people do business these days. I hope her company keeps on going. She just came out with home decor and the stuff looks really nice. Maybe there is more money in home decor since more people are working from home these days. I just want her to make more Edie bags!! ;)
 
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Wow...the pandemic has changed the way so many people do business these days. I hope her company keeps on going. She just came out with home decor and the stuff looks really nice. Maybe there is more money in home decor since more people are working from home these days. I just want her to make more Edie bags!! ;)

I'm usually skeptical of designer bedding sets since sometimes it's pretty patterns on synthetic materials, but looks like the sheet sets are cotton or bamboo which is promising.
 
I purchased a bag from Goodwill out of state (haven't got it yet). then saw a post where someone says Goodwill is full of bed bugs. Now I'm all spooked. wondering if when I get it I should wash the lining and then put the bag in the dryer. supposedly 120 degree heat will kill bed bugs. they are big enough to see but what about the eggs?

do you all think a MAB will survive a half hour in the dryer? I know @shelby has washed and dried bags but it's somewhat of a risk?
Or should I just inspect the bag and put this horror out of my mind.
I guess any preowned item from any source could have bed bugs?
 
I purchased a bag from Goodwill out of state (haven't got it yet). then saw a post where someone says Goodwill is full of bed bugs. Now I'm all spooked. wondering if when I get it I should wash the lining and then put the bag in the dryer. supposedly 120 degree heat will kill bed bugs. they are big enough to see but what about the eggs?

do you all think a MAB will survive a half hour in the dryer? I know @shelby has washed and dried bags but it's somewhat of a risk?
Or should I just inspect the bag and put this horror out of my mind.
I guess any preowned item from any source could have bed bugs?

I don't have a ton of experience with bedbugs, had a boyfriend in college who had a couple issues with it in his apartment and I remember he had some weird set up with vinegar or something to get rid of them? idk. I do remember he threw out a bunch of things and ran a bunch of things he wanted to keep on extra hot wash and dry cycles. And taped up some things in rubbermaid tubs for a few weeks.

A friend of mine runs a vintage shop and she freezes garments for two weeks before taking them out and getting them cleaned and putting them on the sales floor, but I think that is for moths more than bedbugs.

But to the other point...any secondhand shop, or new shop, or public place like hotels can have bedbugs and Goodwill has at least hundreds of locations so not sure what the difference is between any of their locations and anywhere else. I feel like a few years ago there were a whole bunch of boutiques in NY that had bedbug infestations.
 
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I purchased a bag from Goodwill out of state (haven't got it yet). then saw a post where someone says Goodwill is full of bed bugs. Now I'm all spooked. wondering if when I get it I should wash the lining and then put the bag in the dryer. supposedly 120 degree heat will kill bed bugs. they are big enough to see but what about the eggs?

do you all think a MAB will survive a half hour in the dryer? I know @shelby has washed and dried bags but it's somewhat of a risk?
Or should I just inspect the bag and put this horror out of my mind.
I guess any preowned item from any source could have bed bugs?
The bags come from many different goodwill places throughout the US. I doubt all of them have bed bugs. I’ve bought from the online goodwill before. I’ve never had problems with bed bugs but then I’ve washed the bags that I got from them. They were all vintage Coach which can be washed.
 
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