> OK, so I buy my clothes at Salvation Army.

There is certainly nothing wrong with that. When I was dealing with antiques, I seached thrift stores and yard sales on a regular basis and a bunch of stuff I found wound up as permanent parts of our home. There is a beveled glass mirror over the TV that I got for $2. Another such mirror, in a bedroom was $5. Two oval pictures in the guest room were a dollar each and several items of antique glassware are in the living room. There is a small table next to the recliner that I got for $2 and we eat breakfast every morning on a drop-leaf table that cost me $25. I think I paid $2 each for those ladderback chairs. Right behind me as I type this there is a treadmill ($10) and an exercise bike ($15) I paid $10 for the old Western Flyer bike that I ride from time to time.

I never buy clothes at thrift stores, but my daughter does. She once paid $8 for a long green dress with matching shoes and purse. It was not for her, but for her 8-year-old daughter who was the hit of "formal night" on a cruise last spring.
They have tables, paintings, and other thrift store stuff in their home.

Who's gonna know if you don't tell them? Thrift stores make a lot of sense.
Howard