My Obsession with Buying from China: Quality, Savings, and the Hunt It started with a pair of boots. I know, it sounds cliché, but it’s true. I was broke, freshly graduated, and living in a shoebox apartment in Austin, Texas. I wanted those chunky platform boots that every blogger was wearing—the ones that cost $200 at Zara. I couldn’t justify it. So I did what any desperate fashion lover would do: I went down a rabbit hole on AliExpress. Three weeks later, a package arrived. The boots? Exactly the same. The cost? $28. That moment changed everything. Now, years later, I’m here to spill all my secrets about buying products…