You never cry over spilled milk.

Unless, of course, it happens to find its way onto your brand-new, super-expensive, irreplaceable suede skirt. Then a few tears are totally acceptable.

Next time, get your rare wearables at Dolly Python, a just-opened vintage store stocked by local collectors who are selling their gently worns. Sort through racks of clothes and accessories — coats, dresses, cowboy boots — from every decade. Or grab some old photographs, antique paintings, and a sweet concrete gnome. There’s even an ever-changing assortment of mod furniture.

Proprietor Gretchen Frizzell (formerly of the legendary Ahab Bowen) also loves new designers, so you’ll always find pieces from up-and-comers like clothing whiz Amy Warner and handbag maker Naomi Stewart thrown into the mix.

With so many affordable options to choose from, you just might say goodbye to your pricey, high-maintenance clothes.

Not exactly a tear-jerker.

Dolly Python, 1916 Haskell, East Dallas (214-887-3434).