Oak Roots

Oak Roots Your local + mobile thrift shop offering personalized shopping, pop-ups, and private events 💚✨♻️

Oak Roots is a mobile clothing store that has been curating new and preloved designer women’s wear since 2015. We carry a variety of one of kind pieces, harem rompers and are currently designing our own line of on-the-go travel outfits that embody comfort and calm! Owner Jeanelle Robles is a Somatic Stylist trained in trauma-informed care, and she uses body-led practices to help people cultivate a happy and healthy relationship with their whole self from the inside out. Whether it’s a new outfit or a renewed sense of self, Oak Roots brings wellness into your wardrobe. For more information on somatic practice and nervous system regulation for body-image, visit JeanelleRobles.com

Grief & The Post-Birthday Blues • I keep thinking if I do enough of what I love it’ll tip the scales of sadness in my fa...
02/07/2026

Grief & The Post-Birthday Blues •

I keep thinking if I do enough of what I love it’ll tip the scales of sadness in my favour and I’ll feel a little less miserable. Hasn’t worked for me yet.

I try to get into in my most creative mindset just before birthdays - thinking if I just do something I love it’ll soften the blow when the day comes and the shock of loss kicks back in. It doesn’t soften anything. Birthdays are the hardest.

It happened after mine and Craig’s in August, then after our first son’s in October. And now again, our youngest just celebrated his 15th birthday and the pattern repeated: deep set sadness that is just so exhausting!!

All the fun I had in planning the event at The Souk felt like it got tackled by the bigness of Grief 🤍

The good news is, I’m getting to know grief on a much deeper and personal level. I am starting to understand that it doesn’t inherently want to be a thief of joy, it just doesn’t really know how to express itself. So WE need to show it how.

Grief is a relentless, little beast … and, so am I 🙋🏻‍♀️ I shall befriend it, and together we’ll take on the world (or just a small community of like-minded humans who wanna hang out, get creative, be themselves and dance 🪩 )

Thanks for listening to my Grief Talk!

Big hugs xo
Jeanelle

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Thank you to everyone who came out on Friday night 🫶I know it was cold AF, and the fact that you still chose to show up ...
02/02/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out on Friday night 🫶

I know it was cold AF, and the fact that you still chose to show up and spend your evening with us really meant a lot (trust me, even I didn’t want to leave my house for my own event 😝)

To see so many new and familiar faces in one spot was seriously so magical ✨ The vibe was exactly what I hoped for:
no pressure, no booze, laid back, and good conversation with good company!!

This is the kind of energy I want to keep creating with the hopes of re-shifting what “going out for drinks” can look like.

Now the truth is, feeling joy is still really hard for me. As much as I loved seeing this idea come to life, there was (and still is) an underlying sense of sadness. Even though I know Craig was with me in spirit, it’s just not the same doing this without him here. But I am learning to accept that it never really will be, and that’s ok.

I know he is proud that I’ve finally got the ball rolling ...
It’s been 6 years in the making.
6 years of ideas, pauses, and shifts.
And 6 years of holding on to the vision.

Thank you to .whitby for sharing in the vision and co-creating this night with me.

And thank you to for capturing some of those magical moments on camera 🎥

Stay tuned for the next event details 💌

alcoholfree

Fully Booked 🫶🏼Can’t wait to see you .whitby tomorrow night 🤎 🤍 •••
01/29/2026

Fully Booked 🫶🏼

Can’t wait to see you .whitby tomorrow night 🤎 🤍

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Everyone’s sharing their 2016 highlights, but I want to take a moment to reflect on my 2020.Six years ago today, I was i...
01/25/2026

Everyone’s sharing their 2016 highlights, but I want to take a moment to reflect on my 2020.

Six years ago today, I was in NYC with my bestie doing some “market research” for Durham’s first dry bar + lounge ().
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|| Rewind ⏪

Back in October 2019, when I was only 3 months sober, I got this idea of creating an alcohol-free space that had all the energy of a classic Toronto nightclub, minus the morning-after hangover.
I shared the idea with Carly in December and she was all in (of course) 🫶🏼
4 weeks later, we were heading to NYC for some booze-free bar hopping + business meetings .

We came back ready. We locked in the space, the sponsors and the menu …
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🌎 Then March 2020 hit. A month before our launch date the world shutdown ⏸️

Carly ended up moving. I went back to school. And all planning was paused.
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In 2022 things started opening back up. Craig went into remission for the first time. And I started working on opening up again, this time with even more new ideas to add to the bar (like mental health resources & courses). Things felt good.

On Sep 23, 2022 I told Craig about a vision I had that the launch of the Unity Social would be dedicated to him. He loved that 🥹

He got sick again in 2023.
Planning paused again.
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|| Fast forward ⏩ January 2026

So in my vision Craig was right in the centre of this big dance floor and we were all dancing around him. At the time I didn’t really know what it meant. I realize now it meant that Craig will always be at the centre of everything I do. And now I have even more clarity and conviction with what I am supposed to be doing.

The Unity Social is so much more than a booze-free bar, it’s about finding joy, even when (especially when) our world is falling apart 🤍

Join us for a low-key, soft launch at The Souk!!!

🗓 Friday Jan 30
⏰ 6PM-10PM
📍 .whitby

✨Welcome to The Souk after hours 🌙Join us as we transform this cozy coffee shop into a booze-free Cocktail Bar for the n...
01/15/2026

✨Welcome to The Souk after hours 🌙
Join us as we transform this cozy coffee shop into a booze-free Cocktail Bar for the night!

🗓️ Friday January 30th, 2026
⏰ 6pm-10pm
📍 .whitby
124 Dundas St W, Whitby

This is my first event under The Unity Social name, a project I’ve been working on since 2019. And I couldn’t be happier to be hosting it alongside Ayesha and the amazing crew at The Souk who share the same vision for the community as I do.

This quaint and intimate cafe/cocktail bar is the perfect space to reconnect with friends and forget about our mid-winter blues 🫂

This is a limited capacity event, so we’ll be posting an Eventbrite link soon. It is FREE entry, we just want to keep track of the numbers 🫶🏼

Keep following along to see sneak peeks of the drink + apps menu and other fun little surprises!!

Cheers 🍸 💕

ON THIS DAY: A Short Story (Scroll down to skip the story and Save The Date) ⬇️Photo memories hit so different now. I ge...
01/14/2026

ON THIS DAY: A Short Story

(Scroll down to skip the story and Save The Date) ⬇️

Photo memories hit so different now.
I get notifications all the time reminding me of what I was doing and who I was with on “this day” …

Nowadays it’s like a gut punch every time they pop up. To think of how much my life has changed in a year… and how each 24 hours of 2025 felt like a lifetime rolled into a day 🫠❤️‍🩹

There was so much chaos and trauma layered on top of everything I did that I wasn’t able to fully appreciate how many great experiences and relationships were built throughout the year ❤️

I know how important it is for me to keep creating memories for my future self to look back on and to -most importantly- enjoy the making of these memories ✨

This time last year I was launching my first sober party. My 6-year-long vision was finally about to happen. But life had other plans. Craig went into the hospital with kidney failure and came out with stage 4 cancer. Six months later he was gone. Time stood still. The world stopped spinning. My life changed forever.

And now here we are. A new year. Another January. A different version of me. This time, Craig is (I imagine) meditating on a mountain top and whispering down to me “try again”.
So I shall.

SAVE THE DATE:
📆 January 30th, 2026
Friday Night 🌙
📍 .whitby

Stay tuned for my details 😘
Hugs xo
Jeanelle

SCHEDULE UPATE 📣Friends … if you’ve wanted to come shop in person or start thrifting your Halloween outfit come see me t...
10/19/2025

SCHEDULE UPATE 📣
Friends … if you’ve wanted to come shop in person or start thrifting your Halloween outfit come see me today from 12pm-4pm at !!

We got music by and brunch being served up, and of course lots of cute outfits for $20 and under ✨

• CLOSING THIS WEEK •
I’m taking a couple days off so won’t be opening Monday - Wednesday ✨

How is it already mid-October?! Which means only a couple weeks left to shop in-person with me at 💕So many “new” amazi...
10/16/2025

How is it already mid-October?!

Which means only a couple weeks left to shop in-person with me at 💕

So many “new” amazing Fall | Winter staples for thrift’y prices (most items pictured are $10) 🎈

Swing by this Sunday for some great music, yummy food and first dibs on these deals!!

Xo Jeanelle

Outfit of the day: Inspired by my iced coffee + whip 🍂 Only $25 for the full outfit and both are New With Tags! Skirt s...
10/16/2025

Outfit of the day:
Inspired by my iced coffee + whip 🍂
Only $25 for the full outfit and both are
New With Tags!

Skirt size M
Ribbed turtle neck size L

Pick up at 3500 Brock St N Unit 3

Come grab a coffee and a matching outfit ☕️

Today until 330pm
Sunday October 19th 12-4pm

10/15/2025

Same skirt || Six styles

SKIRT from .roywardrobestyle
Talbots Size 4
$22

TOPS
Monday - $15 Size L
Tuesday - $10 Size S
Wednesday - $15 Size L
Thursday - $15 Size L
Friday - $25 Size S/M
Saturday - $75 Size S (vintage Lauren Ralph Lauren wool zip up jacket)

Come shop at this October 🍂
Brunch and shop in one spot!!

Size L sweater is ONLY $5 ✨And lots of long sleeve sweaters priced at $10 💚•••
10/15/2025

Size L sweater is ONLY $5

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And lots of long sleeve sweaters priced at $10 💚

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Shopping hours this week:Tuesday - Thurs 1130am-330pm KIDS EAT FREE* 😋 •Restaurant is open 7am-4pm•Aaand another Sunday ...
10/14/2025

Shopping hours this week:
Tuesday - Thurs
1130am-330pm
KIDS EAT FREE* 😋
•Restaurant is open 7am-4pm•

Aaand another Sunday Brunch Mix Party with is in the works for the 19th 🎈more details posted tomorrow!

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Whitby, ON

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 3:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 3:30pm
Thursday 9am - 3:30pm
Friday 9am - 3:30pm

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