Garage Sale Weekend

June 12, 2009 by  
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Well, I decided against better judgment to have a garage sale this weekend.  There is a community sale and we had to give $3 to help with the cost of advertising if we wanted to participate.  We kept going back and forth whether or not we wanted to have one and 1 week before the sale we decided we were going to do it.

I didn’t get around to going through the boys things until late on Monday, which means I only had about four days to get myself prepared.  We went strawberry picking on Monday which was a whole other story, and I made 9 half pints of freezer jam on Tuesday, right in the middle of garage sale stuff.

Let me just say for the record that I HATE, no I LOATHE, garage sales!  I Hate getting all the stuff ready, I hate going to them, and I hate watching people rummage and bargain with someone over a ten cent item.  It seems like everyone wants something for nothing.  I told my dear husband that he can sit out in front and deal with the people and I will deal with the toddlers inside  LOL.  If I paid $30 for Gap jeans and I have them marked for $3 , then you should be a happy customer!  If ya don’t like that price, try and find almost new Gap jeans for that price.  Garage sales can be nice for a rare find, but to tell ya the truth, I am just not the hunt and peck type.

I hope we make some money because I am so tired and I didn’t realize how much junk I had, so I would be very appreciative of anyone who takes it off my hands.  Wish us luck.

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6 Responses to “Garage Sale Weekend”
  1. Garage Sale says:

    The 3.00 for jeans seems to be a typical pricing at a garage sale. Thats the nature of the game!

  2. Cathy says:

    My advice, anything you don’t sell, donate or trash. Otherwise it all goes back into the house and accumulates again! 🙂

  3. Baba says:

    I have had many garage/yard sales over the years and I know about all the hard work that is required to prepare for one. Good Luck on yours. I hope you do great!

  4. Tanya says:

    How is it going? 😀

  5. Robin says:

    I had a garage sale this weekend and must say that it turned out to be rather profitable and I cleared out the house. I used signs around the neighborhood and listed it online at http://www.garagesalestracker.com (Cost about $3.00 in total to advertise with the signs and markers). I must say that I didnt get haggled down too badly but the early bird most certainly did get the worm. With the leftovers that I did have I ended up sending it off to goodwill! Keep up the good work

  6. Laurie says:

    At least I know the stuff I sold won’t be coming back into my house!

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