A month ago we thought it would be fun to participate in our annual block sale. For a number of months I had been collecting stuff in the basement that I wanted to get rid of. I sold some of the higher dollar items on Craigslist and started my "appliance fund," with my earnings. Throughout the months as I would collect items to get rid of, I would slowly notice a few items missing from my pile. Justin is definitely a keeper, (a Schaack trait), and if he thinks we may use something within the next 10 years, it's a keeper. (It took me a couple months to convince him that we REALLY didn't need the janitor-sized mop bucket with a mop handle, but no mop head).
Word spread that we were going to be participating in the garage sale and family members decided to bring a few things over hoping to make a little spending cash as well. It was a great deal of work setting up all the tables and organizing all the items, (although J and I both enjoy organizing so that part was quite fun, even if it meant staying up a little later than normal to get it all done).
A total of 6 houses on the street participated and we had the best weather with temps in the 70's and no rain. Friday morning I opened my garage door a little before 8 o'clock, walked down to the end of the block to put up one more sign and when I came back to my house, there were two ladies leaving my garage with items in their hands, (they had left money for me). Dang, some people are really into this garage sale thing! The entire Friday morning was very busy and we sold a lot of items. My dad and Uncle Willard helped as I did have to go into work for a few hours. I was thankful to have the help because things were busy and I would have had a hard time keeping up with everything. Some people bartered the prices a little bit, but for the most part, people paid the sticker price.
The afternoon, things slowed down a little bit and we just had a few people come by after 4:00. It was such a successful day, I decided to bake cookies and sell them along with lemonade the following day, knowing parents would likely be shopping with little ones.
Although Saturday wasn't as busy, we had a great time, sold a lot and made twice as much money as we thought we would. Between the four families, we made over $800 and no item sold for more than $50. Oh and that janitor mop bucket sold for $10 to a Hispanic gentleman the first morning of the sale :). Pretty impressive for our first garage sale. I may have to start checking out some garage sales for myself, because apparently for some people, this is a die hard hobby! My "appliance fund" has gradually grown and I'm hoping to do a little upgrading by this Fall. Although from previous posts, you know I am quite the saver so it wouldn't surprise me if that money sat around for a while...
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