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Signs of my addiction will pop up soon...

14 years ago

Yard sale signs that is. How is it I can leave my home early in the morning not looking for anything in particular and come home with so many things I have to put the top down on the car to fit everything in? My students have heard me say so often that I got this or that for our class that one year they drew a banner with their hands holding yard sale signs as an end-of-year gift! Anyone else love yard sales?

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moonie_57 (8 NC)
14 years ago
Can you believe that I have never gone "yard-saling"?
lisa_fla
14 years ago
Moonie-GO and report back. Go to several. Even better spend a day going from sale to sale with a friend. Lots of laughs!! My 19 y.o. daughter and I go almost every Friday.

Cara-do you check the garage sale ads from craigslist in your area? I find lots more on craigslist than the paper plus some have pictures. Why pay to run an ad when you can have one with pictures free on craigslist?
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carabubble
Original Author
14 years ago
Lisa, I check both Craigslist and the newspaper. Community yardsales are my favorite!
jackie_ok
14 years ago
I love the yard sales. Actually my favorites are when one of the big churches has a rummage sale. I have picked up some good things there.
kacram
14 years ago
I haven't found anything I need at a garage sale in a LONG time! but I keep looking. Nothing more frustrating when
you follow the signs, only to find out the sale was last week, last month, or last year! lol

We were WAY out in the country and we followed some signs
for a very LONG time, until I just got too freaked out!
I was wondering if I was going to end up at some pschyo's
house or horrors. So I finally turned around with the
theme of "Deliverance" playing in my mind! lol
moonie_57 (8 NC)
14 years ago
I might have to go and see what I'm missing. My problem is I like to sleep in on the weekends :)

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