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Garage sales, yeah!!!

17 years ago

Hubby and I decided to get up early and hit the yard sales today. We found aprox. 50 ft. of 1x12's for $5.00 (yippee, one step closer to my candlestick shelves!), a stained glass accent lamp that is perfect on my mantle for $1.50, and a really cool 1930's filing cabinet/drawer combo for $30. Who needs Walmart??!!

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FlowerLady6
17 years ago
Wow, you got some bargains that's for sure. Garage/yard sales are lots of fun.

Enjoy your new finds.

FlowerLady
weed30 St. Louis
17 years ago
I love garage sales! Great finds by you!
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Great stuff for only $14 Sooner. I find great stuff at the Thrift Town thrift stores here around Fort Worth. There are three of them that I like to go to, Richland Hills, Fort Worth and Arlington. I still shop GW and SA because every now and then I find something really cool at a good price. But I hardly ever get to garage sales, except this weekend - I held one - had a ball, glad it's over. Shopping at them is sure a lot more fun than having one. I LOVE metal stuff-can't wait to see what you do with your new...uh, thing. Cheryl
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awww, now Susan, I thought for sure you were sending me vibes - but alas, my porch is bare. (the other night I had a dream that I actually MET Annie, and she delivered my package in person...a beautfiul basket - but I can't remember what was in it!!) You are ALL suspect! (well, not you anymore, Susan...) Stacy :-) WHo is it????????
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My sons are in a boy scout troop that has The Mother Of All Garage Sales every year in August. It is H-U-G-E. They start collecting in May and use 5-6 giant storage units. It takes a week to set it all up in the parking lot of the church that sponsors the troop. It takes 50-60 people all working for 4 months so you can only imagine how huge. Last year they made $11,000 and they price EVERYTHING to go. The prices are really, really cheap. The troop has been doing this for more than 25 years so it's a neighborhood institution. Anyway, all of that said is it justify my keeping junk for the garage sale. I have a corner of the laundry room devoted to it. I bring boxes home from work and box up stuff all year. And then the se-up week I become ruthless and start culling from all over the house. Last year I got rid of SO MUCH junk - it was wonderful! And the best part is, what doesn't sell goes first to charities. After they take their pick, the the troop goes through and pulls out all the stuff the humane society can use and all the scrap metal, then the rest goes into a dumpster. So NONE of it comes back home with me! After all the work I'm not even tempted to bring home anyone else's donations either. Last year I brought home a paring knife, a hat, and a blanket - that's it. Working the sale also makes me not want to go to garage sales, so I don't drag home unneeded stuff. Anyway, if your friends are saving and really would have a sale then it can be a good thing. It's a great thing for me!
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mrsmarv
17 years ago
My Aunt Inez furnished her entire beach house with garage/tag/flea market finds. And she found some of the best stuff ever. One of the best birthday presents she and my mom got me was a set of tin-lined copper cookware. They paid $25.00 for 3 frying pans, an au gratin pan, and 2 saucepans with lids (and were convinced that they could have gotten them for less, but didn't quibble because there was another lady eyeing them up LOL). I love them and use them to this day...and whenever I do, I think of both of them and remember how much fun they were.
girlgroupgirl
17 years ago
Most of my house is garage sale/thrift store or side of the road finds. We also love antique malls but I'm fussy about the prices I will pay there.
I have not been to a yard sale this year (OK, ONE. I went to ONE, a friends). I'm in withdrawl I think. Perhaps it's because a year ago hubby hit the motherload with a yard sale around the corner. For $100 he bought a box of our "good" dishware, a bucket chair that needs recovering but it's so cool, two bertoia chairs which are mesh chairs from the 50's (they were broken but BIL is welding them for us), a large box of vintage planters, dishes for a friends set that made a lovely Christmas present...and then when some things didn't sell the guy came down and just gave them to us (a few vases, some clothing for hubby...). Now I know a bunch of broken and battered chairs don't sound like much, but man, these things are really worth a lot of $$ now (that box of dishes we got was worth $150 alone!!) and I won't pay $$ for things when they can be found for .00 even if in disrepair.
Another neighbour had a good sale last year and I bought some unusual pieces of aluminum ware, some great vintage brooches and the cutest dinner bell in the shape of a tulip pixie.
The year before DH's great finds, our church had a bazaar and it was INCREDIBLE. So many beautiful 50's linens!

Church bazaars are the BEST. I miss them. Not many have bazaars anymore!

GGG
Pamela Church
Original Author
17 years ago
GGG - Church sales are great! My last "steal" at a church (is that a sin? lol) was a very long school cubby shelf complete with hooks for the kids coats. Hubby thought it was too long to use whole and that he'd have to cut it, but it fit perfectly over our front window and is now home to some of my glass collection.
momcat2000
17 years ago
i've been yard saling for 25 years now and love the thrill of the hunt! sales are not as good as it was a few years ago, but then again, i'm running out of room to put my 'treasures'
i always look for good scrap lumber at yard sales.

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