Our neighborhood frowns upon individual garage sales but at least recognizes the need people have to periodically get rid of their accumulated things for a little cash. That said, they do allow twice a year a community garage sale where anyone in the neighborhood can have a garage sale and not face the wrath of the HOA. This is great because you can hit a lot of sales in a short amount of time and have more chances at getting the good stuff before its gone. We have A LOT of re-sellers in our area so beating them to the best deals is always a challenge.
I typically spend less than $50 and come home with gobs of stuff. The fall sale is my favorite because I can do Christmas shopping. Yesterday I wound up spending more than usual and felt I didn't get as much as usual. My heart wasn't totally in it, but after carefully admiring and cleaning all my finds, I feel like I did ok.
Retail: 7.99
Paid: .50
I don't usually buy books because I'm so picky about what I read, but the lady was insistent it was really good and it's an amnesia book, and those stories I typically find interesting.
Retail: 14.99
Paid: 5.00
I bought an older model and was jam packed with a few other potato head sets as I got two bodies with it.
Retail: 19.54/box
Paid: 3.00/box
I bought 4 boxes of this resin stone edging to put around my blackberry bed, orange tree, and mint bed to keep the lawn guys from tearing it up with the weed whacker.
Retail: 49.99
Paid: 10.00
The one I bought was very similar in style and all wooden, but not this exact one.
Retail: 9.95
Paid: 1.50
I dunno how much use this will get, but I thought it was fun anyway.
Retail: 14.95
Paid: 2.00
Ok so I guess I can be honest, I lost money on this one since you can buy the book new on amazon for less than 2.00 but the back of the book said 14.95 so at some point it was that expensive.
Retail: 129.00
Paid: 25.00
The set I bought doesn't have the original box any more but all the pieces are there and all the edges are crisp, some tracks still shrink wrapped, it seems it might have been played with only once or twice. The box also included a couple of Thomas trains and cars.
Retail: 109.00
Paid: 10.00
This is probably the most used thing I bought, it needs a couple minor repairs, but overall is sturdy and usable.
Retail: 30.00
Paid: 3.00
This is a large 2'X3' chalkboard, it's old and worn but I didn't buy it to use it as a chalkboard I bought it to be a puzzle board!! I haven't been able to do an adult puzzle in ages because there just isn't anywhere to do one where the kids won't get to it. When I was younger we had a chalkboard similar in size that we used to work on a puzzle and if we didn't finish, we'd just slide the board and unfinished puzzle under the couch to work on later. I can't wait to start a 1000 or 1500 piece puzzle to work on in the evenings and store it under the couch where the kids will never suspect. This was definitely my favorite buy.
I also bought a small wicker basked for .25 and some wire landscape fencing for 1.00.
Total Retail: 444.03
Total Spent: 69.00
Total Savings: 375.03
Not bad. I think I'll keep doing this garage sale thingy.
2 comments:
Mel- I just read that book! I love some Sophie Kinsella (she's a good fluffy chic flick read), especially her Shopaholic series, but I have to say this was not my favorite. It was okay, but not anything I would re-read and I didn't get much out of it (not even laughs). If you. Want a good amnesia book, I just read "What Alice Forgot" and enjoyed it a lot more. I can't remember who it's by though.
I just finished the book yesterday, you're right, it was ok but I was definitely not blown away, it didn't even really get that interesting until 3/4 of the way through. I'll look up the other one you recommend.
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