Finally, after months of banging on about having one, and hours of sorting (I wanted to make sure we got every last thing we no longer needed or wanted out), we had a yard sale.
I advertised on Craigslist for the week leading up to the sale, and put signs up on our street the Thursday and Friday before. Nothing like fluorescent yellow and smiley face balloons to draw a crowd.
My friend came over to help and sell some of her unwanted items too. It took us no time at all to set up. I was worried nobody would turn up, but by 7.30 we were tired of turning people away (we were due to start at 8).
The weather was perfect which definitely helped. I didn't get any shots of during the sale because we were busy wheeling and dealing. Luckily most people thought our prices were already cheap. Good thing as I have the worlds worst haggling skills.
Bargain hunter - "how much for the table?"
Me - "$40"
Bargain hunter - "would you take $20?"
Me - "ok"
I wish I was joking!
We sold all of the big items, with the exception of the item of the week. It drew a lot of laughs but sadly no takers.
Even the 3000 lb TV headed out the door (fat screen definitely not flat screen). This is all that was left (with the exception of the coffee table - that's a top secret future project!). A local charity came by and scooped it up later that afternoon.
I'm so please to get all of our unwanted junk out of the house. And now I have some extra money to buy more unwanted junk. Ha, but really, I'm going to try extra hard to buy things that we either need or that I have an immediate use for. No more buying for the sake of buying or buying because its cheap. Ok, maybe just a little!
Kate
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You would have found yourself blinking at how fast I would have taken your free item of the week. I love the lines on it! I can't even think of a yard sale now with the below freezing temps we currently have, but look forward to when the weather cooperates. I never thought of advertising on Craigslist, thanks for the suggestion definitely going to try that this year and see if it works better for us.
ReplyDeleteHa, I wish you had been here to snap it up! I hope you get some warm weather soon, it's just starting to feel like spring down south.
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