This past weekend, we had a garage sale. I’ve never liked garage sales; I don’t like going to them and I certainly don’t like having them. (I don’t see much point in garage sales because the competition, Walmart, does a much better job of dispensing cheap junk.) However, since we’re moving, we have a bunch of stuff to get rid of, so my wife and I decided to try the garage sale thing.
We were fortunate enough to have a co-conspirator; a friend (and our realtor) wanted to put some of her junk up for sale as well. That was nice because I was able to pretty much avoid the garage sale. My wife and her friend managed the garage sale and I watched the boys. Cool!
The results of the sale weren’t impressive; we made enough money to take the family out for a nice dinner -- that’s about it. But, on a positive note, we had to go through all of our junk and find a way to dispose of it anyway, so the garage sale didn’t really cost us anything. And, there was one really positive aspect to the whole garage sale thing: it’s really cool to have people pay you to haul off your junk. Incredible!
By the way, if anyone is interested in some scuba equipment, we’ve decided to sell a couple of our most prized possessions: two sets of steel 95 doubles. Perfect for cave diving.
Oh, the doubles, how I will miss them! We should hit the sinks one last time before we go...
Posted by: Heather | July 03, 2007 at 12:02 PM
Hi Dave!
Found your blog in doing a "garage sale" search. I know you said you hate them, but I still thought you might be interested in entering my garage-sale themed contest.
At the very least, if you win, there's lots of good tips if you ever have to hold another garage sale! :)
Posted by: blondeblogger | July 09, 2007 at 12:48 AM