OK, so its not a treasure hunt, but maybe, just maybe, the weather will be warm enough that yard sales will be starting tomorrow. After doing this for 4 years a big downside is that its become hard for me to get things that are truly useful. I have most everything (small) that I need. Its a waste to get the same things over again, so now I look for things like unique toys (toy trains anyone? ), tools, maybe a work shirt or belt.
Some weekends I get nothing, other times I hit the jackpot. One of the best from last year was when I found a lady selling her deceased husbands tools, filling a good portion of her basement. I spent maybe $100 and got power tools and lots of hand tools - retail would have been maybe $1000.
Thankfully I live in a decent suburb (not too dense but plenty dense enough) where I don’t have to travel far to get to yard sales to keep me amused for about 5 hours on a Saturday morning. Usually this can be done for me on less than a gallon of gas.
One thing to end this note on: if you have a child less than 5 years old, and you have yard sales available to you, you have gotta go. I see sooooooooo much of kids clothes and toys selling at pennies on the dollar. Not everywhere, but more than enough to never need to take kids to a retail store.
As always - YMMV.
Treasure hunt tomorrow?
March 25th, 2006 at 03:52 am
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