It's Garage Sale season - 2012!!

[eye2dry]

Garage sale/yard sale folks.

here in central Ohio..the heat has apparently affected sales. 91 degrees yesterday, with 92 so far today.

They normally start saturday and end on monday. I went today...right in the middle.

ONE sale was in progress on the main street which is a State Route and always has been a hopping place this time of year.

I did buy from her 2 bird prints .....nice wood frame, with nice matting. prints were of mourning doves and meadow larks. I collect bird prints, with the birds in their natural setting.

It was worth the stop and the sauna!

eye2dry

[Bucky]

Garage sales this summer have been few and far between for me - it's been way too hot to venture out.   

Well, this morning, I get up early and head to one.  The ad sounded good.  Well, this lady was only going to be having a 4 hour sale.  I get there, and nothing is marked.  Grrrrr - I don't like those kind of sales where you have to "ask" how much things are.  Now, I've been to unmarked sales before where it was by "donation" - this wasn't like that, she just didn't bother to put stickers on her items. 

Plus, 70% of her stuff was still packed in boxes that she hadn't put out yet.  Gesh, lady - you placed your ad a week ago, you KNEW you were having a sale . . . when did you plan to get it all together?   

I bought a folding step stool to use at work - $2.  I wonder what she had in her boxes?  I wasn't going to wait around for her to unpack them and left.

Went to a few more sales and the last one I stopped at, by that time, it was pouring rain (which we really, really need).  Now, a "true" garage saler will go out in any kind of weather.     They didn't really have anything I "needed", or wanted - so I left.  As I was leaving, one of the girls had a little baked goods table set up, so even though I didn't want anything, I bought a few things from her - which made her day!     By the time I got to my car, I felt like a drowned rat - even though I had my umbrella with me, it was such a hard rain that the water was all running down the road towards the drain and my feet got drenched, as did ME when I closed up my umbrella to get into the car.

Good news!!  While I was looking in the car console for a road map to find this one sale, I came across a bank envelope with $23 in it that I had forgotten about (was from one of my previous ventures out garage saling).  Woohoo!!  Love finding money!!    

Anybody else been to any good sales lately??

Bucky

[Meld256]

Bucky,

Sounds like a good end to your sale day, in spite of the rain.  You found cash to further the next excursion!  That's pretty cool in itself.   

[Pisces24]

Back when it wasn't so hot and I was feeling close to normal, I stopped at some garage sales. There are not that many of them here in Eastern Iowa either due to heat and severe drought. But with August I hope there will be more - and it will be cooler.

I bought a Nu-Wave oven - new, all books, etc. used twice for $20. So I am going to use that to cut down on the heat in the kitchen. I also found a bunch of nice shirts for 25 cents, new girl baby clothes w/tags (coworker having a girl) and a beautiful wooden kitchen trash can. Oh and a new cat bed for $4 that the cats will turn up their noses at probably. LOL So I did pretty good at the ones I did stop at.

[Bucky]

Due to the extreme heat we've been experiencing this summer, I just haven't been in the garage sale mood much this summer.     This is SHOCKING for me . . . I'm a die-hard garage saler.  It's in my blood, inbreed from my mother.

Yesterday, on my way home, I notice there is a sale in a sub-division right off my road.  By the time I saw the signs, the sale was over for the day.  So, today after my errands in town, I decide to stop in and see what they have left for sale day #2.

What a deal I found!!  Now, this won't sound like much to you guys, but to my husband . . . it will be like winning the lottery!!  OK, maybe not THAT good, but he will still be thrilled.  LOL

I found a wooden Miracle Blade knife block for 25 cents.  I've priced these on eBay and they run from $20 on up!  My husband watches all the cooking shows on TV (we don't have cable or satellite, so it's just the general stations on TV).  On occasion, hubby will try his culinary skills out making things he's seen them make on TV.  How nice you say?  Nah, not really . . it just means he creates a mess in the kitchen getting out every pot and pan, spoons, etc. (and of course, he never cleans it all up afterward!).   Plus, our son and I don't really care for all the spices, rubs, etc. he whips up . . too spicy for us - usually a lot of barbecue stuff. 

Hubby has wanted for a long time these knives he's seen advertised on TV by Chef Tony.  He talks about these knives ALL THE TIME.  Well, this week while I was at the store returning something, I was browsing through the housewares department and lo and behold, came across these knives by Chef Tony!!  I picked the box up and thought, "hmmmm, I think this is what he's been wanting and drooling over on TV!".  So, I bought them.  Later that evening, I give them to hubby . . . HE WAS THRILLED!!  (Yay, brownie points for Bucky!!!  )

I already have a knife block with my knives set in it that I've had before we got married.  Now, we'd need another one for "his" new set of knives.  Well, as luck would have it, his knives are Miracle Blade . . . which MATCH this knife block I got today for 25c!!!!  Woohoo!!!  What a deal!  I've already washed it up and it's ready for him to put his new knives in it.  (More brownie points for Bucky!!  )

I also found an office chair for a friend who asked me to keep an eye out for one.  Called her and she asked me to pick it up for her.   

So, today I shopped for others - but, it was still fun.  The hunt is the best part of garage saling!!

I would still like to have a sale of my own this year.  I usually have two sales a year and I haven't had ANY yet this year (it's been tooooooo hot).  Anybody want to have a sale with me?  We'll have fun!   

Bucky

[Pisces24]

I stopped at a garage sale this weekend on the way to getting cat food.

I got a 100% silk blue blouse with the $57 price tag still on it for $2. Why anyone would pay $57 for a blouse is beyond me. 

[Katybarstool]

Well done Mrs Bucky

Let us know what he says when he sees his present But I hope you don't have to endure too much of his spicy food.

Piebird, well done you! A blouse at that price must be really special. Will you dare to wear it?

Kathyx

[iraisin]

Feel free to congratulate me on my latest aquisition 

I went flea marketing - I love flea markets. Anyway, I found this really old sofa with so much flavor I couldn't resist it. It was for sale for $250, talked them down to $225 - not much, but hey, a deal is a deal.

Well, I'm shopping around for upholstery quotes and have found out that it is a Danish Mid-Century (1940's) Modern sofa. In good condition it can go for $8,000.00!!!!!!

WooHOOOOOO!!!!

So, I'll put $2K in it - sit on it for a while, then maybe re-sell it. Haven't decided yet.

But I think I can do the couch flipping gig. It's a heck of a lot easier than flipping houses! Not a bad way to make extra money.

Now I want to get a trailor hitch for my car, buy a used trailor, and drive the country side. Heck yea!

[Joe S.]

MarsCon.org will be having a charity auction on March 3. We just received a large donation of Sci-Fi related items with more to come from her family between now and then.

[Bucky]

Wow, iraisin - what a find on the sofa!! 

I like to watch the Antique Roadshow on TV some times.  It's amazing some of the prices they "say" one can possibly get if something were to go to auction.  Of course, it's always contingent on finding the right buyer who is willing to pay the big bucks for an item. 

Enjoy your new found sofa.

Bucky

[Bucky]

Hubby loved his knife block!   

Stopped at a garage sale before work - for $5 I got a brand new, never been used, 3-section mini buffet server & warming tray that retails at Walmart for $34.88.

I will probably turn around and sell it in my garage sale and make a profit on it.   

There are several garage sales on Saturday - but, not sure if I will go to them or not.  I better run into work first (and make some money), before / if I head out to the sales to spend some money.   

If anybody hits any sales this weekend . . . good luck!

Bucky

[Bucky]

Well, I finally had my garage sale.  Usually, I have two sales a year.  This year because it was soooo hot this summer, I didn't have one.  So, I figured since it is the last weekend in September that I would either have my sale now, or not have one at all this year.   

Some people just throw a sale together . . . and I mean, throw!  Not me, everything is priced, displayed nicely, I have music playing, etc.  I put a lot of hard work into my sales.  I'm glad it shows as five different people told me this sale, "wow, this is the nicest sale I've ever been too - it's so organized!".   

I broke the sale up into two weekends - so four sale days and 115 cars later in and out of our driveway - my 2012 garage sale season is over.  Whew . . . . We made $365 - so, I'm pleased with that.

Now, at some point this next week, I have to take what's left down and put the tables away.

I'm hoping to still get in some garage saling this fall before winter gets here.  We'll see.  I don't "need" anything, but it's always fun to look.

Oh, and by the way, you know that 3-section mini buffet I got at a sale in August for $5?  I sold it in my sale for $18.   

Here where I live in Illinois, the first two weekends in October there is a big, 100+ mile scenic drive taking place where vendors & crafters sell their wares.  Vendors dress in turn-of-century attire.  I've never been on this drive, but I've heard good things about it.  It's usually pretty crowded and bumper-to-bumper traffic . . . not really "my thing".

Anybody else either had a sale of your own this year or been to any good sales recently?

Bucky

[slccom]

I'd love to come to that! Maybe some year...  Have fun for me!

Sharon