In my 29 years on the planet and 8 years of being a home owner, I’ve never had a garage sale. This past weekend changed all that. We garage saled like maniacs! I’m so fortunate to have the most marvelous friends and family. I was told by one of them that they’ve never seen so many people come and help out at a garage sale. Boy am I glad they did, I was overwhelmed and underprepared!
My 86 year young grandmother moved from a 2 bedroom condo, to a one bedroom apartment. Needless to say, she did not have enough room for all her precious things. When I say precious, I mean 10 million glassware pieces! Holy cow batman! So not only do I need to downsize all my belongings to prepare for my departure in January, I am also responsible for selling the excess that my grandmother had. Excess might be an understatement…. How about overload, overkill, surplus, excessive, superfluous….you get the point. I mean seriously, I counted 15 candy dishes at one point. This from the woman that does not love candy! She does however love wine, so can you imagine how many sets of wine glasses there were for something she did love? Yea…
All in all the garage sale was a success thanks to all that helped me. I might have been suckered a few times into some low ball prices, but hey…that is the name of the game and if you want things gone, then sometimes you just need to go with it.
I have enough stuff left to do another sale next weekend. This time I’ll be slightly more prepared for all that is in store for me, like fast talking prices, wheels and deals!
Man...I'm still thinking about that cool crystal candy dish with the lid. It's probably gone but it's so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI should get me one of those.
Where the hell would I put it? But I do love candy. :)
Also...
ReplyDeleteI am not a robot.