Garage Sale, Round One, January 8 & 9th, 2010

Friday we were finally able to get rid of the first round of our "junk"--the long awaited for garage sale day was here.  Living the last 22 years in one place translates to lots of hidden stuff--things you may see once a year, but, you just never use.  Things we "had" to have when we bought them that have just sat in a closet for years. 

                          

But, as sometimes happens, luck was not to be with us--Florida hit on a cold spell and to top it off, it started raining near the end of Day #1.  So, the pictures below are from the cramped "carport" sale.  We fit everything that had to stay dry on the carport, but, it wasn't easy to shop.  Which was not a problem as it was too cold for people to be out shopping. 

                                      

We actually did very well on Friday when it was warmer, and Saturday even started out busy.  We had billed the sale as a "neighborhood sale" with 7 of my Glasgow Avenue neighbors putting things out.  I guess the regular garage sale crew was out...the first shopper hit my neighbor's house at 7:40 a.m. and meandered over to our house a bit later.  For the first hour we had a steady stream, but, very few people were looking seriously.  Who could blame them!  It was 39 degrees! 

The good news is that we got rid of eight big tote boxes full of stuff from the house, a good bit from the utility room and 6 boxes of books.  The bad news is that we still had a dozen (give or take) boxes of "junk" left.  That's where my buddy, Eve, comes in...she stopped on Tuesday and picked up most of the leftovers to sell at her local flea market.  By then we had found a few items that we decided we didn't want to give up--a basket and a small cabinet for me and the five boxes of Encyclopedias for Rod.  All in all, I think we did good!  Now if I had just convinced Rod to sell the Honda--I can't tell you how many guys wanted to buy it.