Welcome to your irregularly scheduled RevGalBlogPals Fifth Friday Five, hosted by will smama and Songbird! Since will smama is preparing for a joint garage sale with her parents, and Songbird's church had a Yard and Plant Sale last Saturday, we have five enormously important questions we hope you will answer:
1) Are you a garage saler?
Not usually. It requires getting up and out the door too early on Saturday for me. Our one day to sleep in, apart from soccer games and such, and we like our lazy mornings when we can get them. I'll answer the other questions with the few garage sales I've been to in mind, though.
Not usually. It requires getting up and out the door too early on Saturday for me. Our one day to sleep in, apart from soccer games and such, and we like our lazy mornings when we can get them. I'll answer the other questions with the few garage sales I've been to in mind, though.
2) If so, are you an immediate buyer or a risk taker who comes back later when prices are lower?
Immediate. Stuff gets gone.
Immediate. Stuff gets gone.
3) Seriously, if you're not a garage saler, you are probably not going to want to play this one.
(That wasn't really #3.)
Uhh...yep.
3) This is the real #3: What's the best treasure you've found at a yard or garage sale?
Three plastic mixing bowls 10 years ago. I use them all the time and they've held up well until just this year.
(That wasn't really #3.)
Uhh...yep.
3) This is the real #3: What's the best treasure you've found at a yard or garage sale?
Three plastic mixing bowls 10 years ago. I use them all the time and they've held up well until just this year.
4)If you've done one yourself, at church or at home, was it worth the effort?
Haven't done a whole one myself. Mr. Incredible says he doesn't want church members in our neighborhood going through our old stuff. We did participate in a neighborhood yard sale, recently. No advertising. Just pulled some outgrown kid stuff out into our driveway, and sold it to the hordes driving by. Easy. I had a dream the night before, though, that people were coming in our garage and trying to buy things. Then they came in our house and were wanting to buy SuperGirl's shoes. Clearly, we have privacy issues.....
5) Can you bring yourself to haggle?
Not well.
Haven't done a whole one myself. Mr. Incredible says he doesn't want church members in our neighborhood going through our old stuff. We did participate in a neighborhood yard sale, recently. No advertising. Just pulled some outgrown kid stuff out into our driveway, and sold it to the hordes driving by. Easy. I had a dream the night before, though, that people were coming in our garage and trying to buy things. Then they came in our house and were wanting to buy SuperGirl's shoes. Clearly, we have privacy issues.....
5) Can you bring yourself to haggle?
Not well.
Not an aficionado, but I will report that our recent hire of a non-ordained staff member at church came through a craigslist ad when our usual methods produced no resumes.....!
3 comments:
I agree with Mr. Incredible, I wouldn't want church folk picking through my stuff!
church filk picking through my stuff....shiver.....
I'm so comforted to hear that your 7-year-old is like mine!
My son would keep the packaging, too, if he could.
BTW, awesome header!
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