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Friday, August 17

The Best Part

A garage sale.
Why on earth would I think that having a garage sale with five kids running wild would be a good idea?

Oh wait, I know. Because our freezer is crap and we need to buy a new one and because it seems more fiscally responsible to sell our junk to other junk-seekers in order to get money to buy a new freezer rather than just donate it and take a loss.

So as I ran our garage sale today, I considered what the best part of having a garage sale could be. And I think I've figured it out.

The best part of having a garage sale is.....

making $50 for all your hard work.

coming inside to find the unimaginable mess your kids were able to create in less than six hours.

 closing up shop just before a big rush of would-have-been potential buyers arrive at your neighbor's garage sale.

wishing you were drinking a fountain Coke but realizing that you can't go get one because you're running a garage sale.

going to the neighbor's garage sale and buying things to put in your house that will probably be in your garage sale next year.

Well.....I thought I had figured it out.
I'll keep you posted on that.

2 comments:

  1. There is nothing good about a garage sale. The last one I had "earned" $36 for 12+ hours of work, plus numerous visits from the jehovahs witnesses. Never again.

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  2. My one AND ONLY yard sale was when Danny was a baby. Between chasing him, the hagglers, oh the hagglers, the neighbor's dog peeing on my clothes that were hung up out there and all the work, I think for 2 days we got less than $100.

    I sold the rest of what didn't sell on eBay and did much better.

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