Garage Sales
As many of you know, Thomas and I love finding good deals. I think it could even be considered one of our hobbies since we are so diligent about finding the absolute best price on items before purchasing. This was not a quality of mine until I had married my dear husband who has helped inspire me and hone my deal-finding abilities. The other day, we were discussing that it could almost be considered bad stewardship (for us) to not go to at least a few of the many garage sales in our neighborhood on our free weekends.
For many months of pregnancy, garage sales were all dead ends, leading to no good deals as we missed the best items due to getting there minutes too late. How many cribs in pristine condition did we see getting sold signs stuck upon them? Far too many. But now that we have a baby alarm clock, we’ve hit the deals! Our first wonderful deal was the queen-size guest bed (mattress, box springs and frame) from our neighbor for a mere $75. It is in great condition and very comfortable–come visit us and you can try it out. Just this weekend we scored a baby backpack for only $2. Can you believe it, only $2?! It’s perfect for our upcoming trip to Colorado in September. At one sale a few months ago we got four cute, like new baby outfits for Josiah for only 50 cents for all four of them. If you aren’t inspired to go garage-saling this weekend after reading this, I don’t know what will get you going!
All this said, I would like to apologize to my mom for my poor attitude as we garage-saled as a kid. You are a good bargain-hunter and I got my keen garage-sale eye from you. I am not sure if you will even read this because I think all you do is look at pictures of your grandson, but thanks anyway!
estate sales are great too! I got a sewing machine- a quality singer with case and all- for only $35! My mom is an expert garage saler also…she can spot a garage sale sign from a mile away, and it doesn’t matter where she is going, she will always detour at least to do a drive by to scope it out. It’s a little crazy, but she found us our first washer and dryer for a total of $200–in nice condition too!
Erin, when I was writing this post, I was thinking of your mom. She is the queen of second hand sales, hands down. That’s so cool about the sewing machine. You’ll have to call me sometime and tell me about what you’ve made. I’ve been *working* on sewing a skirt and some other stuff.