Sale-ing, sale-ing over the bounding...driveway

Kathy and I had a garage sale today. Since we divided up all the things from her mom's house, we had to make room somehow and decide what we really wanted to keep. We didn't plan to make a lot of money, we just wanted to move some stuff out of our house and into someone else's.

One of our best customers was a woman from work who bought an air conditioner before the sale even opened. Her husband came by the evening before the sale and picked up a few more items. Early this morning I went out and set up tables and arranged the knick knacks, bric-a-brac, flotsam and even jetsam in an attractive way that hopefully said, "Buy me!"

It's funny what other people will buy. Things you never thought you'd sell go right away, while the really good stuff just sits all sad and lonely, ignored. A beat up old serving tray was snatched up by one of the first people through today, but a perfectly good little dorm room refrigerator sat forlorn during the entire sale. A very nice platform rocker will be on it's way to Goodwill, since I couldn't convince anyone to take it. I spent five dollars on a can of spray cleaner to spruce up the chair and after a while I wondered if I'd even recover the cost of cleaning the darn thing. I'll see if one of our students can use the fridge. The rest of the stuff goes to the church rummage sale.

Since it was only 95 degrees, it was a great day to sit outside and enjoy the fresh air, so it wasn't a complete loss.