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As I told you before, I really curtailed my yard sale shopping this summer. Moving had a way of making me look at all my shtuff differently.
Here’s my tips for not spending much at yard sales:
- Don’t take very much cash.
- Go later in the morning to get deals; plus when people close up you can’t buy from them.
- Take your husband and 3 kids along. [Children tend to ask for lots of things so stand firm. I also had to explain to my son that he wasn't going to get something from each place. Yoy!]
Since I couldn’t hold out for the whole summer those were my guidelines for 2 Saturdays. With my husband interested in yard sales we ended up buying a go-kart!
Here’s my stash from last Saturday:
- $.25 for a white lampshade for little white lamp whose shade broke during our move.
- $.25 for basket of apples to use as Christmas tree ornaments.
- $.75 for 6 glittery snowflake ornaments.
- $.25 for 2 colorful plates and 1 bowl. I enjoy having kids dishes.
- $.50 for a little girl doll and an airplane. I refused a lot of Happy Meal toys.
- $.00 for 3 partially used doodle tablets.
- $.25 for The Tightwad Gazette. Have you read it? Good or Bad?
- $.25 for a Boxcar Children’s Book. I know 3 people that collect them so somebody will need this one.
- $.25 for a play stethoscope. Our stethoscopes get used heavily.
- $.25 for a piece of material to use on a future jean bag.
- $1.50 for 3 computer games age appropriate to my 3 munchkins.
- $1.00 for 4 This Old House Magazines from this year.
- $.25 for the blue helmet my kids use with the go-kart. Picture here.
- $.00 for a pink tricycle, a church dress and 2 shirts for my 4yo.
I have to admit that shopping yard sales makes me miss them more so I’m glad it’s fall!
Have you found any good deals this summer?
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on Sep 26th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Great stash. It’s great when you can find practical stuff. I have a tendency to get over-excited and I end up buying stuff I don’t really need. I’ve been getting better the last year, or so. I might venture out tomorrow, keeping your guidelines in mind.
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on Sep 26th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I’ve got it real bad too. I suppose your tips will work but you might consider the online approach. It will certainly help you get over the instant gratification cause you will have to wait for your purchases to arrive in the mail or you could just search for local garage and yard sales. Give it a shot at a free online garage sale.
Good Luck
on Sep 28th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I LOVE the Tightwad Gazette! Alicia has the first book and the second so one of the summers that we (the family) went down for vacation, I spent the time reading them. Some of the ideas are totally outrageous, but alot are things that many of us already do. Like…reusing grocery bags as trash bags.
Have you started reading it yet?