SATURDAY, JULY 28th, 2012
GARAGE SALE GURU
There is no other way to say this other than to just come right out and say it - I have become a garage sale obsesser... there, now I've said it!
I love it, but the hardest part is getting 3 kids and husband out of bed early enough to get up and go before the pickens get slim. The kids love it too, ok they like it. And they only like it when they find good toys specifically LEGO. Every day I get Kijiji notices sent to me giving me the heads up of any new garage sale postings in our area and I quickly jot down the address and pertanent info in my little garage sale agenda.
Saturday morning we head out and tackle the list of the most or best sounding ones first and of course on the way we to each we see a dozen other bristol board signs in neon colours just calling out to us so we have to stray from my carefully laid out mappings and make a few detours on along the way.
Another thing I love about garage and yard sales are that it gives us an opportunity to meet some of our neighbours and local town residents which we would otherwise wouldn't say boo to. For the most part people are really friendly.
Now you make think it's all a bunch of junk that no one else wants, but I tell you someone else's junk is our treasure or it will be after I get done refurbishing it.
Take a gander at some the little items I've come across over the past few summer weekends and brought back to our humble abode to live out their lives just a little longer. Most of them dirt cheap or free, some people just give stuff away! Granted I don't know how much stuff I can actually continue to give new life back to, as I fear the risk of being called a hoarder. But I'm not I tell you I'm not!! Anyhoodles, take a looksee at some of our great findings;
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| $5.00 - Perfect match to the boys other dresser. |
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| $5.00 |
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| FREEBEE - Before shot |
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| FREE!! Bookshelf for the boys room. |
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| $6.00 & $1.00 |
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| $10.00 |
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| $8.00 - frame was green, so of course I painted it. |
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| $5.00 - Brand new & works great for Margaritas! |
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| $10.00 - I had always wanted one of these braided cottagy type rugs, but wasn't really sure that it would go in our place, so this was a great opportunity to try one out without spending oodles of cash on a brand new one only to possibly not like it. However, as it turns out, I do like it. |
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| $2.00 each - All brand new. |
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| Free! |
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| $10.00 - Over 100' of 4" wide brand new trim. |
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| $1.00 - Isn't he just the cutest! |
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| $5.00 - Kids love this little rocker. |
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| $5.00 - I have always wanted one of these little B&D Sander Mouse(s). Will come in so hany for the Windsor chairs I plan to sand down and paint. |
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| $5.00 - Almost identical Cookoo clock to the one we had when I was growing up. |
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| Freebee - Courtesy our new neighbours across the way. The butterfly (already passed) and nest (already empty) were found in our yard. |
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| $5.00 - A Dremmel! |
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| $10.00 - Plan is to be sand & paint all black. I've been scouting these Windsor type chairs for a while now, to have on hand for big Thanksgiving dinner coming up. |
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| $5.00 - I saw this table setting for 4 and immediatly thought my wonderful mother in law might like them. She has a couple other around their house in a similar colour green. If not, that's ok too, I'm sure they can be used by someone, I just thought they were quite nice. |
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| Just another shot of the chairs and those cute little dishes. |
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| $1.00 - Old Bottle Opener Chris' little find. He likes that sorta thing. |
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| $1.00 each - Too cute not to buy. |
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| $5.00 - 2 Snorkle gear sets by Body Glove for each of our boys. |
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| $5.00 - Metal Head Board. It was brown with a little rust so I gave it nice spray of some flat black paint. It now resembles a wrought iron look! |
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| FREE! - Nine West purse, Just needs a little polishing, but otherwise in perfect condition. |
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| $1.00 - Set of curtains. Burnt orange, the perfect colour for fall decor change up. |
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| $10.00 - Barbie Castle & 3 Barbies. Sara was absolutly extatic, perhaps I paid a wee bit too much, but it was going to a good cause. |
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| $5.00 - 12 piece set of Christmas dishes. They are quite cute and great to have as extras on hand. |
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| $10.00 - Popcorn Machine Fun & it works great! |
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| $5.00 - Wheelbarrel Just wait til you see this little beauty reformed to a beautiful Autumn showcase. |
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| $20.00 - Golf Clubs for Aidan Aidan has wanted to learn to play golf for the past couple years and can't wait to get out and use these! |
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