Legos

Two neighbors decided to have a garage sale this past Saturday. No idea why but I guess they both did pretty good. I know we contributed to both.

C found a bucket of Legos for $2. I'm pretty sure this same bucket was at this neighbors last garage sale for at least $10 more. Anyways. I digress. C was very excited; immediately came home and paid Daddy back with money out of his piggy bank. He and K played with it for a few hours and then I decided to see how many pieces were actually in it. The side of the bucket said there were supposed to be 650 pieces. There was also a list of exactly what pieces were supposed to be in there.

It took me awhile (I also Lysol-ed them in there too). He is actually only missing 11 pieces out of the entire bucket! For only $2! You can't beat that! There were a few extra pieces that weren't listed, too.

I wish I would have taken a picture of the Legos actually in the bucket. They only filled up about 1/4 of that big ole' bucket. Very mis-leading. Oh well.

Garage sale finds

I am not usually a garage sale-er. I don't mind going, but I usually forget or we are doing something Saturday mornings. Since Daddy was going to be gone this Saturday morning (his 5k race), I decided to go to some garage sales with the kids. I looked up where some would be that weren't too far away. Friday I had to run to Wal Mart and on the way home we actually stopped at a few. There was one at a little tiny church not too far down the road from me that we stopped at. That was my best one of all the ones on both days! I got a grocery bag full of kids clothes for $1!

Saturday there was a much larger church (huge actually) that has a kids resale twice a year. It is a big deal. People actually line up at 6:30 the morning of the sale! I was not that desperate or crazy. We got there about 8:20, didn't have to wait in line, and there was still plenty of stuff to look through.

This sale is held in a gym with tables galore! And each is piled high with clothes! They are all separated by size and gender, which makes it very nice. As you walk in, they hand you a garbage bag to put all your finds in. They have an entire separate room of just toys and then outside in a courtyard they have large ticket items like strollers, swings, yard toys, etc. Everything is being sold by 200 "vendors" mostly people trying to get rid of their kids old stuff. But I have heard that some companies/stores sell their excess here too. I found 11 things and only paid $11.25. I was pretty pleased with my success. I was very impressed with this sale too. It is organized extremely well (I'll go again next time) and most stuff was priced pretty fairly. And most everything was in really good condition too. Can you tell I'm a little excited!

After the church resale, we stopped at one neighborhood sale on the way home. Not so impressed. But I did get 2 dresses for K girl that are worth talking about. One is Old Navy brand ($1) and the other is a Ralph Lauren ($2). Very nice. They are a little big but should be perfect come spring. I might even let her wear them now. Who cares if they are a little long.

I got pretty much everything I needed for the kids for this winter. I think K girl needs a winter coat, but I couldn't find one at any of the sales we looked at. For both days, I only spent $16 and here are pictures to show everything I got. The kids each got 2 things too, but I don't have proof of that. They each got a book, K got a purse, and C got a toy.

Our garage sale

Well we had our garage sale this past week. Sometimes I wonder why I go to all the trouble. We spent Tuesday and Wednesday out in the garage setting all the stuff up. The sale was Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Thursday we had to leave for about 2 hours for C's golf clinic. Saturday we had to close up early for C's game. I'm not sure if all that hurt me or not. All together we made about $140. The kids made $14! They sold candy and some of their old toys. We had our old HUGE tv cabinet that I wanted to sell. It is still sitting in our garage. UGH! Saturday after the sale, I pitched a lot of stuff. Stuff that hasn't sold in the past 3 garage sales or so. I figured that was a hint. I'm hoping to put our broken tv to the curb tomorrow. I tried to give it away for free, but no one wanted it. If we could just sell the cabinet, we could have our garage back. I've put it on Craig's List but haven't had any response. Anyone want a tv cabinet? :)

For those who are wondering, C won both of his games last week. As he said "I actually smoked the Rays."

We also started VBS yesterday (Sunday) so that will make for a very busy week. If I have any interesting stories, I'll be sure to share. K also gets her tubes out of her ears and the holes fixed tomorrow. (I'm not planning on VBS Tuesday night)

That is our week in review and pre-view. Hopefully I can keep up a little better in the future.