Garage Sale

We had our long anticipated garage sale this past weekend. It was good enough but I think in hindsight, I could have advertised better. Here is a summary of things I gleaned from our sale:

PROS of Garage Sale
-Made some extra money
-Cleared away clutter
-Got organized
-Spent a couple days outdoors in the beautiful weather
-Met some neighbors finally


CONS of Garage Sale
-Didn't make enough extra money to buy my refrigerator
-Investment did not equal rewards
-Had to witness some shady characters - ie, the woman who left the sale and handed her daughter 20 cents to give me for a GI Joe when they were clearly marked $2 (how could I deny her?) or the woman who changed stickers on my eddie bauer shower curtain to spare herself two bucks.
-Met some neighbors finally (just kidding, everyone was for the most part really nice)

I'm glad it is over! Now I have to sell the remaining stuff on ebay/craigslist. I'm determined. Dave was such a good sport. I can't tell you how many marathon conversations he had with various peoples. The best was when he was trying to talk some neighborhood kids out of buying a toaster oven for their clubhouse. "Are you sure there's electricity? You don't want anything else here? Well, if you need to come back in a few minutes to return this that's no problem at all." My mom was also a big help, especially watching Jack. In the end I couldn't part with the Dick Tracy figures or the beat up Fisher Price radio my dad has spent so many hours listening to. Jack was intrigued with the Dick Tracy figures. I can't believe those didn't sell!!!!!