Saturday, June 25, 2005
garage days
we had a garage sale at our place this morning. wow. what a chore. our house is a little hard to find, but people found it. we had everything set up the night before in preparation, and i am so glad we did. we put a small ad in the local paper for 25 bucks, and put up about 5 signs in strategic local positions. we had advertised the sale hours from 8am-1pm. we were told to be ready for early arrivals. i had made a conscious effort to wake up and cook some breakfast, early.
our door bell rang at 6:50am! there was a guy standing there asking if he could have a look in the garage to see what we were selling. the sun was not even up (although the sky was light) he even had a flashlight to inspect the furniture. i don't think he was there more than 5 minutes and was gone. we could believe it. things were quiet for the next 15 minutes and then we got slammed. there were about 60 people that came through before 8 o'clock in the morning, when we were to officially start. we had sold most of the furniture and more expensive items by this point anyhow. once again, we couldn't believe it.
during the course of the next 5 hours we sold a little bit, but most of it was just knick-knack and other crap that you get rid of for a buck or fifty cents. by noon we were exhausted, and began to pack up as things were very quiet. a few more stragglers came by and we sold a couple other things. i drove around and pulled down the signs while cherry packed up the rest. we put things away, and boxed up the rest we didn't sell, to be picked up tomorrow by a charity organization. then we came inside, counted the earnings and discussed how we would spend the money. all that cash was instantly starting to burn a hole in our pocket. then we took a nap.
our door bell rang at 6:50am! there was a guy standing there asking if he could have a look in the garage to see what we were selling. the sun was not even up (although the sky was light) he even had a flashlight to inspect the furniture. i don't think he was there more than 5 minutes and was gone. we could believe it. things were quiet for the next 15 minutes and then we got slammed. there were about 60 people that came through before 8 o'clock in the morning, when we were to officially start. we had sold most of the furniture and more expensive items by this point anyhow. once again, we couldn't believe it.
during the course of the next 5 hours we sold a little bit, but most of it was just knick-knack and other crap that you get rid of for a buck or fifty cents. by noon we were exhausted, and began to pack up as things were very quiet. a few more stragglers came by and we sold a couple other things. i drove around and pulled down the signs while cherry packed up the rest. we put things away, and boxed up the rest we didn't sell, to be picked up tomorrow by a charity organization. then we came inside, counted the earnings and discussed how we would spend the money. all that cash was instantly starting to burn a hole in our pocket. then we took a nap.
