When thrifting…
scouting out your next location is always fun… particularly during the hot summer
months. The reason why is Garage Sales. They are everywhere. You can not afford to overlook them if you thrift. Lots of bargains
are out there waiting to be discovered. Unfortunately the
problem is... finding them. It can become quite a chore. Garage Sale signs are
notoriously small and usually unreadable at intersections. So if you have a
smart phone using a special app, or just type in the words Garage or Yard Sale in your search engine, it can lead you
to your destination much quicker. They have maps to point you in the right direction and they list the items available at each place. It’s a great resource. So imagine my surprise when that technology
MISSED an important spot during a recent outing of mine. Pray tell... a local church in the
town I was visiting was having a BIG sale. So... I parked the car when I saw their sign... LARGER than life, and ventured closer for a look-see. People were hauling out all kinds of GOOD stuff. I was
impressed by what I saw leaving. So I went inside in search of some things I wanted. The BIG stuff hugged the walls and tables were set up in the middle of the gym. I started working my way around the room. When my arms got too full to carry stuff, I discovered chivalry isn’t dead.
Nice gentleman there... offered me a cardboard box, to put things in and then carried it for me, until I
was done shopping. Then a lady rang me up… the old fashioned way... adding and subtracting the totals in
her head, without the aid of a calculator. When I paid her what I owed… another
lady was designated to carry my
purchases out to my car. Curbside service, imagine that? And for bigger items like furniture… guys
from the church with pickup trucks were willing to load and deliver. Definitely
worth the trip. Another man’s trash is another man's treasure. THRIFTY finds GALORE. Take a peek below at some of the offerings they had there.
Books, Plates, Knicknacs, Computer Equipment, etc.
(prices varied from five cents to fifty dollars)
VINTAGE DESK
(thirty-five dollars)
CHAIR
(five dollars)
HUTCH
(thirty-dollars)
END TABLES
(two for twenty-five)
CHRISTMAS was EARLY
and Santa had lots of
GOODIES
in his BAG for everyone.
Love sales like this! Also I've been to a few where they will radically discount everything either the last day of the sale or the last few hours of the sale so they don't have to cart a lot of stuff away. I've come back to sales like that and found some things I wanted that were still there at cheaper prices.
ReplyDeleteHere to advertise garage sales a lot of people do colorful paper taped to a box with arrows pointing to the sale. Now the problem is if they don't remove the signs after the sale is over, you never know if it is the sale happening today or another day prior.
betty
Wow, I could sure use that desk and hutch. I left a lot of my furniture in Texas when I moved - - thinking that I wouldn't need it....
ReplyDeleteThat desk looks just like what I was looking for last year
ReplyDelete... to no avail.