It’s not much of a secret that, along with fireflies, camping and the drive-in movie theatre, yard sales are one of my favorite things about summer.
Justin and I were driving back from the farmer's market last week, and he saw a sign for a yard sale. Now, you and I both know that yard sales are no good after about 8 a.m. because the oldies come out and get all the good stuff before us youngsters are awake. For the second time this summer, however, he convinced me to go anyway, and for the second time this summer we found awesome stuff for not much money. Actually, we found a ton of awesome stuff:
A room-dividing screen thing for $2
Going to replace the fabric…
A queen size down comforter for $1.50
I guess she just...didn't want nice things in her house anymore? o_O
Several stainless steel mixing bowls for $5
Alton Brown would be proud.
Two hand built mugs from an evil stepmother in Mexico for $1
Fun!
Four curtain rods for $5
Not useful now, but hey...why not?
A gas grill for $35
This one is actually going to take a bit of work. …sigh.
A new Kitchenaid stand mixer for $30.
I'm going to have to sink about $35 into a speed control panel, but this will still be about a fifth of what it would cost in real life.
A queen size canopy bed frame and drape for $12
I've always wanted a canopy bed. Always.
There were other odds and ends, but they are already well enough absorbed into the environment that I consider them to have always been here.
Yard sales this weekend were not nearly so good, but we found a like-new electric knife and Uno Attack, each for $2. Not shabby.
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