I have been talking about having a garage sale since spring and just never got around to it. I am not usually a procrastinator but for some reason, I just could not get it together.
This week it really hit me that our daughter leaves for college in about ten days so I decided I better put things in high gear and take advantage of her while she is still at home. She is a great organizer and a tremendous help with all the projects around the house. Sometimes I feel like the child and she is the mother -- especially when I don't put something back is its rightful place.
Wednesday, I made up my mind to have the sale so I quickly called the newspaper and ran the ad -- I was definitely not prepared for a sale but I knew if I ran the ad, I would be trapped.
So the ad goes in the paper Wednesday and on Thursday we went shopping for dorm room items like there was no tomorrow. I guess it was about 5:00 PM Thursday evening when I realized what I had done. There is nothing like a little pressure to get me going but I now wonder why I had to have the sale on Friday and Saturday - why not just Saturday. I can't remember my reasoning but I am sure it made sense at the time.
With my daughter's help, we pulled and weeded through items and I was ready to go by noon today when we were hit by an onslaught of professional garage sale junkies. I must also add that my wonderful neighbor came over and spent the afternoon with me helping out - could not have done it with her either.
We had a great day, made a lot of money and will be getting ready for the next batch of folks tomorrow. Still have lots of treasures and pulling some new ones tonight. Also, since I am no longer working in the business world, I am saying goodbye to all my beautiful Talbots and Chicos cloths and it feels good!
I am looking forward to "uncluttered" closets and getting rid of the things that just seem to be hanging around for no reason.
Everyone should Simplify!
This week it really hit me that our daughter leaves for college in about ten days so I decided I better put things in high gear and take advantage of her while she is still at home. She is a great organizer and a tremendous help with all the projects around the house. Sometimes I feel like the child and she is the mother -- especially when I don't put something back is its rightful place.
Wednesday, I made up my mind to have the sale so I quickly called the newspaper and ran the ad -- I was definitely not prepared for a sale but I knew if I ran the ad, I would be trapped.
So the ad goes in the paper Wednesday and on Thursday we went shopping for dorm room items like there was no tomorrow. I guess it was about 5:00 PM Thursday evening when I realized what I had done. There is nothing like a little pressure to get me going but I now wonder why I had to have the sale on Friday and Saturday - why not just Saturday. I can't remember my reasoning but I am sure it made sense at the time.
With my daughter's help, we pulled and weeded through items and I was ready to go by noon today when we were hit by an onslaught of professional garage sale junkies. I must also add that my wonderful neighbor came over and spent the afternoon with me helping out - could not have done it with her either.
We had a great day, made a lot of money and will be getting ready for the next batch of folks tomorrow. Still have lots of treasures and pulling some new ones tonight. Also, since I am no longer working in the business world, I am saying goodbye to all my beautiful Talbots and Chicos cloths and it feels good!
I am looking forward to "uncluttered" closets and getting rid of the things that just seem to be hanging around for no reason.
Everyone should Simplify!
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