Townwide Yard Sale!

In March, our city advertised a "city-wide" yard sale, lifting the normal permit requirements so residents would have sales on the same weekend. We had a sale that weekend, and it failed quite miserably. Very few houses had a sale. How is that city-wide?

When we saw that a nearby neighborhood was having a townwide sale, we decided to go. It's a fairly affluent neighborhood, so we thought we might find a few good items. We were not expecting for there to be over 50 yard sales! We had a blast! We arrived at the first sale around 8:30. We didn't finish shopping until after 1.

Here's what we got

This is my favorite find! I've been looking for a good deal on a toaster oven since we moved into a house with a gas stove. I hate wasting energy and having the house smell like gas just to cook a few biscuits. It's rather dirty, and not brand new, but I got this baby for $5! 

Books! Prices varied quite a bit, but we managed to get some good books at a few sales. Only one Spanish book, but we passed on tons of German and French. Some are to read, some are for gifts, and some will be listed on the website. 

Some practical things. Some plastic bins (which came with steel wool which will be on freecycle tonight), a wire basket, poly-fill, CD case, doggy bags, old level, basting brush, and an Under Armour sweatband

I've never bought shoes at a yard sale before, but these looked like they had maybe been worn once. A brand new Swiss back pack and an old coffee tin to go to work with B. A thermous and some cups that are headed to Keyn Eye. 

Our first stop had a bin full of ties. They were $.50 a piece! Our local thrift store sells ugly ties for $4 and name brand ones for up to $35. B picked out 15 he liked.

Check out some of these labels!

An unopened pack of world maps. We've been looking for one to hang up in the library. Some wooden leaves for the living room wall and a pair of hand grips. 

We found this great pair of mirrors for the beer mirror wall.

Fun and games! Two old board games, a pack of jumbo cards for decoration, 3 awesome timers, a hilarious book, 7 NES games, and an unopened game. Not sure if the last one will get played or saved for a Christmas present, like the seller suggested. 

I got these from 2 different sales. There's a big difference in price when a man does the pricing on jars than when a woman does! Still, I got all these for $9! 

All in all we spent under $100. 

My new toaster oven costs $79.95 from Cuisinart.

That is why we buy second hand

-DearLadyDisdain

'Can the world buy such a jewel?'

                 'Yea, and a case to put it into'