Posted by Tabitha on September 12, 2003, at 23:07:01
Well, I've spent the entire day prepping for a garage sale tomorrow. Man! what a lot of work. I've never done this before. It's a neighborhood-wide thing, dozens of sales, and I was just planning to toss everything out there without much prep, then the 'tips' sheet came by saying everything should be clean and with prices marked (is this true?) and you're supposed to have lots of small bills ready, and an electrical cord to let people test stuff, and batteries in things.. so I cleaned... and marked prices... and went to the bank..and dragged a huge dresser down several steps.. and it took all day.
Still have to get up at 6 am to schlep it all out to the end of the driveway, then sit there 4 hours.
If it all sells, I'll rake in, oh, maybe $100?
I know, the money isn't the point, it's supposed to be fun. I thought it might feel like grown-up version of a lemonade stand. But now I'm just tired, and eager to dump all this stuff that's been sitting around my house for weeks waiting on this sale. Oh, and I want to get my car back in the garage.
poster:Tabitha
thread:259529
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