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Will that be cash, credit, or chocolate?
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In his comment on our last post, Willy Callit mentioned one peculiar item we ran across: Why on earth would anyone bother to keep a chocolate Nordstrom’s card for, apparently, decades? I can’t really provide an answer to that one. … Continue reading
Money raised will be used for spelling lessons
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It’s one thing if a kid had written up this sign, but the fact that it was actually printed up like this … for a school fundraiser … well, that’s pretty bad. Rumage: does that rhyme with plumage? Thanks to … Continue reading
Sales cut short
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On Saturday we had the weather we should have had last weekend — sunny and quite pleasant out. Not surprisingly, there were a lot of sales in the area that had the snowed-out neighborhood sale last weekend. With plenty of … Continue reading
Snowy spring opener
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We had been excited for weeks about the Phinney/Greenwood Neighborhood Yard Sale day. Excited because we consider it to be our “spring opener,” kicking off the yard sale season into high gear. Excited because it is usually one of our … Continue reading
First sunny Saturday of the year
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We were excited to head out last Saturday morning in absolutely gorgeous weather — it was the first really spring-like Saturday we’ve had. The first two sales we hit were terrible and we wondered if things were evening out from … Continue reading
Rummage sale of the damned
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A couple of weeks ago my parents were in town and we wanted to go to some sales. Since we had my 3-year-old in tow we opted for one-stop shopping and hit a huge school-fundraiser rummage sale. This sale happens … Continue reading
Yard sales on TV: so many questions
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I happened to watch Oprah last week (which is not all that regular of an occurrence!) and it was about this woman who had a serious hoarding problem. She had a huge house that was filled up to a truly … Continue reading
The (fine?) art of thrift stores
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When I think of the phrase “thrift store photos” I usually think of the weird kind of pictures you can sometimes find while thrifting. Here’s one stellar example: (More of that good stuff here.) Of course, “thrift store photos” can … Continue reading
