Author Archives: Jenny
My Little Pony Can Be Your Little Ponies
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We had a brief debate about whether My Little Pony stuff was collectible or not. Our unscientific verdict was that the older ones probably were but the newer ones probably weren’t. Regardless, this sign made us laugh.
Saturday recap from our Special Guest Star
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This week we had our friend Leslie (a.k.a. Bitch On Wheels) come along with us to yard sales (after being forced to admit rain was likely and cancelling our plans for our own sale). We always like to have “guest … Continue reading
Memorial Day weekend sales
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We have generally found that there aren’t a ton of sales on the Saturday of a holiday weekend (like Memorial Day or Labor Day). But last Saturday there were a good handful so we went out for a few hours. … Continue reading
Our legendary basement sale of March, 2004
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In my last post I mentioned the sale we had (along with some friends) in Meghan’s basement. She was getting ready to move from the house she’d lived in for something like nine years into a pretty small apartment, so … Continue reading
On having a sale
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Lately (as you may have deduced) I haven’t been picking up a lot of stuff at sales. OK, I did have my crazy rummage sale moment, but other than that, I’ve been extremely restrained. Part of the reason is just … Continue reading
West Seattle Junk
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As Meghan reports below, we had a pretty good time hitting the West Seattle yard sales. I didn’t come away with any really amazing scores, but I did get a handful of interesting books and records and other small odd … Continue reading
My favorite rummage sale
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I stumbled upon this rummage sale last year (on a Thursday!) and freaked myself out by spending over $150 … mostly clothes, lots of them destined for resale (but I sort of went crazy and ended up buying a lot … Continue reading
The importance of good signs
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If you are going to have a sale, it is important to put up signs (unless you’re right on some main drag where you’re going to have a zillion people drive by, and even then it can’t hurt). We have … Continue reading
