Category Archives: Sale Tales

Fabulous but true tales of life in yard sale land.

Fun fur nightmare

Posted by Meghan in Sale Tales | 17 Comments

We pretty much covered our day at the West Seattle garage sales, except for the very last sale we hit. This was an estate sale, not part of the organized effort, and we just happened to spot their signs. And … Continue reading

More tales of West Seattle sales

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 10 Comments

The West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day always has so many sales that we usually have to split up our recaps up into multiple posts. So here’s part two in what appears to be turning into a bit of a … Continue reading

Come witness the magic

Posted by Meghan in Sale Tales | 6 Comments

Last Saturday was the annual West Seattle neighborhood sale. It seems like it’s turned into the mecca that Phinney once was, before they started moving the sale date back and forth. Off and on we have hit this sale together, … Continue reading

Yard Sale Bloodbath … on video!

Posted by Jenny in Sale Tales | 26 Comments

In our last post we mentioned we were working on something a little different to add to the day’s recap. And now … we’re very excited to present this short documentary video about the Yard Sale Bloodbath experience. Yard Sale … Continue reading

Food of the damned

Posted by Jenny in Sale Tales | 13 Comments

Saturday got off to an auspicious start when Meghan discovered a half-eaten slice of pizza lying amongst the baby clothes at a church rummage sale. Little did we know that this piece of abandoned food would set a theme for … Continue reading

Funk you, bad sales

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 7 Comments

Last Saturday there weren’t too many sales listed, but since we had blown off sales the previous weekend we decided to at least go out for a little bit. Our first stop was pretty bad. Karl looked through a box … Continue reading

P.D. and T.P.D.

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 10 Comments

A couple of weeks back we started using a new term to sum up awful yard sales. I’m not sure who said it first, but as we were leaving a horrible sale someone casually remarked, “poopy diaper.” This was then … Continue reading

Creepy doll shakedown

Posted by Meghan in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 10 Comments

Last Sunday I saw an estate sale about ten blocks from my house, so I thought I would pop in and just take a look around. We hadn’t hit any sales on Saturday and I was feeling pretty good about … Continue reading