Category Archives: Sale Tales

Fabulous but true tales of life in yard sale land.

Enter at your own risk

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 11 Comments

For the first time so far this year, there were a good number of sales listed for Saturday! Karl wanted to come along so we all met up bright and early at 8:00. Two sales near us started that early, … Continue reading

Grandma needs bail money

Posted by Meghan in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 13 Comments

Jenny sent me an email on Friday afternoon with a few sneak peeks of upcoming sales. “Just Moved Sale: All Christmas,” “Original steampunk sculptures at large discounts,” and “GRANDMA NEEDS BAIL MONEY.” Yard sales in February sound great, huh? Even … Continue reading

January junking

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 11 Comments

Most people are way too smart and/or sane to try to have a sale in January, but there are usually some estate sales here and there. Since it had more than two months since Meghan and I had hit sales … Continue reading

Palm Springs: the swanky and the swan

Posted by Meghan in Field Trip, Sale Tales | 5 Comments

A few weeks ago I was vacationing in Palm Springs. A little sun break in the middle of Seattle winter and the possibility of estate sales in the mid-century modern capitol of the west coast. FUN! I hit the Angel … Continue reading

Adventures in glitter

Posted by Meghan in Sale Tales | 7 Comments

Jenny and I had spoken about trying to hit some sales on Saturday morning and I had sent her a listing for a sale at the large Goodwill called The Glitter Sale. That just screams the blog, right? Okay, it’s … Continue reading

Lordy, lordy, look who’s hoardy

Posted by Jenny in Sale Tales | 18 Comments

Okay, who else has been watching that Hoarders show on A&E and getting a little freaked out? Granted, I’m nowhere near the folks on this show, as far as having that much stuff … but once in a while it … Continue reading

Friday with the family

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

My parents were in town last weekend. We had non-sale-related plans on Saturday, so we thought we’d hit a few Friday morning sales. Since there usually aren’t that many sales on Fridays I figured it was a perfect time to … Continue reading

Vintage adrenaline

Posted by Meghan in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 5 Comments

This was a pretty big weekend, since the annual Phinney sale and the Olympic Manor sale ended up both being on the same day. I have been belly-aching about this for a couple of months, but I managed to have … Continue reading