Category Archives: Sale Tales

Fabulous but true tales of life in yard sale land.

Crabby and carby

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

After missing last weekend’s sales I was excited about heading out last Saturday. There were a bunch of listings that looked great, including one that our friend and occasional guest-star Leslie was going to be selling at. Karl joined us … Continue reading

Dolls, dogs, and drawings

Posted by Meghan in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 9 Comments

Jenny had warned me that she wouldn’t be doing sales this weekend. She also had sent me an email earlier in the week letting me know about the Broadview Community Garage Sale. My friend (and previous guest star) Tokyo Rose … Continue reading

You figure it out

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 3 Comments

Earlier in the week we had a brief debate about whether to stay in our area or branch out. There were some interesting neighborhood sales, but our neighborhood advertised at least three block sales, plus a whole lot of other … Continue reading

Amazing Sunday sale

Posted by Meghan in Sale Tales | 8 Comments

Both Jenny and I really don’t hit up sales on Sunday very often. If I am out driving and I see something good, I’ll stop. Most of the time it seems like it’s just a Saturday sale that had the … Continue reading

Throw it in the pile

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 4 Comments

After being out of town the last couple of weekends (and reading about the great scores and fun times Meghan had while I was away) I was happy to get back to our usual Saturday morning yard sale routine. We … Continue reading

Designer punk rock rummage goats

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

So, it was Round 2 of Karl and Krista coming over to Ballard for sales. I had started to work on a list, but knowing that Karl would probably ignore it I was only making a half-assed attempt. As I … Continue reading

Friday sales … and a point of clarification

Posted by Meghan in Sale Tales | 10 Comments

First off, I need to mention that a person’s MOVING sale is not a person’s ESTATE sale. I know we have talked about this before, but it seems like a reminder is in order. Estate sale means a person has … Continue reading

Well, you know who my wife is

Posted by Meghan in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 12 Comments

With Jenny out of town, I had sent a mail to Karl to see if he wanted to come out to the north end and hit some sales. Then I logged off my email and hit some yard sales on … Continue reading