Category Archives: Sale Tales

Fabulous but true tales of life in yard sale land.

Escaping the bad sale vortex

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

So, two weeks ago there were a ton of great sales, one week ago was kind of sparse. This last Saturday was in the middle, with a decent number of sales, but not as many as I’d really expect in … Continue reading

5th of July

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

It was the 4th of July weekend (a.k.a. another reason that people aren’t having yard sales) so we didn’t necessarily expect much, but we headed out Saturday with a list of sales. Jenny wanted to head to a sale in … Continue reading

Contact high

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We had originally planned to head back to the south side of Seattle on Saturday, so we could hit that neighborhood sale that we’d been way too early for last time around. But when I started looking at the sale … Continue reading

One week early (again) …

Posted by Meghan in Sale Tales | 9 Comments

Regular readers might remember the debacle sale day when I drove to a huge neighborhood sale the week before. Really nothing makes a yard sale junkie feel like a bigger jackass, no? Well, we headed out early Saturday morning to … Continue reading

Varying stages of crustitude

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 8 Comments

Meghan and I headed out Saturday with a list of a ton of sales in our neighborhood. There was a fledgling annual neighborhood sale across town that we considered hitting, but since there were only about 15 sales on their … Continue reading

Beware of the Blob

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

Jenny and I tried to hit some sales on Friday, even though it was rainy and cold. After looking through the ads we found a total of three sales in our area. Eh, we ended up getting breakfast instead. Saturday … Continue reading

The house that crap built

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 6 Comments

Regular guest star Leslie tipped us off that there was a neighborhood sale near where she lives in nearby Bellevue last weekend. We weren’t sure what to expect, since this area isn’t really known for killer sales (high percentages of … Continue reading

Kick Ass Yard Sale, Dude

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

Memorial Day weekend sales (or really any holiday weekend) usually equals a few crappy sales and then knocking off early for breakfast. Plus it’s been raining! Sometimes when you expect nothing you are pleasantly surprised when it works in your … Continue reading