Category Archives: Sale Tales

Fabulous but true tales of life in yard sale land.

Is that laser going to hurt my eyes?

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You know how sometimes there is a theme for the day? Well, this Saturday was the complete opposite, with a ton of sales and a little bit of everything. Recurring guest star Karl came along for a great morning of … Continue reading

One man’s trash is not always another man’s treasure

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I was visiting my parents in Berkeley over the weekend, so I had to check out a few yard sales down there. (How could I not? This, after all, is where one of my all-time favorite wacky items was spotted.) … Continue reading

Massive day of West Seattle garage sales

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Back in May 2007 (when the blog was like a newborn baby) Jenny and I spent a wonderful sunny day in West Seattle at their annual garage sale day (and both of us wrote about it). For a while we … Continue reading

Drizzly guest star day

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After a week of relatively nice weather, Saturday morning started with dreaded rain. I am seriously ready for spring to start. This week we had two guest stars, both first timers: Tokyo Rose and Willy Callit, both folks I know … Continue reading

Sales cut short

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On Saturday we had the weather we should have had last weekend — sunny and quite pleasant out. Not surprisingly, there were a lot of sales in the area that had the snowed-out neighborhood sale last weekend. With plenty of … Continue reading

Snowy spring opener

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

We had been excited for weeks about the Phinney/Greenwood Neighborhood Yard Sale day. Excited because we consider it to be our “spring opener,” kicking off the yard sale season into high gear. Excited because it is usually one of our … Continue reading

First sunny Saturday of the year

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We were excited to head out last Saturday morning in absolutely gorgeous weather — it was the first really spring-like Saturday we’ve had. The first two sales we hit were terrible and we wondered if things were evening out from … Continue reading

Two out of three

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Last Saturday we hit three sales total and it was a great day. Sounds strange, but quality over quality turned out to be true for us this time. The first sale was a moving sale indoors and they had tons … Continue reading