Junking Weekend, October 25-26, 2008

WAITING, WAITING, WAITING!

Hello, everyone! I tell you...I'm missing the garage sales! Don't get me wrong...estate sales can be fun, but there is a lot of waiting around. You get there early to get a #. You wait for the garage to be opened. You wait until your # is called to go into the garage. You wait while people are in a tight space all jockeying to see what is there. You wait to check out. Then you wait until the house is opened and you repeat the entire process in the house. With garage sales, you can take a quick look, you're in and out and onto the next one. As the weather is turning colder, garage sales are few and far between in the north. From my little tirade, you can probably guess that I did a lot of waiting at estate sales this weekend! 

THE GOAL

Anyway, here's a run-down of the things I found. I was on the lookout for some things RJNJ needed (tarps and rubber bungee cords) and some organizational things that I wanted (wire baskets). Ask and ye shall receive...

ESTATE SALE 1

Estate sale 1 resulted in 3 wire baskets (check!), 1 "no clearance" sign, an outdoor thermometer, 2 light cages, 2 farm implements (Big plans for these, fellow junkers! Stay tuned!), and some miscellaneous metal objects.

ESTATE SALE 2

Estate sale 2... Tarp? Check! 5 bungee cords? Check!! I also found some tarp grabbers, 4 license plates, and 2 metal display pieces.

ESTATE SALE 3

Finds at the third sale include 5 floral frogs, a ball of twine, another wire basket (check!), and another bungee cord (check!). 

THE BRIGHT SIDE

Though estate sales do require waiting, there is a bright side...the people! I saw some of my favorite junking people (Sue, Sarah, and Mark) and some of the estate sale organizers who now know me by name. There's also this one guy...I don't know his name...but he is at EVERY sale! I swear! Usually, I think he just tries to ignore and/or avoid me. Does it stop me from saying hello each time? Nope! This weekend, I actually got a short response. Not a smile or anything, but a verbal response. Progress!