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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 22:03:42 GMT
Anyone go this weekend? Accidentally stopped by one when I was going the wrong way to find an address. I got 12 Stampin up mini inkpads, a medium EK Success punch, and a bag of mini punches (4 for $1). I think the total was $3.25 or $3.75? My son is very distracting.
Bought an old Encyclopedia Brown ($.50) book at another sale. I love old books with retro/vintage graphics. It just happened to be my son's 4th grade teachers home too.
Went to a barn sale I thought would be interesting. The police lights that looked like they were from the days of The Dukes of Hazzard was hard to pass up. The nice man took pity on me and gave a ball to my son for free.
Went to another yard sale that had SO many clothes for $1.00 a piece and in good shape. My son (has autism) was done by that point. I think he scared some Mennonite kids who were there. They talked so cute to their mom. I don't anyone around here call their mom, "Mama". So I quickly got a winter coat, two pairs of pajamas, church pants, church shirt for $5.00. After typing that out, I see she gave me a discount.
Went to our very small farmer's market and would have LOVED to buy some awesome painted furniture, but no where to put it until my son's room is finished. It's a friend of mine, so I'll keep that idea in the back of my head. My favorite was a small wooden school chair with aqua legs painted white on the seat and back with a chevron pattern.
Any finds this week? I have been VERY GOOD and haven't gone all summer. I just needed to get out!
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Post by melanell on Aug 10, 2014 1:33:21 GMT
Must have been a good Stampin' Up day. I bought some stamps.  I also lucked out and found winter boots, snowpants, & 2 winter jackets in the size my younger son will need come winter. Those things can cost a fortune each year and when the season's over they typically still are like new, so I was thrilled to get the whole set all at once and for under $10.00, too. Um, what else? Books, because we always buy books. And 2 light-sabers---because my kids were with me and they broke the last pair of light-sabers they had. So I made them fork their own allowance over for these.  And speaking of allowance, DS found 2 new, never assembled Lego sets and snagged the pair for $5.00! Boy was he happy. (I was bummed he was with me....those would have been sweet to put aside for Christmas. ) I also paid about $2.00 for a cup of lemonade a bunch of kids were only charging 25 cents for. i figured cutting that money by 3 or 4 kids was going to be a real bummer if they really only received a quarter a cup. |
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Post by papersilly on Aug 10, 2014 2:38:06 GMT
I bought 160 children's books from a church yard sale for the overseas book program we started.
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Post by Kelpea on Aug 10, 2014 2:51:44 GMT
I did a drive by. Never done this before. This couple had a Maytag Centennial washer and dryer in the driveway. We stopped the car and my husband asked the guy if they were tossing them; he said they were, as his wife wanted to upgrade to the front loading machines.
He let us have the old washer and dryer. OMG. They were were only one year old. My old washer and dryer were horrible; had them for forever and the washer was missing a part, lol. (It wouldn't rotate.)
We are so incredibly grateful to this guy! Since I'm usually the one who misses the best deals on online yardsale sites by mere minutes, this is a big deal for me.
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Post by dyoung27 on Aug 10, 2014 3:13:38 GMT
I almost never go to garage sales. I never find the good stuff other people do. Well, I went to some on Thursday and the very best find ....I got a dyson for $35. I got a pair of almost new nikes for my daughter for .50 there too big right now but for 50 cents I'll put them back for her.
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Post by melanell on Aug 10, 2014 3:37:43 GMT
They must have loved you, Papersilly! Kelpea, that is awesome!! Has this made you want to go garage sale more, now, Dyoung27? |
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Post by Lexica on Aug 10, 2014 3:59:19 GMT
It really was a Stampin' Up weekend! I went to a garage sale that was advertised on Craigslist as having stamps. Well, it had stamps alright. It was just stamps. Nothing else on sale in the garage except the box of stamps and a few dies and ribbon. She had 29 boxes of stamps, a couple of dies, and a box of ribbon. That was it. Oh, and the stuff was in her garage, so it technically was a garage sale.  There were no signs guiding you in either. I had to have Suri do it from the address in the Craigslist ad. Probably why I was the only one there. I bought about 6 boxes of stamps, two dies, and a couple of ribbon spools. The prices were actually pretty good. The boxes of stamps were from $5 to $9, which is pretty good for Stampin' Up stuff. After that I went to Hobby Lobby and bought....stamps! They were 50% off, so I couldn't refuse. |
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Post by papersilly on Aug 10, 2014 4:35:18 GMT
They must have loved you, Papersilly! Kelpea, that is awesome!! Has this made you want to go garage sale more, now, Dyoung27? The church was having a yard sale to raise money for a Navajo reservation they are sponsoring. I started the book donation in memory of my mom who attended school at this particular elementary school over 60 years ago. I have been buying books for months. I have hundreds of books ready to be shipped for their reading program. Last month I also made use of the back-to-school sales to buy pencils and paper too. My sister's neighbors donated stuff for a yard sale to raise money to ship our boxes overseas. |
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Post by heartcat on Aug 10, 2014 5:27:21 GMT
Iscrapcrap, good find on the scrapping stuff. I love older books and often pick them up as well. The police lights sound interesting...what are you going to do with them?
Melanell, you scored on the winter stuff. I've found that garage sales are great for that, especially in the summer, because people just don't seem to be thinking about the cold weather and pass by such items. Awesome about the Lego. They would have been great for Christmas. I have done that before, found unused Lego sets and gifted them to ds for Christmas. I think that was really sweet of you to pay extra for the lemonade, I probably wouldn't have thought to do that. I think it's great to encourage kids when they do something like that, and I bet they were excited.
Papersilly, that is a LOT of books! What a great cause to support.
Kelpea, you win find of the week! That is so awesome that you were in the right place at the right time and got what seems like essentially a new set for free, especially as it is something you needed.
Dyoung27, we have seen 'one' Dyson while garage saling, and someone was just buying it when we got there. You got a great deal. With three dogs and two cats and all of the vacuuming we do, I am envious!
Lexica, glad that your persistence paid off. It made me chuckle to read that later you went to HL and bought 'more' stamps.
We decided to forgo yard saling so we could drive out to a nearby rural town and pick up something I'd seen on kijiji (on line buy and sell site). I won $210 last week at work in a lottery bingo game we play, and saw an ad for two photography umbrella light stands that they were seliing for $30 each. They retail for $130, plus tax, a piece here. I had seen one earlier this season but the seller was asking $100 for it. I bought both for $55.
We did pass a few sales on the way, and it was generally slim pickings, but I found a couple of things at the first one we went to. They had some nice new in package table cloths, the three colours that go perfectly with my dining room, so I bought the three.
At the same sale I also got an incredible deal on a beautiful, burnt orange satin Alfred Angelo dress/gown. It is strapless, floor length, a bit of rouching at the front, and with a lovely laced corset style back. It fits me perfectly, and the colour looks nice with my natural tan colouring. I have never had such a pretty dress (never went to prom, was never a bridesmaid in a fancy wedding, didn't have a traditional wedding gown) and I am so in love with it.
I only asked the price of it out of curiosity, figuring that even at yard sale prices it would be more than I was willing to pay. I almost fell over when she said she wanted $5. I didn't even haggle on that one, lol!
Thanks for sharing your finds, everyone. I love these threads!
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Post by heartcat on Aug 10, 2014 6:43:29 GMT
I believe this is the dress that I bought today. I don't see a picture of the back to check if it is corset style or not, but the front certainly looks the same. They call the colour 'persimmon'. $5 gown |
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Post by I-95 on Aug 10, 2014 8:49:49 GMT
Nice dress, Heartcat. That was a score!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 13:15:00 GMT
I bought a white birdcage stand and immediately brought it home and painted it so it was verdigris. My spider plant looks great hanging in it.
Ann
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Post by *Scrapper*Stamper* on Aug 10, 2014 13:49:41 GMT
I hit the Lincoln Highway Buy Way this weekend and bought much more than I expected - my major purchases were Precios Moments figurines. Spent less than $60  |
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Post by melanell on Aug 10, 2014 14:46:57 GMT
Yay for more stamps, Lexica! I went to a similar sort of sale once. It was an indoor sale in March (which is unheard of here) in a 2nd floor apt. I finally found it and it was all Creative Memories items. Nothing else. I wasn't a die-hard CM scrapper, but there was plenty of interesting things for me to bring home anyway. That gown is lovely, Heartcat. My wedding gown was an Alfred Angelo. I love people who have the creative vision to repurpose items like that, Ann. I seriously stink at it. I'd be like "ooh, pretty, but whatever will I do with a bird cage?". |
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Post by Sarah*H on Aug 10, 2014 14:55:53 GMT
I got mostly garden treasures this week - a bluebird house with a rusty tin roof on a large pedestal, a tiny vintage green toy wheelbarrow and an old concrete rooster. I also found a turquoise kitchen tool, not sure exactly what it's called but it's for mixing salad dressings and has a chopper blade in it.
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Post by melanell on Aug 10, 2014 15:01:05 GMT
oooh, Sarah, your finds sound wonderful. *Scrapper*Stamper*, the "Lincoln Highway Buy Way" sounds like a dangerous place to go! Congrats on your finds. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 17:22:31 GMT
Lots of good deals! I think Kelpea wins for the best deal. heartcat I should have clarified better. I did not buy the police lights. I live in Utah, so there's generally something scrappy/crafty at every one. |
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Post by ladypop on Aug 10, 2014 18:04:19 GMT
I got 3 vintage Avon daisy perfume bottles for $7. They sit on the table on my patio in the garden. Also some gorgeous hand painted glass plates that DH is going to hang up in my garden to catch the sun. They look like little round stained glass windows. $10 for 5. Then I found four pairs of kids converse for $1 each. They were well loved, but since I used them as planters, it wasn't a big deal. My begonias look AWESOME.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 10, 2014 19:50:34 GMT
I have to ask..... What are church pants?
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Post by tiggerpooh2380 on Aug 10, 2014 20:22:59 GMT
I only made it to one garage sale this weekend, and I have been building my board game collection for our weekly game nights. I bought Head of the Class for $2, Boggle, and Pictureka for $1 each.
We also went to an auction yesterday, and we managed to pick up a lawn mower for $25, it works too, we went to the auction specifically to bid on that, so I was glad we were able to snatch it up for a great price.
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Post by Kelpea on Aug 10, 2014 20:32:33 GMT
I am still in heaven about the washer dryer! My daughter had to text me and ask how to use the darn thing since it's so fancy, hahahaha.
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Post by pennyring on Aug 10, 2014 20:34:08 GMT
I have to ask..... What are church pants? I would assume she meant dress pants. Slacks. Pants for wearing to church. Pants that go with a suit jacket, but minus the jacket. Because she also said Church Shirt, which I would assume means dress shirt. Button up/collared shirt. So dress pants, slacks. |
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 10, 2014 20:59:26 GMT
Ladypop, I'd love to see your garden, it sounds like it's full of vintage sweetness!
No garage sales for me, but Refugee vibes must have influenced my thrift store visit. I found two pieces of vintage pink Pyrex, a small referee actor dish with kid and the larger 6x9-ish without lid. Both pieces for less than $5.
I don't normally collect it, but y'all's posts have made me nostalgic. This color matches my moms set, when I was a kid. But this is stil vibrant- like it never saw a dishwasher.
ETA what fat fingers I have, bad autofill!
"referee actor dish with kid" means refrigerator dish with lid. It's so bad I have to leave it in.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 21:04:06 GMT
I have to ask..... What are church pants? I would assume she meant dress pants. Slacks. Pants for wearing to church. Pants that go with a suit jacket, but minus the jacket. Because she also said Church Shirt, which I would assume means dress shirt. Button up/collared shirt. So dress pants, slacks. I meant that. |
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 10, 2014 21:05:51 GMT
I have to ask..... What are church pants? I would assume she meant dress pants. Slacks. Pants for wearing to church. Pants that go with a suit jacket, but minus the jacket. Because she also said Church Shirt, which I would assume means dress shirt. Button up/collared shirt. So dress pants, slacks. Ahhh. Thanks. |
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Post by heartcat on Aug 11, 2014 22:47:58 GMT
Thanks, I-95 and Melanell.
Beachgirl55, what a great idea to use it as a plant stand.
ScrapperStamper, glad that you found something that you collect. When dd was younger we used to buy Cherished Teddies figurines for her, and I loved when we came across them at yard sales now and then.
Sarah those sound so interesting. I bet your yard and garden look amazing.
Iscrapcrap, I misunderstood. I was envisioning you using them behind a bar, or in a games room some way. They lights sound as though they would have been neat.
Ladypop that is so clever to use the sneakers as planters!
Tigerpooh, I haven't been to an auction in years. How lucky that you were able to get something that you specifically went for, and for a great price.
Anonrefugee, I've found myself looking longingly at vintage Pyrex too, after reading and seeing about the Pea's finds and collections. I haven't bought any yet though.
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Post by msliz on Aug 11, 2014 23:55:19 GMT
I love people who have the creative vision to repurpose items like that, Ann. I seriously stink at it. I'd be like "ooh, pretty, but whatever will I do with a bird cage?". DD has a small birdcage that she hangs her fishhook earrings from. Next time, get the birdcage! |
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Post by melanell on Aug 12, 2014 1:11:14 GMT
^^ I'll have to come back here and ask people what I should do with it. ^^ |
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Post by melanell on Aug 12, 2014 1:12:11 GMT
I only made it to one garage sale this weekend, and I have been building my board game collection for our weekly game nights. I bought Head of the Class for $2, Boggle, and Pictureka for $1 each. I just love game nights! |
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Post by melanell on Aug 12, 2014 1:13:17 GMT
I got 3 vintage Avon daisy perfume bottles for $7. They sit on the table on my patio in the garden. Also some gorgeous hand painted glass plates that DH is going to hang up in my garden to catch the sun. They look like little round stained glass windows. $10 for 5. Then I found four pairs of kids converse for $1 each. They were well loved, but since I used them as planters, it wasn't a big deal. My begonias look AWESOME. I want to see your garden. It sounds fabulous. |
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There were no signs guiding you in either. I had to have Suri do it from the address in the Craigslist ad. Probably why I was the only one there. 
