Yay for garage sale season!!!

I went to my first garage sale of the year this morning.
so I thought I would share my goodies!!

I actually went because they had advertised that they had
canning jars and freezer containers!! Yea, they
were already gone at just after 8am. I figured...

Anyway I thought since I'm there I'd look around...
Glad I did....

I got 3 pairs of much needed, really cute shorts for
my 10 yr in her exact size for .50 cents each!!

I also picked up 2 pairs of jeans and 2 jean shorts for my 4 yr. old.
also .50 cents each!!
(he wouldn't take the pair off so I just put him in the picture)

AND....

A pair of barely worn boots for MEMEMEMEMEME!
They are my EXACT size!!!!
I've been wanting black boots, and for $2.00
now I have some!!! These were still in the box from Kohls
with a sale sticker of $50.00 on them!

Grand Total...
$5.50 for 5 pair shorts, 2 jeans, and pair of boots

ahhhh I love it!!

Our Garage Sale and 10 Garage Sale Tips

Here it is! The Big Garage Sale I've been busy with!

It starts tomorrow! God has blessed us once again with
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER!!!
He is sooo Good!

So when I said "big"...
Did you imagine this???!!!!

Me either... It just kept GROWING!!!

Here's 10 Ten tips for
having your own garage sale!
1. Arrange clothes by boy/girl and size.

2. Fold the clothes nicely -- don't just pile them
on a table -- also hang nice clothes up if you can.

2. Advertise in several papers. (we do 3).
Since we have a 4+ family sale and split the cost
it only amounts to around $20. each

3. Put up lots of nice signs. Take a little time
because it does matter if they're nice!
(You can save them from year to year.)

4. Have the sale in April or May if you can.
Everyone is itching to get to the first Spring Sales
and then are burnt out by July and August when it's hot.

5. If you have a sale every year - have it at the same time
each year. Everyone around us knows we have
one every year in Mid April.

6. Price everything -- Don't tell people to make offers
or expect them to ask .

7. Have plenty of help to avoid
people waiting to check out.
(Sometimes you just can't help it though... lines do happen!!!)

8. Don't price things too high - Make sure it's priced to sell.
If you're not sure what's high for your area, you might want to
visit a few sales or ask around to people who have had sales.

9. Find Friends or Family that want to have a sale together.
It's best to fill the garage and the approach outside.
Plus you'll have help... It is ALOT of work, but
you'd be surprised how much it pays off!

10. Finding 10 things was harder than I thought...
Or maybe I'm just that TIRED!!

If you have some great tips,
be sure to us leave a comment.

Awesome Garage Sales!!!

I got up early this morning and took 4 kiddos to garage sales! (yea I'm a little nutty)

It was a lot of fun minus a few mischievous kids at times!

I left the kids in the car at one point, Yea I'm a bad mom!!! Anyway you'd think that a 10, 8, and 6 yr old could keep a 3 yr. old from getting out but nooooooooo to my amazement here he comes running across the road alone (not busy housing addition road thankfully). Obviously from then on he came with me! Guess that blows the mother of the year award... Oh wait never mind I lost that Jan. 1!!!
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But Best of all I got to meet a fellow blogger in person! Susan had won one of my giveaways a few months ago and when I asked for her address I noticed she lived 20 miles from my house. Sometimes it seems it's such a small world. We've been in touch since then.
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She's the one who told me about the awesome sales. She emailed me the address of the sale she would be at... Well somehow when I checked this morning I had deleted the email. I was bummed, I knew there was NO WAY I would just happen to come upon her at all the sales. Well at the very last sale I went to there she was!! I couldn't believe it!
It was great to meet you in person Susan!

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So on to the deals I found!

I was able to get tons of much needed boys and girls clothes!!

Total for all these clothes was $34.00 WOW! There is another 5 pair of jeans not pictured ( they were in the washer before I took the picture)!

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All together for the boys I got...

11 pair of jeans -- no holes, most hardly worn, and very name brand

2 pair Khaki pants

7 pair sweat pants - nice ones!

6 shirts -- nice "church" shirts

1 set of PJ's

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For my 8yr girl I got...

4 shorts

9 shirts (she really needed these)

3 pants

I wish I could have found more for her...

Where do all the families with girls live???

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Anyway That's like 43 items.

And as many of you know I like to figure out...

it's .79 cents per item! WOOHOO!!

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I couldn't believe how cheap they had really nice clothes priced!

I was VERY excited!

Okay I'm shutting my trap now!!!

Thanks for letting me ramble and share my excitement!
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So is anyone else lovin' garage sales??