I can’t get those 10 hours back…
This is my neighbor’s cat. Like most of the people who came to my yard sale today, she walked around, looked at a few things, but didn’t buy. I spent a tremendous amount of time labeling, categorizing, and advertising the yard sale I was having today. I should’ve gone my usual route and just donated everything to a shelter and/or thrift store (I’m now doing this anyway). I spent $7 on supplies for said yard sale and made about $11 when it was all said and done. I could’ve spent an hour this morning, trolling garage sales myself and then took Robin, Wren, and Finch* to a local classic car show. Instead, I woke up at 6, spent 2 hours prepping and putting things out, and then another 5 hours outside sitting and waiting for people to show up. Now, I am too exhausted to go look at some old cars, lol. My online ads (through craigslist and garagesalefinder.com) paid off. A woman came looking for a book series I listed and bought them all. At least I took something I learned from my own yard sale experiences and put it to work for me. (Be specific, no one wants to shop for “a variety of items” like one ad I saw online!) I’m probably never going to have a yard sale again. It’s not about the money, it’s about the precious time I expended for no reason. :-/
*Kids new internets names. Heh.




















