G-Sale Days 2 & 3

Damn. The garage sale is over. We made an astounding $966.48.

On Friday we sold a lot of stuff. We went back into the house, and started looking for more of R’s decorative items to sell, as they were so popular.

By Sunday morning we still had a lot of furniture, so I started making drastic markdowns. I sold the fainting couch and four Queen Anne chairs without seats for $30, and then sold the monster wardrobe for another $15.00. I let three ladder-back chairs go for $2.50 each, then let an upholstered one-of chair for the same price.

We marked the clothing down to 5 cents each, and it started flying out of the driveway. We weren’t able to get it to move at a quarter, but a nickel got some interest.

My favorite pieces, two possibly-IKEA cabinets, just weren’t moving and I didn’t have the heart to sell them at half price on the last day, so they’re back in the house.

By noon we were down to two pieces of furniture we had been trying to give away, a heavy desk, a coffee table, and a bunch of junk no one really wanted. At that point we closed shop. We probably could have made another $25.00, but it wasn’t worth the additional sunburn.

I stuck the desk and the coffee table in the garage for the next garage sale. Charlotte and Mom took the clothing to a donation drop box. We loaded everything else into Dad’s truck and took it to the dump. We were going to donate it, but honestly there just wasn’t enough left to make it worth anyone’s time. If more of the furniture had been left I would have called the Goodwill, but we didn’t sell enough to make it worth the time.

My haul is reimbursement for boxes ($100) and half the remaining for a total of $533.24. Now I can buy more furniture!

After the closing we went back to Mom and Dad’s house to swim in the inflatable pool. Russell and Robin were with us, and we had a lot of fun. The kids are so cute. Robin did somersaults in two feet of water. Russell mainly toddled around the pool with a big smile on his face. The water was chilly, and after about half an hour Russell’s teeth were chattering. He sat in Charlotte’s lap to stay warm, so we stayed in another fifteen minutes then climbed out and ate sherbet while drip-drying.

Robin ended up spending the night with Mom, and the two of them are going shopping tomorrow. I know they’ll enjoy it. I told Robin how special she was to Grandmother, who had always wanted a little girl to go clothes shopping with. I don’t think Robin really believed me when I said the twins and I hated clothes shopping, but she’s happy her Grandmother will take her.

Went to Red Lobster for dinner with parents and Robin, and had very indifferent fish. Now I’m trying to find my phone, which I’ve lost somewhere in the house. I’ve emailed Mom and asked her to call me. I wish she would install Yahoo Instant Messenger so I can contact her when I need something like this.

(later)

Have made several notes on repainting refrigerators. I really want to try this! Problem is that the paint comes in the most boring colors imaginable. I’m thinking I’ll try painting a base coat in plain white appliance paint, then stencil in a design with plain ‘ole enamel paint. Then coat it w/ clear enamel. Now I just have to come up with a design.