| 2 in 1 GARAGE SALE FIRST AND LAST (unless we ever move, then I am sure we would have a MOVING SALE) |
RECIPES
RABBITS
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| A few containers for the next garage sale (as guests at someone else's garage) or if I get ambitious - ebay. And one of the large containers is full of hangers!!!! |
| For our garage sale with friends earlier this year click here |
| Day 1 of our first ever garage sale here at the ranch an interesting/fun day. Of course we do not have much traffic on our road (which is part of the reason we like living out here). We had several customers and made a little $$ and got rid of some of our "extras". We had already decided that what did not sell by about 2 pm Saturday afternoon, we would put out down by the gate and just let people come and take what they wanted. When Rachel and I were closing up for the evening, looking at just the very few things that we would not put out at the gate - we decided - HEY, WHY DON'T WE JUST HAVE EVERYTHING FOR FREE TOMORROW EXCEPT THESE FEW ITEMS!!! So we: rearranged to have just 2 card tables of things for sale everything else FREE placed "free" & "gratis" signs on our existing signs will unlock the gate at 8 am and see what happens I hope people come and take whatever they want/need. |
| Day 2 we even had less people than on Day 1. It was interesting to see people react to "FREE". Some people still only took a few things - while others got things for themselves and their families. One lady said that she felt guilty and we said DON"T and got her more garbage bags. I told her that if she wanted to by some raffle tickets that the boys are selling for 4-H to make her feel better she could... She did :) We really thought we would have more people with the free signs, but when we went to Home Depot Saturday night - we noticed that the "FREE GRATIS" parts of the signs had fallen off we had used an off brand Duct Take :( |
| At the end of the day, we still had tons left - so we started packing it up. Garbage bags full of clothes for Goodwill and boxes of stuff to take to the entrance gate. Then... What we were waiting for all day.... Someone who wanted ALL of the clothes!!! Grandparents with a BIG family AND a pickup to haul it in!!!!! |
| GOAL ACHIEVED EMPTY CONTAINERS |
| We had it "at the barn" and "in a pen" - that way the animals can't get in - or at least most of them. |
| We got to relax a little while |
| The boys built a hay bunker in the pen next to where we had the garage sale and had TONS OF FUN! |
| When we got home from church only 2 things remained at the gate!! YEAH |