Today, Justin and I held a yard sale to try to purge the junk from our garage and house and make some money off it. Since we lost a room to the nursery, we have a lot of extra things which have piled up in our garage. So much so that our cars can't fit in there. With winter coming, I am determined to make room so I am not loading and unloading the baby and her stuff in the snow and freezing cold.
So, Justin home from the night shift at 7am and carried all our stuff to the front lawn and then passed out. I made signs and posted it on craigslist. My neighbor even joined in and put her own stuff out and her ten year old son twirled a sign at the corner. We sat patiently from 8am to 2pm chatting with the few people who stopped by, but mostly with each other.
I made a whopping $22 on some old DVDs and shot glasses. None of the furniture pieces that we really needed to get rid of went anywhere but back into the garage. Now, I am calling a charity that will hopefully come pick up the rest so we can at least get the tax write off.
That was all fine because we don't mind donating everything since it goes to a good cause, but here's the worst part of the day: someone stole all the jewelry I had out. Gold rings, necklaces, earrings - all of it gone leaving behind only the cheap stuff. Someone who steals from a VERY pregnant woman must really have guts. I would like to think that what goes around comes around but they will probably go pawn it and make money off it.
Lessons learned:
1.) Yard sales suck! They take way more work than they are worth. Never again!
2.) People will steal from a pregnant lady.
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