Well, we survived another garage sale. Friday was so slow that we were beginning to worry that we were wasting our time. However, Saturday was pure madness and money was made by all. My dad made $25 off of a golf club. My daughter made $20 because we give her all the change at the end of the sale. Mom and I split about $750 which is pretty darn good considering the most expensive item we sold was the $15 High Chair. There was the bonus of selling a bunch of broken 14k gold chains to a dealer that came by. He paid $10/gram for 14k gold and a little less per gram for 10k gold. I found 2 small broken chains, a gold nugget ring that a former boyfriend had given me in HS and a small pinkie ring that used to have diamond and sapphires in it but those had long ago fallen out. Mom had one broken chain and a nugget pendant. The guy weighed the stuff and gave us $160 cash. Now this is jewelry that would have either spent the rest of our days gathering dust in a jewelry box or ended up in the trash during a good cleaning. Instead, we made $160. Not too bad!! Of course, I was skeptical that this guy was legit but he paid in cash and it doesn't look counterfit.
It was hot in that garage this weekend but with almost $400 cash in hand - I'm not complaining too much. I will use some to have the carpets cleaned this week (boy do they need it now that E has discovered how to pull off his own Pullup and run around naked). I also put some aside for a much needed haircut. Then I'll spend the rest as needed 'til it runs out. I already used some last night at JoAnn's to buy a new vase for my bedroom (to replace an old flower arrangement) and on a few small scrapbook items!
Now if I could only find the time to actually scrapbook again.......
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