Spending Time Outdoors With My Mommys

Over the LONNNNNG Labor Day weekend, myself and my Mommys attempted to SELL some surplus in what many call a GARAGE sale (but no garage is involved other than cleaning it) or a YARD sale. It doesn't matter what the name is - it is basically using your yard as retail space.

Mommy #2 had vowed some time back that she would NEVER have another yard sale. Too much work for TOO little reward. Well, she did it anyhow and what happened? She estimates she made MAYBE $1 an hour AND ended taking the majority of the stuff to the Salvation Army.

Hi, welcome to our yard - My name is Noodles,may I help you?

One customer, a little girl whose mother had already bought her 2 costumes, came by for another late in the day. She paid with this. We went ahead and "sold" her the costume. It made her so happy.

Abe looks a little wonky

Here is some of the stuff we were selling. There were also 3 bikes and one bunk bed. They did not sell. A lot of what you see here did not sell. Certainly not the more expensive glassware. We do not get a very sophisticated crowd. Well - we actually had no crowd at all.

A hot but wonderful day to be outside

People dribbled in to look and leave. Mostly they drove by, slowing to scope out the goods and left. Mommy #2 thinks the lack of parking on our street may have been a factor. No one walks around here. But mostly, we sat in the shade of an umbrella and enjoyed the end-of-summer sunshine (it was actually HOT this weekend).

Lack of customers gave me plenty of time to nap

All in all, it was just nice to spend time outside with my Mommys. And my Mommys enjoyed their Mommy/Daughter time as well. But they were soooooooooo TIRED when the day was done. They boxed up what didn't sell and loaded it in the car. Then they took down the gazebo and UMBRELLAS and stored them all in the shed. THEN they drove off to donate the stuff. It was a full day. By the time they came inside to relax, it was almost time for bed.

And THAT is the story of THE LAST yard sale we will EVER have.

I'm gonna HOLD you to that Mommy.