Well, yesterday morning, my husband took 140 dollars out for the garage sales as well as the big indoor flea market at the city agriplex. So, before we went to the big indoor flea market, we stopped at two garage sales, and oh goodness, we felt it was a waste of time for sure,......groan. Senior citizen trying to sell off their antique ornaments that some volunteers could have came and buy them as props for community theaters or schools or something like that. So we proceeded to the flea market. There were sure alot of people there, trying to find bargains and deals, and after a good hour, we came out with a few bags and a big box of things we will put them to good use. While at the flea market, we see everything, from toys and movies on VHS and DVDs, to children's and adults' clothing, to rare antique items, to house plants and vegetable plants, to class board games, and oh, you name it all. What I am very thankful is the fact that no one sold expired or damaged children's car seats at all, otherwise I would have vented to the organizers and Transport Canada about it.
After coming out of the flea market with bags and a box full of "stuff", we went to a few more garage sales around the city. The funniest part of going to garage sales is having to stop, unbuckle the kids out, take the umbrella stroller out and buckle in my youngest son, go look around, and when we are done, go back to the vehicle, unbuckle my youngest son, buckle the kids in their carseats, put away the umbrella stroller and then take off. It is such a repetitious task, I should be getting my arms a good amount of exercise. By the time we were done checking out the last garage sale, we were not only exhausted, but the wind and rain started to pick up and sellers were scrambling to save their items from being blown away.
So, we bought:
-two tomato plants (but I still have to start plating the other varieties of tomatoes for our garden ASAP this week)
-french fry cutter, because I am so tired of cutting the potatoes into french fries all the time, I wanna just peel the potatoes and use the cutter and fry-em!
-a sweatshirt and pant outfit for my youngest son, since some of the pants handed down to him from my oldest son has worn out LOL
-a toy Hummer that my oldest son, who's a toy car fan, picked out.
-a classic toy car, a 1964 Mustang, still in box, picked out by my oldest son.
-a dish rack and tray set which I needed so bad. At dollar stores, they sell for 15 dollars and over, and hey, I got it for 3 bucks, still new with label on it.
-two bundles of children's hangers, ten hangers per bundle, for cheap, so I can hang more clothes up instead of bunching the clothes in the drawers.
-a few classic albums on records that my husband like.
-a couple of caps, yes, because my husband collects them :)
-a wallet, still new, because my last wallet lost the zipper tag.
-an old Sunbeam mixer/bowl/stand set. Hey, I still have to save money for a brand new Kitchen Aid set, right?
-A small Panasonic CD/cassette player for the kitchen so I can get back to listening to my favorite CDs again.
-a few collections of movies on DVDs (and I didn't pay attention to what we got, because my husband put them away before I could see the rest of them LOL )
-a V-tech Play Desk in which my oldest son gets to listen to the sounds of alphabets and words.
-8 storybooks to read to the boys at bedtime, plus two teacher's workbooks for preschoolers to learn science and health.
-a WWE board trivia game, never used, but we will test how much we know about the players in the past.
-a hanging basket and a planter's container. Hey, gotta have it for flowers and veggies outside :)
-a set of speakers for the computer, brand new, still in box.
-a motorcycle model, still in box. (Okay, does the packaging still have value?)
And it was less than a hundred dollars (I think,......maybe,......eh,.....)
Next weekend, there is a huge garage sale lineup in the community, and I told my husband that we will have to leave the Explorer home, use the umbrella stroller and the red wagon. That way, I don't have to take my youngest son on and off the umbrella stroller all the time LOL.
Well, I am going to pick out a CD to put in the CD/cassette player to listen to.
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