May 14 2008

Selling At The Swap Meet

Well, it’s spring time and the spring cleaning is done. It’s amazing how much stuff we have acquired in just the last 6 months that we don’t use anymore. Usually I am inclined to have a spring yard sale when we have this much extra stuff, but our house is not the best place for a yard sale and we may not get enough traffic to make it worthwhile.

That’s why we are thinking about taking our stuff to a swap meet. It’s cheaper than taking out an ad in the newspaper and there is a lot of foot traffic there. That means we can make even more extra money. It looks like we will doing it as a family outing.


Apr 24 2008

Garage Sale Time

It’s spring time now and that means it’s time to start thinking about garage sales. Not only are garage sales a great way to get good used stuff at great prices, but it’s also a great time to unload all of those things that you thought you needed but you really could live without.

I like finding clothes at garage sales. The prices are better than at the thrift stores and sometimes the quality is much better. It helps us save a lot of money on clothes for the kids.

We will be having a garage sale this Spring ourselves. We have collected many things that we don’t use and we might as well get some cash from them.