Garage sale finds for the day....

**many houseapes** · 05-09-2009, 11:34 PM

I only went to a handful of garage sales today & this is what I found:

2 Spiderman Tshirts .50 each
4 prs of swimming trunks 4/ $1
Dvd "One Night With the King" $2
1 bath towel & 1 wooden moose Christmas ornament .25
1 screaming flying monkey (Ihad fun with this!) .50
1 other stuffed monkey .50

**Debbie-cat** · 05-09-2009, 11:44 PM

Great deals! It was raining here so ours were cancelled.

**frugalwarrior** · 05-09-2009, 11:47 PM

I didn't get out to any because of intermittent rain also. Although I have bought so much this week I feel guilty.

**bonnotsm9** · 05-10-2009, 12:13 AM

It was raining Friday, but we went anyway. I found:

several shirts for dd#1
homeschool curriculuum that I thought I was going to have to buy for ds#1 for $40 (retails for $200+)
set of silverware
cookie sheet
various baking dishes
some pants and t shirts for dd#2, ds#4, ds#3, and ds#5
set of headphones which I gave to ds#2

dh found a digital camera for $10. He bought batteries for it and it works great.

The kids also bought themselves a few DVDs and videos.

It was a good start of the garage sale season, I thought.

**cissylu** · 05-10-2009, 07:01 AM

You got some great deals.

**ladytoysdream** · 05-10-2009, 07:50 AM

I only went to one yesterday. And it was a fluke I found it. I normally just check the newspaper. Rarely do I check the ads in our pennysaver paper we get in the mail. This sale was only in the pennysaver, and on Craigslist. I happended to find it on craigslist.
Note to self...check more than one source next time for ads.
Anyways, I think I was the first customer at their sale. I went because of the yarn she advertised. It was in a large tote. She had each skein marked individually but I asked for a better deal if I took it all. So I got a very good deal. And even ended up getting some bag fulls of partials for free. Then I bought some knitting needles, and booklets of knitting and crochet. Most of that stuff was marked at .25 each. Needless to say, I blew my *garage sale allowance* at that sale. So I ran a few errands and headed for home.
The day before, I bought a pressure canner for $ 3, and a box of 16 canning jars for $ 1.50. I also bought a large tote of yarn and got a better deal because I took it all. Also some crafting magazines. I was real happy with only hitting a few sales and getting some great bargains. Got my bargain hunting fix in, and home early so we could run our household errands.
I can only hope the rest of the garage sale season goes even half as well.

**nodmicks** · 05-10-2009, 08:19 AM

Great deals! I have been working every Sat anbd missing them. My MIL is a master thriftsaler so I gave her my wish list. DS outgrew every pair of shorts he owned so that is on the list.

**Michelle68** · 05-10-2009, 06:14 PM

Sounds like everyone found some terrific deals.

**miss_thrifty** · 05-11-2009, 06:16 AM

yeah well i would of wentr saturday itwas nice but only 4 in our area. and so far apart in distance. so Ill wait to see maybe in the nex week or so. we went to town instead and i got at value village 2 puzzles $1.99 each , 1 corner shelf $1,.99 and hubby got 3 t shirts for work. 2.99 each.
pretty soon if they dont stop rasing theor prices I wonr beseen there. I complian to the manager but they dont haveany say, its the main ones.
Ther is no such thing any more unless sale time to get pants brand name for 16 yr old under $14. ridicualous. and shirts for me plus size - stupid walmart brand new is $9 at stores at VV $7.99 or $6.99 dont think so im paying that.