Yard Sale

I had my first ever yard sale yesterday. It sure is a lot of work to prepare for and if it was up to Nic everything would have just went to DI to begin with. However, I told him, "I'm a stay-at-home mom just trying to make us some money... so just let me do it!" It was definitely "my" thing but, yes, he really was very supportive of me, which I am appreciative of. He's especially appreciative when the house gets cleaned out and I've made us some money!

It was kind of like having a party at the house... it's a good motivator to clean up! It was great for me to have a date and get some things cleaned out. We still have a crazy basement storage room and too much clutter around the house, but this was a GREAT step.

We took down both of the desks in our office/craft room (which is now also "/boys room" too) to get them out to the yard sale. So for now I don't have a computer set up (I'm using Nic's laptop). We'll have to set it up on the card table for awhile until the built-in desk area is done in the basement. (We didn't end up selling either desk).

Our canyon winds were really blowing yesterday morning! I started with organized tables and clothes folded, but soon we had clothes all over the yard (which actually happened several times). In the morning, we needed sweatshirts to stay warm and then a few hours later I was sweating from the heat! Because of the wind, I didn't set up signs the night before. So at 8:05am I had finished hanging signs around town and rushed to pull out tables because 5 cars had already driven off and there were several more waiting in front of the house! All in all the yard sale was very successful. We made over $230 and got rid of a lot of unneeded stuff. Whew! I did it!