Yowza! I just talked to my mother-in-law and she is planning a yard sale next month. This is absolutely amazing because she, personally, has never held a yard sale before in her long life. Ever. She has given me items of hers to sell but even then she usually told me not to worry about the money since there wasn't much stuff.
When we remodeled her entire house some years ago, she let go of many things but it took a lot of encouragement from us. I gave her the yard sale earnings from that time because there was quite a lot. For ages afterwards, she told us how amazed she was that she didn't miss her things and that she was really enjoying the house with less clutter. (Huge step for her!) But, still, for her to plan her very own yard sale is a jaw-dropper around here.
She asked me several months ago to help her with getting rid of her things prior to our move to a new place (she's going with us). I figured that I'd have to hold her hand again as she sorted through her belongings, encouraging her to examine what she really loved and used. Then I'd be pricing it all for her, doing the ad, making the boxes, and basically doing the hard work. Nope. She's already sorted, cleaned, and priced her goods. She's writing up her own ad and will submit it. She doesn't have the supplies to make box signs so I offered to bring my stuff and help her with the signs. (Experience helps.) So, the only work I'll be doing is helping her set up and sell.
The bonus part is that I now have a place to bring my own yard sale goodies. I don't have much yet but I do have enough to make hers look better. It does mean, however, that I need to quit slacking off on my Clean-Out challenge. The house is clean enough for Thanksgiving, the food pulls together in a day or two of work, so I really have no excuse not to declutter.
First step: Post Office to ship out most of my coffee gear!
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That's great! I love working yard sales. Just watching what people buy is really interesting. And of course, you have a little extra motivation now for all that decluttering. Have fun!
Garage sale season here is way over. No one shops when it's 20 degrees with a wind chill. I'm boxing up stuff for spring and pricing it as I go. I'll probably have one a month next summer then the barn should be cleaned out and ready to insulate a bit and store next season's canned bounty.
This is the first year I can recall seeing Garage Sales this time of year in this area (Rainy Wet Seattle) I am guessing the economic times have a bit to do with it, as much as I would like to think that South Seattle has all join Chile's Declutter Challenge!
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