Rummagepalooza ’08

This weekend we had our massive rummage sale.

This weekend it snowed.

That’s the way it goes sometimes (though not usually in April). It rained and snowed and blowed all day Saturday, so we had to set up inside. We had rummage on our porch, our living room, our kitchen and the garage was packed (furniture stacked on furniture).

People actually turned out on Saturday despite the weather. We did pretty well.

On Sunday I pulled out my long johns again for round two and we had some sunshine. We were able to spread out a bit, but the crowds were much thinner. We probably made three times more on Saturday (lesson: don’t do a garage sale on Sunday).

In the end the effort was very successful, but we only moved about a third of our rummage. I think we’ll probably end up doing it another weekend, hopefully a more seasonable weekend.

My favorite part of the weekend was a little girl who bought a mini stapler for a quarter and walked around saying, “Staple, staple, staple,” pretending to staple everything, and a guy who told me a story about a goat that liked to get drunk.

A big thanks to everyone who donated stuff and came out for the sale.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *