I broke my promise. I had a garage sale on Friday...
I decided at 4pm the day before because there were neighborhood sales. I really didn't have that much stuff since we pass on most of our clothes. Plus we have taken 12 trash bags of things to the mission this summer and thrown away 8 trash bags in an attempt to not be invited to be on the TV show Hoarders. But I had a spontaneous urge to be insane and I went with it.The spontaneity was good in that the process wasn't drawn out except that I started working at 10pm and stayed up until 4am (thus, the part about being insane). I made $108. $108 profit for 13 hours of work not including the clean up I still have to do(we can't park in our garage and my house is now trashed). Therefore I am returning to my ban on garage sales. Not shopping at them, of course, just having them.
I tried not to be offended by the drive-by's. There weren't too many, but there were the even more painful "walk through's". If I don't want the stuff anymore, I don't know why it would both me that someone else doesn't want it, but it kind of does.
But it was a beautiful day to be outside and I had a great co-worker...
The whole process of purging our lives of stuff has been healthy for me. If I'm honest about it, I have to admit that I believe stuff will make me happy. Deep down I know it won't, that it can't, but I keep living like it will. Chasing after the wind. I was recently challenged by a quote from a book I can't site that my Pastor used in a sermon. It was about the "undisciplined pursuit of more". Have mercy on me, God. I don't want to live my life this way. Unless it's more love. More generosity. More caring for the needs of widows and orphans. And more contentment.The moral of this story? Maybe it's a good thing, regardless of whether it was worth it or not, that I was at home getting rid of stuff on friday instead of out at garage sales pursuing more of it. But let me say once again...I will never, no never, have a garage sale.
And this time I really mean it.
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Now...you just have to keep your promise :) .....he he he he
Too funny...we are planning one last yard sale in Sept.-so, I need some encouragement here!! :) Watch for my post. I'm pretty sure it will sound a lot like yours!
I'll remind you of this, if you remind me...okay?
Never, never another garage sale! It does feel good to have less junk, but so does donating it a church, mission or friend also.
BTW, did Emma find the pink envelop that Madison put in your door yesterday? I hope so.
Just think about all the things you can do with $108!!! You crack me up! And your co-worker is super cute!
Whoa, is that a drumset? I would so have bought that.
The last time I had a garage sale I made about 100 bucks too. SO not worth it. The Lord has greatly blessed the adoption ones we have had tho - about 1K at each one!!
HEY! We had a yard sale THE SAME DAY!! How amazing is that. However, ours has been planned for a month. The new carpet "move in - move out" forced the idea. I feel special knowing we were twinners.
OH MISSY...ours is in 2 weeks and cleaning out is about to KILL me!!! I think after it's over I'm going to say NEVER too!!
I love the way you make me laugh and think all in the same post. Usually you make me cry too thanks for not doing that today.
With a sales girl that cute, I can't believe you didn't make $1008!
I hate the drive-byes too... I haven't done a garage sale since Craig's List was born, just purge as I go. I'm so with you there on the struggle against always wanting- why can't you site the book? sounds like one I should read the first 3 chapters of, get completely overwhelmed by and then put in on the pile next to my bed... waiting for the next garage sale.
well shoot, now i wish i had driven down your street like i almost did that day. (i'll have to tell you why i almost did later) if i had i would've found you and lucy and your garage sale. bummer.
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