Garage Sale Mania

Today our cul-de-sac participated in a neighborhood garage sale. My neighbor put the add on Craig's List and Gsale--a garage sale sight. To our amazement, the people showed up prior to the start time, and they kept flowing all morning long. In the variety of sales we have done in our lives, we can honestly say we have never seen so many people at a garage sale before. What shocked us even more was the temperatures. A typical spring day in Colorado. Windy. 45 degrees. Windy. Sunny. Windy. Don't these people believe in staying home when the weather is nasty? We were able to part with a whole bunch of odds and ends and did pretty well considering most things went for 25-50 cents. Our daughter, Emaleigh decided to sell a few things too...only to turn around and buy something from each neighbor. Perhaps she needs to be taught that garage sales are for getting rid of junk...not bringing junk back into the house! The smile on her face when she purchased those handwriting books, a stuffed animal and a box of Pick-Up sticks was worth it though.