Town Wide Sales: The Good & Bad Part 1

Town Wide Sales: The Good & Bad Part 1

All summer long I am looking in the papers and online for Community & Town Wide Garage Sales in our area. Found one that looked promising, so we thought we would make a day of it, so drove for 40 minutes to one that was heavily advertised, we even skipped one on the highway to get to the town faster. Outside of town was a large side advertising the sale, we drove and drove and found 1 sale, yup one lousy sale! When talking to the seller, she said that she was the only person participating this year. Never bought anything from her, all dirty and broken junk. We did stop at the highway sale, once again, never bought a thing. There was nice items, very pricey and once again dirty.

 You know the type of sale, the seller has to tell you the story behind every item, where she bought it, how much she paid, why she thinks it is worth the asking price. One day I will have a hissy and ask them if they ever thought about washing all this dirty crap instead of yapping. For now now, just in my head.

It is walking into the unknown with these types of sales, lots of people may participate one year and very few the next. These are my favorite types of sale, get to meet all sorts of people and see the country side. But really, only one sale!!

After that disappointment thought we would give the following weekend a try in a different town.

Like night and day I tell you! Sale after sale, if I remember correctly there were 30 sales and overall great prices, friendly people. I will share just one thing that was purchased that day, well not the thing, but what was in it. The thing (trunk) is stored for the winter now. 

The yard was swarming with people and stuff...everywhere. I started in a shed and slowly worked my way around, my PIH (partner in hunting) started in the garage like he always does. He called me over and showed me a vintage truck loaded with stuff, no price on it. He found the seller and was told 20.00 for the trunk and contents. That was a easy decision. This is what was in the trunk.

The Kraft Dinner and Lemonade are still full. I find the graphics so bright and cheery. 

There was a large envelope full of these butter papers. I have seen these wrapped around wooden blocks for display.

You would think that I collect Honey tins with the amount I have, but I do not.

Vintage hair clips in an old greeting card box. I wish the box was in better condition, it would go great in my pink spare bedroom.

Assortment of tobacco related items. I had never heard of Three Nuns before, what an odd name.

These look so small in the picture, but they are not. The Shortbread tin is my favorite.

There were a few more treasures in the trunk that I will share in my next post. 

Until then......

Happy Hunting!