Organizing Items For a Garage Sale

By this time in the process, you should be ready to begin organizing the things you found yesterday while Collecting Items For a Garage Sale. You will more than likely need several boxes, containers and plastic bags. Separating the Items The easiest thing to do at this point is to use bags, boxes and containers to keep all the items you have found, together. It is time to sort them by item for easier placement the day of the sale. Obviously you need to keep like items together. For instance, books and magazines, no matter who they are for, should … Continue reading

Why Should I Have a Garage Sale?

Often I am asked by well meaning family and friends, why I hold garage sales. Do I need the money that badly? Do I really have that much stuff to get rid of? The answer to both of those questions, is no. I do not need the money I make from a garage sale. I do not have some overdue bill to pay so I have to sell all my stuff. No. That is not the case at all. However, I do enjoy making the money for a major purchase or to fund a vacation or outing we are planning. … Continue reading

Garage Sale Season Has Arrived

As I was driving around this past weekend, I noticed that apparently garage sale season is in full swing in our area. Signs were posted everywhere and there seemed to be more people out on the roads on a Saturday morning then there has been in many months. In our area, garage sales seem to be very popular from March until about October or November. All of the neighborhoods in the area have huge neighborhood sales, in addition to the many independent sales you find at different times during the season. I am a garage sale junkie at heart. Not … Continue reading