Let the Yard Sales Begin!
March 10, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under General, blogs, money saving idea, sale
We’ve had some beautiful weather lately and the yard sales are starting. I love the thrill of a bargain and finding great stuff for a great price.
Saturday we were on our way out of town and I spotted a yard sale. Trust me, it wasn’t because of their signs. Anyway, they had books, toys, children’s clothes, and more.
I was able to get Alligator girl four pairs for $1 each and she needed the pants. I also picked up a Mrs. Spider’s Sunny Patch cd for $1, a Dora dvd for $2, some magnetic alphabet letters for $.50, and a few other things that I can’t remember right now.
I also spotted a box of books geared for preschool though second grade. There were many early reader books in there and most of them were by Scholastic. I asked how much the books were and they said $.50 each, which was a good price. After looking in the box and seeing that I would like to have a majority of the books, I asked how much for the whole box. I bought all of the books for $5. When I returned home, I saw what a bargain I received. There were over 70 books in the box and several of them hadn’t been read yet. That means I paid less than $.10 each for the books.
Hooray for saving money! Have you found any yard sales?
great job! Girl, I am so ready for yard sale season!
How do you organize all of your children’s books? I literally have 1000 children’s books and I they are all in big baskets which makes it hard for the kids to read. I try to rotate them out but it is really a pain. And I always buy more and never get rid of any. So my house has books, books, and more books. Just wondering what others are doing to keep books organized.
http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/oliver_2.html
I love this idea for book storage. I have a few in my classroom, but would love to do the same to my children’s playroom. Just have to get dh motivated!
I love a good bargain Score , I got an entire Phonics set for 99Cents over the weekend !!
Good Job.
Tami: I can relate. When I was teaching, I had boxes, boxes, and more boxes of books. When we moved last year, we downsized considerably. I sold a bunch of them, even some that I didn’t want to part with. I really had to decide what to keep. I’m glad I found these books though. The Scholastic readers will come in very handy as I have little ones learning to read.
Happy Hermit: That was a good price!