Top 30 Yard Sale Tips
July 18, 2008 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Top 25, financial matters, frugal friday, organization
As I shared earlier this week, we made $2953 at our yard sale last weekend. Prior to that, the most we had ever made was $580. I can’t guarantee that you’ll do as well as we have, but here are some tips to help you get started.
1) Go through closets, dressers, toys, cupboards, cabinets, bookcases, etc before the yard sale. Take out items that you no longer want and add them to your yard sale pile. It’s good to do this at least once a year. You may want to wait until spring when you’re doing your spring cleaning.
2) Find a decluttering …read more
A Crazy, Draining, and Profitable Weekend
July 14, 2008 by Karen Weideman
Filed under financial matters, frugal living, odds and ends
The last few days have been kind of a big blur. As most of you loyal readers know, I’ll be moving in just a few weeks. We are downsizing considerably. I’ve been going through every drawer, dresser, cabinet, box, and space that I can to declutter and purge the things that we don’t need.
Each time we move, we get rid of tons of stuff. But you just don’t realize the magnitude of excess possessions you have until you scour every nook and cranny possible. I guess in previous years we had disposed of the obvious unnecessary things from our lives. This time a painful and time consuming …read more
