I love the thrill of a bargain.  There’s not much better bargains to be found than at a yard sale.  Last week, my family stopped at a few yard sales.  A neighborhood in the area was supposed to have a neighborhood yard sale, but only a few houses participated.  I was a little disappointed, but I was still able to find some deals!

1st stop: Almost everything I found was $.25.  Wowwee!  As you can see here, I got some nice books for only 25 cents.  The pink books are some pre-k/kindergarten books.  He let me have all of them for …read more

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 …read more

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

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

I just have to say, you know you’re teaching your kids to be frugal when they pretend to have a yard sale with their toys.  hahahahahahaha

There seems to be a great debate on whether you should give your stuff to the local consignment sale to sell or have a yard sale. I thought I would try out the local consignment shop that I love to go to to see how it compared. I gave them a sling that didn’t fit me to sell. I got $5 for it and they had it on the rack for $15. I got more than what I thought I would get for it but still, they are making a killing on it. So here are the pros and cons …read more

We all have things in our house that we need to get rid of.  Instead of having a yard sale and underpricing your stuff, or paying to sell it on Ebay, try placing a free online classified ad. 
Craigslist has become a very popular classified website.  Several years ago Ebay bought 25% of Craigslist.  For a while, they didn’t do anything with it and just let it sit there as an investment.  But now, Ebay is going into competition with a company they partially own by launching Kijiji.com.
Now we have two free online sources for selling things.  Looks like the two companies will …read more

 
About a month or two ago, I had my husband hang up my RC Cola box in my living room.  Inside the box, I put my Raggedy doll that I’ve had since I was a baby.  It seemed the perfect place for Andy, since they’re both old and the colors go well together.
Since then, I’ve been looking for something else to go in the box with Andy.  I was pleased when I went to a yard sale the other day and found a box of old buttons for $1.  Wow, what a thrifty deal! 
After I left that one, I found …read more

I had a great weekend.  How about you?  I love neighborhood yard sales.  But let me tell you the good news first.  I got an adorable little jungle toy that Little Man will be able to crawl in and out of for $3, 3 outfits for $8, a push around toy to give to my niece just to pick on my BIL for $1, and a box of Little Tikes building blocks for $2.  I was very happy.
Once again, though, let me remind all of you frugal shoppers out there to get the things you want when you see them.  …read more

My sister always laughs at me but secretly tries to copy me when it comes to kids clothes.  She called me the other day and said I would be proud of her that she paid $6 for an outfit for her daughter.  I was.  My dear sister also has the advantage of a Carter’s outlet near her house.  I would probably get into a lot of trouble if I had one.
But I was reminded of what she told me one day when I was flea marketing last weekend.  She said that after 2 kids, she learned her lesson the hard …read more