July 13, 2012
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More Small Talk & Why I Love to Garage Sale
Since I wrote that post about small talk, I have been thinking and re-thinking the subject.
A lot.
As I have interacted with people in the past couple of days, I thought about whether my interactions and my level of enjoyment in the small talk was in agreement with what I blogged about.
And I feel like I need to make a correction:
I don’t hate small talk.
I hate small talk with certain people. And especially with people who I should have long moved on to something else with. (I am not sure that sentence is grammatically correct. I challenge you to diagram it!)
There. Now I got that clarification down on paper.
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This morning the kids and I headed out to hit a few garage sales.
I love to garage sale!! (Understatement alert)
It is one of the simple pleasures of my life.
I think part of it is because you never know what you might find and it is always so cool to get something you really wanted for a cheap price. Knowing that amount of money that you WOULD have spent on something…ah, its like a breath of fresh air.
OK, before I get all poetic, let me show you a little more about WHY I like to garage sale.
The kids and I went to 5 garage sales today. Honestly, the others were a bust.
Other than Kendall being given a “Sorry” game by a lady, me buying 2 books for Derrick, getting a softball and an old Scrabble game, we hadn’t had much luck.
Then…we hit the 5th and final sale.
And we scored. Big time.
First of all, I have been looking for a good pair of Rollerblades.
Wah-la!!
For a dollar. Yeah, you heard me right. A dollar.
We also got….
A bunch of winter hats and gloves
A butterfly wall hanger thingy for Nikki’s room
An air popper and some Tupperware containers
4 tops for me and a pair of yoga pants and flannel pj pants (one of the tops didn’t end up fitting me)
A hat that needed its own picture, because it is supposed to look like a chicken. Guess which kid picked this out?
A dress and a sweatshirt for Nikki
Sunglasses for Nicole and one of those annoying little Zhu Zhu pet guys
This Tinkerbell kitchen with that whole box of accessories
And, my happiest find of the day, “The Little Engine That Could” book. Full version.
I LOVE to find books that I had as a kid and read them to my kids.
Love, love it!
Remember that part that they kept repeating in the book about how, if they couldn’t find an engine, then “all of the good little boys and girls on the other side of the mountain wouldn’t have any toys to play with or good food to eat?”
Also found this book with all kinds of Mother Goose rhymes in it.
And here’s the thing: Guess how much I paid for ALL of that ^^^^^
Wait for it…
Wait for it…
$28
Yup. I was pretty darn happy about that!
I also saw these really cool things for your yard or garden made out of old cups and saucers, etc. I thought they were super creative.
I didn’t buy any though.
And, I almost bought this book (published in 1981) that had all kind of patterns of things to make for your baby to wear.
It was SOOO early ’80′s stuff that I just had to take some pictures.
Pretty interesting how styles change, isn’t it?
And WHEN did those Mother’s have to time to crochet all that stuff?
Anyway, after that I went to Wal-mart and spent $115 on basically nothing that will last more than a week. (Food, mostly)
Kind of makes me pissy.
Maybe the garage sale finds can balance out the Wal-mart trip.
Not that I would want to eat books and Rollerblades and winter hats…but still!
Comments (6)
I want a zhu zhu pet! Tell Nikki I am coming over to play with hers, if she will allow me.
garage sales like that are so fun!
Hey, I was close…I guessed $30.! Great deal!!! I like that you are frugal…the world needs more people like that.
See now to some people talking about garage sales might be considered small talk!;) love yr frugal finds n u know im a big yard sale fanatic! I didnt have time to comment earlier on the small talk… And i have jumbled thots about it. Depending on the situation it can be a welcome distraction, or a necessary evil. Its also something that depending on each persons stance, one finds themselves doing it because it is expected that you converse in some manner. Like i said, jumbled thots about it!
That tinker bell kitchen I’d amazing!!! Cutest kitchen I’ve seen, beside the adorable little wooden kitchen sets here in Japan which are much smaller than American sets but they cost $300. Do ou know how far $28 goes here in Japan with the exchange rate? It would buy a watermelon because those are usually over $20 a piece and a snack. The price of things and exchange rate heremake me feel pissy because it’s so hard to get ahead, dammit! Let’s jUst say, I feel ya. I sure miss GOOD garage sales and I would have to agree that they are therapy for me.
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Wow, I sure miss good yard sales like that! How very very fun is that to hardly spend anything and to get such great deals?! We say our house was basically furnished with yard sales and Goodwill the first year of marriage. And it still is, largely.
And THEN to go to the dreaded Walmart and spend so much money on hardly anything? Yeah, I know that feeling all too well. :/