Phat lewt, yo!
(sorry, that was the gamer part of me. That actually means ‘fat loot’. I know, I’m a dork)
So today I went for my first garage sale. Or rather, first FIVE ‘garage sales’. I’d planned to go for one ‘moving sale’ and on the way, I saw a ‘rummage sale’, two honest-to-goodness garage sales, and then on the way back, saw one ‘yard sale’.
What is the diff? I seriously do not know. All I know is, I got me some PH4T L3WT!!!1111!!
I spent a total of US$18.50 on these items:
A beautiful, rustic piece of framed canvas art for $2.
A toaster oven for $5! It doesn’t look a year old, works and everything!
Two apple crates for a buck each. I’m turning these into white, book boxes/cabinets for the girls. I’d been shopping for a book case but none of the sales had one. And then I saw these. They are PERFECT. Will post pics once I’m done ‘flipping’ them.
About 14 books. They were 50c for the hardcovers and 25c for the softcovers. Yes, that is the Milne’s Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie the Pooh. FOR 50 CENTS!
I’m so psyched!
Posted in Imperfect America
May 18th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
I am particularly interested to see how “new” bookshelves!! Can’t wait. And to think that I actually bought a colourbox for RM 9 to store my books, I should go get some (apple of mandarin orange) crates for that purpose the next time I move.
But I do have a friend who sleep on mattresses placed ON TOP of fruits crates — his parents sell fruits in the wet market. He said it’s better than sleeping on “wet cement” floor.
May 18th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Wow… so cheap for the books! Now I know 1 of the reason why I miss being in the US.
May 18th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
I love these kind of sales. Do you have a local Goodwill store by the Salvation Army? You’ll be surprised at what you can find there. My aunt introduced me them and now I visit it nearly every weekend!
May 18th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
You mean u r going to paint and transform the apple carts into book shelves all by yourself? Hats off to u Jenn!
May 19th, 2007 at 7:07 am
Hehe yea I will post pics. I’ve painted one of them but ran out of paint, so gonna go get more today. I use white satin wash for wood on them, after sanding off all the rough spots. There were nail heads sticking out of them so I whacked them all flat with a hammer.
Really, it’s just sanding and painting. U can see they already resemble bookshelves. These crates came with two sections already, so very appropriate.
You know, u can also transform them into pull wagons. Of course, that one needs more expertise!!
May 19th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Wah best-nya.Janet would welcome your contribution at her shopping blog! We are all flea mart addicts now!
May 19th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
I LOVE garage/rummage sales! Looks like you did very well!!!