One Man's Junk . . .

I detest yard sales.

But every year, during the great drawer clean-out, my neighborhood has its annual Community Yard Sale.  This year, it is just a few days away, Saturday, Sept. 8.  The scheduled time is 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., although any yard sale aficionado knows that some ghouls - I mean guests -  arrive earlier and most sellers pack it in by about 11:30.  

My husband likes the yard sale.  He hardly ever sells anything of his own because he believes that all of his junk is really treasure, and puts prices like $50 on things.  He will, however, give my stuff away for $0.10, because he believes that all of my slightly pre-used items are really junk (even if they are actually worth something).  And I just keep my fingers crossed that he won't scour the neighbors' tables and bring home different treasures.  Those cigarette lighters from the '60's really are not going to be valuable in the future.

Even I have to admit, however, that the yard sale provides a unique opportunity for the drawer cleaning set.   So I have developed a set of rules:

1.  If you care how much it sells for, you must sit there and sell it.
2. "The frame alone is worth that."
3.  Running through the house and finding things to sell while people wait outside is encouraged.
4.  Once it is put on sale, it never comes back into the house.
5.  The trip to Goodwill at noon is always followed by lunch at Five Guys.

Seriously, if you want to set up a table here on Saturday, we will be here (unless it rains).   The community has been advertising the sale for a while, so we usually have some buyers.

Or you can just join us at Five Guys.