I had a very hard and productive weekend. Grandkids on Friday. I had a nap this day and had some energy left for the kids. We took a walk on the Hudson River in Edgewater. Edgewater is centrally located between the George Washington Bridge (my favorite) and the Lincoln Tunnel into Manhattan. I took them shoe shopping. Kayla is almost 5 and Seannie has just turned 3. Then we had pizza, half pepperoni and half plain cheese, with a mozzarella and tomatoe salad. There goes my "low fat" plan. But I exercised every day this week, so...
Saturday was my garage sale!? Actually we did quite well. I got up at 7:30 after getting to sleep around 1:30. I felt fairly fresh. My husband got up right away and was ready to help me. He had quite a few "higher ticket" items than mine. He's a plumber so he had 2 sinks, 2 faucets, 2 saws, and some stereo equipment. Well, my beautiful Cuban neighbor Maria came over immediately. She then proceeded to make my day. One of my first sales was $192.00 My husband says "she's smart" and it's true. She made our with items (which we got on sale) that would have cost her around $450.00 wholesale, so she was smart!
I almost got all of my cds back into their jackets and everyone was enjoying the sun and the music and conversation. I loved it actually!
And oh, some helpful hints for garage sale success. By the way we made almost $600 for the day! Yeah, and my advice is buy (wholesale) functional "household" items and mark them up double. If you come down a little, you still win.
Also, enjoy the journey. I had already planned my lunch, which didn't happen soon enough and how I would enjoy the sun. Everything else was just icing on the cake.
Letting go feels good. If you have art or objects which have been around for a while, sell them and buy something new. It's the incentive, to buy something fresh and beautiful. Surround yourself with things you love, but very few things.
BE particular
Love passionately or not at all. Anything done with half a heart is not worth doing!
No comments:
Post a Comment