Yard Sale Season Has Arrived!

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I have always enjoyed taking the day and going to garage or yard sales. I have found antiques, new clothing with the prices still on them , furniture and other things that my family can use. I have purchased furniture and redone it so it looks new again. I have found that it is true what they say ‘ one mans junk is another mans treasure”. My husband and I will dress in comfortable clothing and shoes. We gather our change and small bills then we gas up the car and off we go. One just never knows were the best bargains will be found. I love a good deal and I will haggle over a price often getting the items we want much cheaper than even we had expected. Yard saleing is always more fun if you have someone with you. One summer, we were looking for baby furniture for our daughter who was due in January. We knew that we had all summer to find that ‘just right” furniture. We stopped at a garage sale and found everything that we needed, high chair, wooden Jenny Lynn baby bed and wooden Jenny Lynn dressing table to match the baby bed. It was the end of the day and I knew that it was time to haggle. The items had not been cleaned before the sale and I am quite certain that is the reason for them still being there. I looked them over good and believed that with some soap and water I could make them shine again. The lady was asking $25.00 for each of the three items that I wanted. I noted that they were pretty dirty and that $75 was more than I was willing to pay. I lingered at the high chair a few minutes and said ‘I tell you what. If you will take $25. For all three of them I will take them. I was really surprised when she agreed and rather quickly too. I had my husband take them to our mini van. I brought them home and took the strap from the high chair and soaked it in bleach water till it was perfect again. The wooden baby bed and dressing table just needed cleaned up as well. My husband could not believe it was the same furniture. I have even taken yard sale find and painted, washed or otherwise polished them up and resold them for up to four times what I have paid for them. I am known to my family as a bargain hunter and they swear that I can find a bargain anywhere I go. I even have one family member who calls me when they want something . They say I am the luckiest person that they know when it comes to finding anything that I want and at the price that I want. I am always looking for new ways to get the things that I want for the price that I am willing to pay. I never pay full price for anything. Why should I , when I can get it at yard or garage sales for much cheaper? I would love to hear about what ideas you have for yard saleing. Is there something special that you do to find the best bargains?