Couple of garage sale finds this morning

[pinkytoe]

Here I go collecting stuff again when I just got rid of everything...This city we have moved to is really big on garage sales so this morning I went to one of the nicer neighborhoods group sale and found some deals. A giant oil painting of sea and clouds that caught my eye. Paid $10 and then did the research on the artist and found it has a value of $300-400 at recent auction. Regardless, it just makes me happy to look at it. And then a Taxco Mexican silver bracelet for $4.

[iris lilies]

Great score!

[ToomuchStuff]

I have a couple family members who are in the getting rid of stuff phase of life. However they do like to change things and use garage sales as an excuse to redecorate (buy, hang and sell a year or two later). Nothing wrong with that as long as you appreciate having it. It is the enjoyment, verses the burden factor.

[Sad Eyed Lady]

You had a couple of good finds it sounds like. Enjoy!

[frugal-one]

Great scores!

We went Friday to community wide sales in the area and I found a handmade quilt (beautiful brown colors) about card table size for $3 and a bottle of tequila (these were the unusual items). We also bought a lot of useful items. Once place was an estate sale and people got rid of boxes of unopened kitchen garbage bags, napkins and the like for pennies. I picked them all up. I don't understand the relatives not using the stuff???

[pinkytoe]

I met a woman here who inherited a house from an elderly neighbor. The entire basement was stuffed to the ceiling with stacks of unopened toilet paper, paper towels, garbage bags, etc. I mean literally hundreds of each category. There was no way she could use it all so ended up taking most of it to charity places. Funny what people decide to hoard.

[frugal-one]

I met a woman here who inherited a house from an elderly neighbor. The entire basement was stuffed to the ceiling with stacks of unopened toilet paper, paper towels, garbage bags, etc. I mean literally hundreds of each category. There was no way she could use it all so ended up taking most of it to charity places. Funny what people decide to hoard.
That DOES seem crazy! I just picked up a few of each. Definitely not a hoarder situation.

[Simplemind]

I sold the same in our garage sales. My mom had dementia and was buying the same things over and over when she went shopping. There are only so many rolls of foil, wrap and freezer bags that you can use. We all took enough until death do us part and then sold the rest. There were also so many bottles of shampoo, lotion etc from BOGO sales that got shoved in closets and forgotten. Sigh.................

[ToomuchStuff]

I met a woman here who inherited a house from an elderly neighbor. The entire basement was stuffed to the ceiling with stacks of unopened toilet paper, paper towels, garbage bags, etc. I mean literally hundreds of each category. There was no way she could use it all so ended up taking most of it to charity places. Funny what people decide to hoard.

Wonder if it was one of those extreme couponer people. Saw a couple of episodes of something about that, when mentioned on some forum. With expiration dates and such, I don't get all the buying x number, just so it costs me a penny or less apiece phenomenon.

[beckyliz]

Great scores!

We went Friday to community wide sales in the area and I found a handmade quilt (beautiful brown colors) about card table size for $3 and a bottle of tequila (these were the unusual items). We also bought a lot of useful items. Once place was an estate sale and people got rid of boxes of unopened kitchen garbage bags, napkins and the like for pennies. I picked them all up. I don't understand the relatives not using the stuff???

The only reason I can think of is that all relatives are out of town and can't transport it home, perhaps.

[freshstart]

good finds!