Yard Sale Results
So Saturday came and went, with relative success, I might add. After getting home from the restaurant at some late hour Friday night, The Husband and I stayed up until 2am Saturday morning with general tidying and pre-sale organizing. I had also been informed on my on-the-way-home phone call that, not only were my parents coming up to visit for the yard sale, but now it was possible that The Husband's parents were also contemplating a visit, as well. If I hadn't already been planning on cleaning for one set of parents, two sets made it an imperative. However my M-I-L's philosphy is: "If you want to see me, come on over. If you want to see my house, give me two weeks." I can see it's merits. That said:
6am Saturday morning came earlier than either of us wanted it to. The Husband mainly focused on setting-up for the yard sale, while I focused on the home interior. By the time my parents arrived at 8:30, the main floor of the house was respectable (kitchen, living room, dining room) and the bedrooms were in decent enough condition that the doors didn't need to be closed to keep out wandering eyes. At that point, I went outside to help with the selling of all our unwanted worldly possessions. My father was instrumental in ensuring that we got the best prices possible for our stuff. We also had the pleasure of spritelyone gracing us with her presence (not to mention relieving us of a large number of Batman-related comics).
The Kids awoke around 9:00, whether or not they wanted to, due to some assistance from my mother. Dad went out to get some much-needed bagels and coffee from the local Dunkin' Donuts. The Kids hung-out outside at the sale, played in the backyard, and went in the house when it got too hot outside. My parents had to leave around 12:30 for my dad to go into the office for a few hours. Not to worry, though, The Husband's parents arrived shortly after and we had burgers for lunch thanks to mom manning the grill. We started wrapping things up between 2 & 3, the second set of 'rents departed, and I had to get ready for my dinner shift at the restaurant.
The Boy had his own wares for sale and received all the profits from the sales thereof. Minus his purchase of a $5 rock tumbler kit from the neighbors across the street hosting their own yard sale, he made a grand total of $80. He decided to put half in the bank and use the other half to purchase whatever he wants (within reason). We made out pretty decently for it being our first yard sale on our own, around $200 give or take.
We're (okay, I'm) planning on doing at least two more this year, possibly in July/August and Oct/Nov. The main thing I think we need to work on is either setting an actual price and tagging the item as such from the outset or, at the very least, know ahead of time how much we want to get for an item. We winged it well-enough, but might have fared better if we didn't have to think on our feet as much. It was exhausting, but worth it in the end.
6am Saturday morning came earlier than either of us wanted it to. The Husband mainly focused on setting-up for the yard sale, while I focused on the home interior. By the time my parents arrived at 8:30, the main floor of the house was respectable (kitchen, living room, dining room) and the bedrooms were in decent enough condition that the doors didn't need to be closed to keep out wandering eyes. At that point, I went outside to help with the selling of all our unwanted worldly possessions. My father was instrumental in ensuring that we got the best prices possible for our stuff. We also had the pleasure of spritelyone gracing us with her presence (not to mention relieving us of a large number of Batman-related comics).
The Kids awoke around 9:00, whether or not they wanted to, due to some assistance from my mother. Dad went out to get some much-needed bagels and coffee from the local Dunkin' Donuts. The Kids hung-out outside at the sale, played in the backyard, and went in the house when it got too hot outside. My parents had to leave around 12:30 for my dad to go into the office for a few hours. Not to worry, though, The Husband's parents arrived shortly after and we had burgers for lunch thanks to mom manning the grill. We started wrapping things up between 2 & 3, the second set of 'rents departed, and I had to get ready for my dinner shift at the restaurant.
The Boy had his own wares for sale and received all the profits from the sales thereof. Minus his purchase of a $5 rock tumbler kit from the neighbors across the street hosting their own yard sale, he made a grand total of $80. He decided to put half in the bank and use the other half to purchase whatever he wants (within reason). We made out pretty decently for it being our first yard sale on our own, around $200 give or take.
We're (okay, I'm) planning on doing at least two more this year, possibly in July/August and Oct/Nov. The main thing I think we need to work on is either setting an actual price and tagging the item as such from the outset or, at the very least, know ahead of time how much we want to get for an item. We winged it well-enough, but might have fared better if we didn't have to think on our feet as much. It was exhausting, but worth it in the end.