Saturday, July 11, 2009

Hit the garage sales lately?

Went out to see one of the garage sales in the neighborhood mostly because there appeared to be a lot of clothes for sale. Didn't buy any clothes, but in terms of emergency preparation did come away with:

--A sewing kit. If you have read my blog, you will most likely remember that sewing is not high on my list of fun things to do. In fact, the gentleman who sold it to me asked if I sew, and I said, no, but I should, and this might help motivate me... I haven't even gone through it all yet, but already am impressed with what I was able to purchase with $3, such as multiple spools of thread, patches, what looks like what I think is called the "foot" from a sewing machine (that little doodad that the needle goes up and down through) etc. In fact, I asked if that was part of someone's sewing machine, and he wasn't concerned about it, so it came home with me. Anyway, never know when a needle and thread that you can easily locate will come in handy...

--At another garage sale picked up a humidifier, to come home and keep the one we already own from being lonely. I asked if it worked and was assured it did. Needs to be cleaned up a bit, but may come in handy in the case of a pandemic, since I have read/heard/found out that having a second humidifier is recommended in that case. Cost me $3, which is quite a different price from buying one new. I know, because I occasionally check out them out, only to decide that a second humidifier is too expensive to purchase at this time....

--A flashlight for $1 that is larger and sturdier than some of the ones we currently own, and which takes a large battery that I will have to track down so that we can use it. Not much to say about that one, but having light is a definite plus in case of a power outage....

I would love to put pictures of my purchases here, but the cord that allows us to transfer pictures from our camera to the computer is apparently being temperamental, so no go. If the technicalities get worked out, more pictures will be nice.

I did look around to see if I could purchase something like canning supplies, but no such items were available this week. Have you checked out the garage sales lately? I haven't in a long time, but sure am glad we did today.... :)

5 comments:

HermitJim said...

So often one man's trash is another's treasure's!

Just never know what you may find, for sure!

Anonymous said...

marie, nice post. But I gotta chuckle a little, We gave up going to garage sales because we don't have room for other peoples junk because we have so much of our own.

and people seem to want a fortune for thier junk and won't pay a fortune for mine...LOL

Carl

Marie said...

HermitJim--It works out for both parties that way... :) I really don't remember the last time I hit a garage sale, but these were all in the neighborhood, and we were going somewhere anyway, so there was no walking involved...all adds up to buying something, I guess. Hopefully we'll get good use out of everything, so it will not have been for nothing and turn into trash for us. Thanks for your comment!

Carl--Yeah, I don't usually go to garage sales--amazing how many things I can find to buy just because they're not expensive that I really wouldn't have thought of buying otherwise. Hopefully I'll get these in a state to use them. As for our own stuff, we haven't had one because we tend to use everything until it wears out completely, or I figure, one day I'll need that....so not really a garage saler as a rule. Thanks for your comment!

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Marie said...

Jonson--Thank you for your kind words!