It's Over!

The garage sale is over.

yay

We were all so loopy by around 2 o'clock today that we were literally "giving" things away.

These things are exhausting...let me tell you.

I had such a sense of relief when the truck drove away filled with all of our things that did not sell. We were donating the remnants of our two day sale to a local charity...and, it made us feel so good.....not only to be sending our things off to be used by people who really needed things....but, because it signified the end of two l-o-n-g days of schmoozing and selling.

Garage sales can be so interesting....you find yourself talking with folks that you might never come across otherwise.

We met so many interesting people....there was the little girl with Down Syndrome who was trying on all of the adult shoes for sale ( we gave her several "little girl" items)...there was the Oriental family who had just finalized their adoption overseas of their beautiful son ( a cute stuffed animal went to him!)....there was an elderly woman who spoke of her beloved husband who had recently passed away...and, her grown son who was so sweet as he accompanied her to the sale....there were the bargain hunters who really "worked" us to get our prices down even lower....there was the elderly woman who purchased some items that she later told us were for the homeless people (we ended up donating several items to her)...there was the large group of firemen who came by the sale (hopefully, no one was needing their services at the time!)....there was the old acquaintance who had just gone through a divorce...I sent her home with several of my "getting through divorce" books for free.....there were the antique dealers who purchased many of our lower priced items and had plans to resell them at their booth at a local antique show (and probably make a fortune!)....and, finally, there were just good old plain ordinary folks who worked hard for a living and were trying to make the most of their paychecks....

It was quite an experience for us all.