Jill's Journal: Yesterday we had the mother of all garage sales! Well, maybe not – I’m certain there have been bigger and better ones…but in our world, this one was huge. We sold everything from our couch to socks, from our kitchen table to our sheets, from the girls’ train table to our potted flowers, from laundry baskets to lamps. In short, just about everything but the kitchen sink. It was a CRAZY day.
We started before dawn, at 5am, and didn’t close up shop until 5pm after we’d even sold the heavy-duty folding tables our smaller items were resting on. The girls were such troopers, especially on such a hot day, and made us proud. We had wonderful and unexpected helpers: our friend and neighbor Lee Ann, who we learned is a born saleswoman (she was amazing!), and our friend Gretchen from Louisville, who helped keep an eye on the kids and made sure everyone had lunch (we were so grateful!).
At the end of the day, we were stunned and completely thrilled to learn we’d netted over $2400. Wow! It was a lovely and fitting end to my brief garage sale career – I really do hate them and plan to never have another!!
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