Another yard Sale tale

Well another yard sale story!!!

Mom and I went yard sales again on Friday and Saturday. We didn't hit too many on Friday because my phone died so we had no way to figure out where to go with the addys we were given. We go to yard sales in another town since ours is tiny and doesn't really have much. I don't recall buying too much that day except 3 good size pieces of different colored fabric. They are really pretty and I think they'd be rather expensive in the store. well their prices were hidden so i ended up paying $15 for them. so that just kind of dampened my mood. Expensive lesson learned I guess.

I circled all the Saturday sales and then went online and found addys and how to get to them from each sale we were going to. It worked out great. Went to about 23 sales that day. Came across quite a few that I hadn't even written down so it was more than 23. At one, I found a ton of old sewing patterns. The little tub thing it was in (there were 4 tub things total) had a $.25 sticker on it but each pattern had a $1 sticker so we asked and the lady said I could have all 4 tubs for $1. apparently the lady who actually was selling the stuff was being mean to the girl who was running the sale so the one running the sale just sold the other ladys stuff for whatever price she wanted. When mom and I got home we counted them up and there are 132 patterns total and I got them all for $1. the mean lady was screwed out of that much money. pays to be nice to people especially if they are helping you out by running your yard sale for you. Ha ha!!!

I bought two tins also so I can put some yarn in it as a holder since i don't want to pay $10 for one yarn holder at hobby lobby. they are biscotti tins so they look kind of cool on the outside actually. gotta drill holes now though. Also bought some crochet hooks so I don't have to keep dragging my others back and forth from home to the apartment. Bought 5 other patterns and some books and a huge box full of craft stuff for $2. I LOVE the house that particular sale was in (the craft box one). if you've ever been to eureka springs, ar...well the house looks like it belongs there. I love Eureka Springs and I'd move there if I could.

I only had $17 on Saturday and when we got done I had $11 so I didn't spend much but the car was packed. Because of my cold that i got last week from yard sales i hadn't gotten much sleep friday night and then mom made me take some kind of cold pill and i was just rather sleepy but thankfully i'm one of those people who can stay awake for a long long time. may not be healthy but i am only 21 and a major night owl.

oh I also bought a ton of cross-stitch stuff even though I don't know how to yet but it is also on my list of things to eventually learn or at least try to learn. so why not get stuff when its there.

mom and i went to the bargains galore on 64 last year (huge yard sale event all along highway 64 in arkansas will be August 13-15 this year if interested) and there was one sale that had a TON of fabric. i didn't plan to learn to sew at them so i didn't get any. i so wish i had now. We plan to go again this year so I hope i can find tons of stuff. The event is just giant. highway 64 runs from Conway to Ft Smith (or maybe even a little further past Ft Smith all in Arkansas). there are yard sales everywhere. you can find antiques of all kinds, tons of craft stuff, movies, books, cds, glassware, etc. some of the homes that have huge yards (because this is the natural state after all and there are tons of places who have cows in their front yard which i guess is why the yards are so big) let a lot of vendors rent space on their yard. in ozark, there are a lot at one of their parks. I think their site said it was 160 miles of yard sales. I'd say that'd be well worth a drive from somewhere else. if that makes any sense.