So we had a huge, gi-normous church-wide garage sale on Saturday. When I say there was a LOT of stuff, it is only because I am at loss of how to really describe it adequately. You know the old saying, "Everything but the kitchen sink?"...we had TWO sinks. It was awesome.
One of my goals was that at 2:00ish, when it was officially over, was to be down to a small enough amount of stuff that it could be taken in one trip to Goodwill. And, I am happy to say, we did it! If you were there all day (which some were), you would have heard the "language" of the event change as the day progressed. I've created a timeline below for your reading enjoyment.
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7:30 AM - "We officially start at 8:00, so we'll still be bringing some great stuff out for the next little bit, ma'm."
9:00 AM - "Anything in particular you are looking for?"
11:00 AM - "Are you interested in that? We'll make you a great deal..."
1:00 PM - "Just make us an offer, we'd love for you to have it..."
1:30 PM - "Everything must go! Everything must go!"
2:00 PM - "Take a box, fill it up. Anything you can fit in that box is yours for $1."
2:15 PM - "Take a box, fill it up. It's yours. Make a donation if you would like."
2:25 PM - "Ma'm, I'll move the orange cones so you can pull you car over here by this table and I will put everything on it in your trunk."
2:40 PM - "How much, you ask? Tell you what...how about $2...unless you load it yourself, then its free."
2:55 PM - "You can take any item you'd like, as long as you also take a couple that you don't."
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We had a great time, raised some money, and made some new friends. It was a lot of work..and fun!
2 comments:
Good job! One trip makes it a perfect sale!
Been there, done that. At the huge church-wide rummage sale I ran years ago a couple of people came at the end of the day with trucks and loaded stuff up to put in THEIR rummage sale. Good stuff.
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