Second day of yard sale

Sell it at the yard sale 

Hi guys this is my second day doing the yard sale . I had mentioned how I felt about the first day and how I believe I made more money then I thought I would and I still have all my stuff . I have to encourage anyone who is thinking about doing a yard sale to just do it get on with it it works and it's amazing it's my second day and I already made 200.00 bucks with silly stuff at my yard sale I would be crazy not to do another . Here is the continued story ......

I woke up the next day being more tired then the first because of the sun beaming  down I have to give advise if you do a yard sale stay in the shade and drink plenty of water . So Me and my lovely husband started to set things up this time he stays all day for the yard sale and I know have a partner in crime :) 

We set it all up a little different but the same and I was ready this time I thought well I exceeded my expectations on the first day so what ever today brings me will be amazing even if it is only $10 bucks it would of been amazing to me cause I made more then I thought I would make on the first day . The first hr we sold a psp and some games to go with it $80.00 boom already I have $280.00 from these two days and I feel like it hasn't even started yet . I did notice it was slower then the first day and not a lot of people came but that kinda was a good thing I was worn down from the sun the first day and was tired of tear down and set up . So slow was not a bad thing again I sold my old jewelry and some shoes again and movies books and my curtains some anti aging creams that we're new in the boxes . And some other things I didn't think we're going to sell haha . But I was wowed again the second day cause toward the end around three I started counting and we made $400.00 all together for two days of selling small stuff and I still have all my good stuff to sell and I have some more stuff for anouther yard sale or two I might even sell some of the more expensive nicer items on Craigslist or eBay and still do anouther yard sale for the smaller non expensive items to finish it off . I still have a lot to sell to get rid of all my stuff . But I do have to say in just two days $400.00 goes in my bank account to go toward my rv fund and I am super shocked and happy . That almost was way to easy to make money . Since that was easy I have been thinking about maybe even trying to start a career selling at flea markets but first I'll have to try it out and see if it was as good as my yard sale ? So remember when you think you have nothing to sell and you think you won't get a lot of $ for the stuff you do have , that you think is not worth it well think again cause that saying is right one mans junk is another's treasure . ! Well that is my second amazing day at the yard sale and I still have more stuff to sell I am going to get anouther permit and sell some stuff online to so I'll keep you posted on we're we are and how close we are getting on our big adventure of getting rid of our stuff to full time rv thanks for reading .

                Sincerely ,

            Faith and big Mike 

First day at the yard sale

Sell it to start it at the yard sale 

So today I am telling everyone I did my first two yard sales I still got to do a couple more sounds like a lot because it is a lot I am selling everything I possibly  own haha I love it . 

   Ok I am going to tell you what I expected what my outcome was and how I did it .

I started out by tagging everything I boxed up everything and put it in categories then I scheduled a day got my permit for two days cost me 5 bucks me and nabor split it because   I asked my nabor if they wanted to join so they said yes and we maid a plan a two family yard sale and we worked as a team and made about 20 signs around my naborhood   we stapled them to post about a week before the yard sale .We also posted on Craigslist that we were throwing a 2 family yard sale posted some of our nicer items for sale on there so people can see what they maybe looking at and then there is a yard sale app on my iPad I found and that helps pin point all the yard sales in the area to the yard sale  experts  out there that have that app and that helped so much . After  our yard sale advertising we were ready to go and had a day In between to rest before our first yard sale ever . I kept thinking (" no one is going to buy my stuff ? What if people steal my good stuff? What do I charge ? am i only going to be making maybe $75.00  . I do have a lot of stuff though ." ) So many thoughts went threw my mind but bed time came fast and I had to much going threw my Braine , Am I going to be able to sleep ? I asked myself . I fell asleep finally .....

   Before I knew it i opened my eyes and it was morning ! 

Yard sale day I better start it was 6:00 in the morning and if i am going to get it ready for all the early birds I better start now . So I did I grabbed our stuff with my husband big mike and we started putting things in order and put shelves up and tarp on the ground set up the table and it looked pretty good like a out door store in a way . There were a few things I was thinking that was not going to sell like my used fake jewels haha they look tarnished and I wouldn't buy them but who knows one mans trash is another's treasure . I had other items that I thought wasn't good like old books and movies and shoes and purses and old projector and things like that I thought maybe I can sell them but I wasn't going to be making barely any thing on my stuff I thought . Me and my husband had some nice stuff like a glass table , gun safe , some bobs nick nacks , curtains and panels that went with the curtains , a computer monitor and a steamer for your clothes , a digital camera and a dog kennel , a book shelf and a beautiful mantel I thought for sure everyone was going to fight for haha really it was in really  good condition . I had expectations to sell my good stuff and barely sell the other stuff who would want that although I wanted them at one point that is why I had them to sell right and that is why I still put them out . My husband had to leave after he helped set me all up he went to work as planed and my niece only 4 yrs younger then me helped with the rest of the stuff and sat with me for this yard sale im glad i am not alone . So here I go my first customer super excited ready to go with my change in my cute leopard print apron  haha . So my first customer went for the books and movies she tried to buy my movies for 25 bucks keep in mind I had over 150 movies in there and I was selling them for 1 buck a piece and that was my game plan and same with the books . And when she offered that I said I'm sorry there a dollar a piece you can get 25 movies for that price and so she was actually kinda mean and snapped at me got in her car a drove off , but I wasn't doing anything wrong I thought or am I ? I questioned myself man what am I doing wrong and then among my thoughts another customer (#2)walked up to me and said don't let anyone talk like that to you that is a great deal ! As she was picking up the movies she bought a few and started looking at other things but before I knew it I was running around collecting money for things I thought was not going to sell good "wow I thought ".

I took a minute to look around and I noticed none of my so called nicer things were selling it was all my junk that I was selling haha . My nabor mentioned to me how she thought I had some really nice things and that  I was going to make a lot of money . I guess I didn't know what I had till I sold them . I was also selling some soda and my nabor was selling some water that I was there best customer I drank a lot of water while I was doing these transactions . 

Before I knew it time flew by and  it was 3:30 and I was now able to sit and relax I posted yard sale ended at 3:00 and it went a little past but I was ok with that I was making some money . So it's over my first day is done and I have all my good stuff still ? It doesn't look like I sold any thing haha . I still had a ton of movies even though I think that was my best seller there was a lot left ? So I guess I have to pack things away thank good ness I have help my niece helped me so much I gave her a bunch of stuff for helping  . We packed up the stuff in boxes and put it down cellar for tomorrows yard sale . Good thing I got two days I still have all my stuff and I made so much already I counted it I made 200.00 my first day with just junk ? Old jewelry that I thought looked like crap sold well and movies books shoes purses clothes wow I was surprised . All my nicer stuff was still here to sell tomorrow and I still had left over of my crap stuff to sell tomorrow to haha that is how I felt about some of my stuff . Any how that was my first day of the yard sale and i have my second day of the yard sale to talk about but later so for now this blog is to be continued ............

Yard sale my first step of the rest of my life

Hello my lovely friends ,

    I want to start and say thank you for reading my blogs  , And because I know its been some while since i wrote i wanted to give a quick updated on we're we are at now . Tomorrow  i am emptying out my storage or at least trying to work on it so I can bring it here to my apartments cellar so I can pre pair for this  weekends yard sale . I've started tagging things with what I think the items are worth to me but are also willing  to be  talked down in price on a few items of course . I do have a lot to do and I absolutely  want to advertise  starting tomorrow  . This is exciting and hard at the same time to get rid of things that I had for a very long time man how did I accumulate so much stuff . But this is the first step of the rest of my life . Pretty soon time will fly and I will be off in my rv but till then I have to start and what better way then to have a yard sale and get rid of everything I own yes everything except my iPad and some clothes and blankets and  little things . I do have to say I have found things that my farther gave me before he died that I don't want to get rid of like his 1916 old news papers still in the paper bags of the olden days wow there super amazing , and I have to figure out which family member I can ask to help me hold that stuff  for a little while till I figure something else out . I think that is one of my biggest personal challenges . So this saturday is the big day I hope everything sells but I must prepare for the worst that it is possible that not everything will sell in that case I'm giving it away to people that need it and that alone is going to feel amazing . I feel like either way the outcome is going to be refreshing .After this yard sale we plan on saving a little bit more so by the end of sept or oct we will be buying our camper and be able to put a few belongings we have and start fresh with this exciting adventure . We plan on preparing before we leave and we have to still do the solar panels and battery banks . And just check everything  over . I have to say that I also feel that we may dip our feet in first before we go full blown so we know what to expect I mean live in the apt an extra month save and just camp a few days a week so we can prepare our selfs and if we feel we are not ready well we will give our selfs a little more time to build our security blanket $. Anyways it was good writing I guess I'll talked to you all again soon going to do some more tagging and finish some more laundry I'll talk to you guys soon take care . Remember home is where your feet are .