The fabulous sale has come and gone, and I declare it a success! In the end, with the assistance of the internets and my uber-helpful sister-in-law, we ended up putting the "silent" auction bidding on a blog just for the sale and kept it running throughout the event, which meant we ended up with quite a few folks hanging around to see if they won, buying more things while they waited. Which was great!
Many people commented on how original and fun the idea of holding an indoor, invitation only garage sale was, and I do have to say, I highly recommend it. The sale itself was quite festive, actually, even though I spent most of it making change and counting up items. We had priced almost everything in advance and thank goodness for that, since it made my job the night of much easier but if I had not had the help of my aforementioned sister-in-law, I would have been sunk! She fielded questions, kept watch over the house and chatted with folks while I was immobile at the check-out table, adding as if my life depended on it!
Eventually, we sold all but two items in the auction and massive amounts of other miscellaneous goods, though we still ended up with several carloads for the thrift store. Since a large portion of what we took originally came from the thrift store, we have invented our own kind of Goodwill rental program!
So the last few days have been a flurry of donation runs and folks showing up to cart off the big pieces of furniture they "won." In general, folks have been prompt about picking up their purchases, and my house is emptying out rapidly. This is great for me, but bad for my boys, who are not dealing with the loss of possessions very well, even if the vast majority of those possessions were not theirs. In fact, now this house is filled with only toys, beds, and a few other assorted boxes, so it could be a kid's play land, but instead my children are in mourning. I'm sure I will get there, too, some time, but for now I am too busy reveling in the heady fumes of being done with one more big item on my endless to do list!
Many people commented on how original and fun the idea of holding an indoor, invitation only garage sale was, and I do have to say, I highly recommend it. The sale itself was quite festive, actually, even though I spent most of it making change and counting up items. We had priced almost everything in advance and thank goodness for that, since it made my job the night of much easier but if I had not had the help of my aforementioned sister-in-law, I would have been sunk! She fielded questions, kept watch over the house and chatted with folks while I was immobile at the check-out table, adding as if my life depended on it!
Eventually, we sold all but two items in the auction and massive amounts of other miscellaneous goods, though we still ended up with several carloads for the thrift store. Since a large portion of what we took originally came from the thrift store, we have invented our own kind of Goodwill rental program!
So the last few days have been a flurry of donation runs and folks showing up to cart off the big pieces of furniture they "won." In general, folks have been prompt about picking up their purchases, and my house is emptying out rapidly. This is great for me, but bad for my boys, who are not dealing with the loss of possessions very well, even if the vast majority of those possessions were not theirs. In fact, now this house is filled with only toys, beds, and a few other assorted boxes, so it could be a kid's play land, but instead my children are in mourning. I'm sure I will get there, too, some time, but for now I am too busy reveling in the heady fumes of being done with one more big item on my endless to do list!
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