the thrifty ba

i dont think we have good yard sales in my neighborhood. maybe because we are a new-ish neighborhood. maybe it is because we have had crap for weather for most of this spring and summer. but this saturday changed my attitude.

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i dropped my kids off at a church activity and was planning on going to smiths for a few things then head home and wait for them to finish.

and then i saw them...

yard sale signs.

the arrows made finding them so easy (im TERRIBLE at directions!).

the tables were in the front yards (i hate doing too much exercising).

and i had some cash on me. (dont tell the husband!)

the first place had these beauties just sitting there without tags. when i asked the lady, she said 'oh, those are just my mom's. how about 50 cents each?'

they didnt leave my arms.

the next one i found (on the same street, making it very easy for me not to get lost!), had these blocks just sitting out, again without a tag-but still in the store plastic. a cute little 10 year old girl saw me and said 'i will ask my mom how much that is if you want it.'

again 50 cents.

i should have played the lottery today.

the last, but not least garage sale had a million dollars worth of stampin up and other craft stuff. i ended up spending $2.40 cents on all this! the lady said she never used the tag maker, so she couldnt even show me what it does (oh, dont worry-I KNOW!) and all the metal brackets for tags were brand spankin new! i dont scrapbook much anymore, but i do paper craft. and i love love love tags. the washer things i might make into necklaces. i dont know, but for 10 cents, i dont care.