Category Archives: Junk In My Trunk

The actual junk in the actual car trunk at the end of a day of saling. (Some photo-styling is allowed.)

Kick Ass Yard Sale, Dude

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Memorial Day weekend sales (or really any holiday weekend) usually equals a few crappy sales and then knocking off early for breakfast. Plus it’s been raining! Sometimes when you expect nothing you are pleasantly surprised when it works in your … Continue reading

Is that laser going to hurt my eyes?

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You know how sometimes there is a theme for the day? Well, this Saturday was the complete opposite, with a ton of sales and a little bit of everything. Recurring guest star Karl came along for a great morning of … Continue reading

Massive day of West Seattle garage sales

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Back in May 2007 (when the blog was like a newborn baby) Jenny and I spent a wonderful sunny day in West Seattle at their annual garage sale day (and both of us wrote about it). For a while we … Continue reading

Snowy spring opener

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We had been excited for weeks about the Phinney/Greenwood Neighborhood Yard Sale day. Excited because we consider it to be our “spring opener,” kicking off the yard sale season into high gear. Excited because it is usually one of our … Continue reading

First sunny Saturday of the year

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We were excited to head out last Saturday morning in absolutely gorgeous weather — it was the first really spring-like Saturday we’ve had. The first two sales we hit were terrible and we wondered if things were evening out from … Continue reading

Two out of three

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Last Saturday we hit three sales total and it was a great day. Sounds strange, but quality over quality turned out to be true for us this time. The first sale was a moving sale indoors and they had tons … Continue reading

Junk in my parents’ trunk

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My parents and sister went to a city-wide yard sale day somewhere in the California Bay Area last month. Yes, last month — even in California, I think scheduling your city-wide yard sale in October is pretty bold! However, they … Continue reading

Saturday’s junk

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In my previous post I didn’t bother to report on what ended up in our trunk last Saturday. It wasn’t the most score-o-riffic day. All I bought was one pair of kids’ shoes, one unremarkable picture frame, a book about … Continue reading