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Saturday’s scores — edible and otherwise
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Meghan summed up our Saturday pretty well in the last post, but I wanted to chime in and talk about some of the cool stuff I got. From that one amazing sale in the mostly-empty house I scored three pairs … Continue reading
Man oh (Olympic) Manor
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There is a cool neighborhood near us called Olympic Manor, which is filled with incredible ’50s modern houses and, more to the point, has an annual yard sale day. Every time we’d drive by Meghan would ask me, “When’s Olympic … Continue reading
Labor Day weekend: not the best weekend for sales, but …
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Through our extensive years of yard-saling we have determined that the Saturdays of holiday weekends (Memorial Day/Labor Day) generally don’t have a ton of sales. Furthermore, the sales that are there are often lame. But did this keep us from … Continue reading
Scanners can suck it
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With Jenny out of town, I asked Leslie if she wanted to drive over to Ballard to hit some yard sales. I had printed out some sales and one of them was listed as having hundreds of patterns, antiques, vintage … Continue reading
Drill team sale and basement shuffleboard
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I had received an email about Fred & Barb’s annual “Green 55” garage sale, with Lizretros and Leslie as participants. After going to a few of their previous sales and always getting something good (or at the very least getting … Continue reading
Double-guest-star day
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Beautiful day in Ballard on Saturday with TONS of sales. I had put together a printout listing four pages of sales, and after four hours I don’t think we even got to any of the sales on the 3rd and … Continue reading
Crusty-fabulous estate sale
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I decided to check out an estate sale this morning. When I walked in, I thought it was going to be a dud. The family was running the sale and they weren’t very organized. They were still sorting through stuff … Continue reading
Adventures in No-Sidewalk-Land
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Just by chance I ended up finding out about the Crown Hill Neighborhood Sale on Saturday. We were intrigued, even though nearly all of this area is devoid of sidewalks, and as faithful readers know, our extensive years of sale … Continue reading