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.)

Free stuff and getting lei’d

Posted by Meghan in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 9 Comments

Those that have followed the blog for a while know that we have a “season closer” each year. This is sort of silly, since we still hit sales weeks afterwards, but they are less frequent. Since we have covered Olympic … Continue reading

Labor Day luck of the draw

Posted by Meghan in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 2 Comments

Saturday sales didn’t look that great. Labor Day weekend (or any holiday weekend) can be sort of a drag, since most people leave town — including Jenny, this time. Karl was going to come meet me, but since it seemed … Continue reading

Circle skirts and crusty phones

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 14 Comments

We had a limited amount of time for sales on Saturday, but thought we’d get out for a quick run. Conveniently, our first stop was just down the street. I wasn’t sure if it would be that great, but the … Continue reading

Possession is 9/10ths of the law

Posted by Meghan in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 6 Comments

Of course we had to hit up sales, since it was National Garage Sale Day. When was this holiday created? I have no idea, but if we have National Talk Like A Pirate Day — why not. Jenny and I … Continue reading

A glass of Conoco Merlot to go with that SPAM?

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 5 Comments

Last weekend was gorgeous and I had a list of more sales than we’d possibly be able to hit, all in or near our neighborhood. As we set off to hit the ATM around 8:30, Meghan saw a sign and … Continue reading

Owl art and scary clowns

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 10 Comments

How do you get to the point where making owl art out of any possible material seems like a great idea? Really, dried beans? Hmmm. How about pinecones? These were at an estate sale we hit on Saturday. Along with … Continue reading

The customer always comes first

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 8 Comments

Last Friday I saw an ad for something claiming to be a 75-family sale right near my house. I decided to swing by in the afternoon and it turned out to be a church rummage sale — really bad, but … Continue reading

Groceries, bamboo, and rain

Posted by Jenny in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 4 Comments

Last week was beautiful and sunny. Friday was gorgeous! And then Saturday? Rain. Half the sales on the list I’d put together weren’t even happening. The ones that were crazy enough not to cancel pretty much looked like this. We … Continue reading