A successful day

We had a respectable yard sale yesterday. The bottom line was that we made $340, and since I was hoping for at least $200, I'm pleased. Of course, I wish it was more and I was dismayed that we were left with TONS of stuff at the end of the day. But it was fun to hang out outside on a gorgeous day, meeting neighbors and enjoying the sun.

I was surprised to find myself speaking Spanish almost the whole day. We live in a very economically and ethnically diverse neighborhood, and most of our customers were non-English speaking Latina moms. They obviously don't have a lot of money to spare, so it felt good to practically give our stuff away to the mom who was expecting twins, and to literally give away a packnplay that needs some cleaning to a mom with a 6mos old.

I was also surprised that things I thought would fly out the door didn't, and vice versa. People told me that was true, but boy, is it weird.

And the kids did great! Thank you, Sarah and Markus! They took the kids to the Aquarium, and by the time they got home, most of the incriminating evidence was put away. I am grateful for friends like them.

So now I have bags and boxes waiting for 1) a charity pick up and 2) a visit to the consignment shop. And just a few items made their way back into our move/store piles, too.

Final thoughts: we got a warning from the city for not having a $25 permit to hold a yard sale. We only missed a ticket because the police officer is our neighbor, thank goodness!

And also: WHY WE STILL HAVE SO MUCH STUFF IN OUR HOUSE?

Some photos:

I mean, look at all this great stuff! Much of it didn't sell. 

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