I had done a garage sale with a couple of our neighbors here a few years ago. It was really fun. In an effort to clear out excess “stuff” that we hadn’t used in years I asked her if she’d be interested in doing another. This time everyone in our “pod” participated, and one couple from another unit did too.
It was chaotic, but brought back such memories of France. Though to be honest, this was truly a Vide Grenier (emptying your attic), not a brocante! We pulled out all kinds of “stuff”…and so did our neighbors. It turned out to be huge! We advertised on Craig’s List and in the local paper, and set the hours from 7am-11am only.
We posted the standard “No early-birds”, knowing full well that early birds can’t read. But we got them. As in the past, we strung a rope across our courtyard entrance and hung signs saying “No Admittance before 7am”. One of these photos shows the line up on the other side of the rope at 6:15am! To keep them entertained we lined either side of the drive with boxes of “FREE take me” stuff, as well as old televisions. By 11am all the FREE stuff, including 5 TVs was g-o-n-e! So glad we only ran it until 11am. There was a steady flow of people the whole time.
Was it a success?
Not money-wise as everything went for nickels and dimes, maybe a dollar or two.
Whatever didn’t go, we loaded in to our Volvo at noontime and drove it to the donation center.
Was it exhausting but loads of fun?
You bet it was!
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