I have been meaning to tell you a little about our garage sale.
First of all let me say..I’d rather not have a garage sale! They really do take a lot of time and effort to put together. Many, many hours were spent pricing, sorting and setting up. If you want it to be successful, I believe those things are necessary.
I thought it was very funny that a number of people commented on just how organized my garage sale was!! The kids clothing was all arranged by size and everything had it’s own tag with size and price written on it. Maybe that is going overboard.. I’m not sure! Maybe the organizational challenge changed me!
A few things I learned:
1. When you are setting up wear and apron with a pocket so you can keep the tape and pen handy while pricing items. I don’t know how much time I lost looking for the tape or pen because I had set it down amongst a pile of clothing!
2. Price things cheap!
I noticed myself putting higher prices on certain things because they held memories or were special in some way. But when I looked at it though the eyes of a "garage saler" I could see that they really were not worth that. No one really cares that it was the dress your daughter wore to the hospital when her little brother was born. Especially if it has a stain on it! If it is that special, keep it, if not then sell it cheap.
Remember you want to get rid of these things...they are taking up time and space. If they don’t go you will have to store them or take them to the thrift store yourself. We had one huge exercise machine that we gave away for free. It wasn’t in great condition. It would have been a huge ordeal for us to take it to the thrift store. It was worth it to me to give it away and not have to deal with that hassle!
One man said, "I really appreciate your prices". That made me feel good because it seemed that maybe I was helping people as well as making a little money. I also heard a lady calling a friend on her cell phone to tell her about the kids clothing - most was in great condition and under $1.00 (a lot for 25c)
3. Advertise - The die hard garage salers will be there!
I could go on but Tawra Kellem has a great list on her site. Go check out her article:
How to have a Garage Sale
We did make a little over $200 and we got rained out at 1 pm - Not bad for a days work (actually it was a lot more than a days work...but we still made some extra cash that we would not have made). | 
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