Calvin and I decided we have too much stuff sitting around, taking up room.  So for the past week, I'v egone through the cabinets and cupboards and closets, sorting through what we don't need or use....WOW did I find ALOT of items...

We made up signs, posted them around town, even mentioned it on a few homeschool yahoo groups I'm on.....I decided to up my chances of selling I'll have the garage sale over the next 2 weekends.  What doesn't sell, I'll donate to the thrift store.  I've priced everything pretty low....we want it to sell....We're hoping we can make enough off the garage sale to purchase a few cords of wood for the winter.

Here are some tips for planning a garage sale:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2195737_price-garage-sale-items.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/08/earlyshow/living/supersavers/main628255.shtml

Pricing Guide:

http://www.garagesalesource.com/articles/garage_sale_pricing

MY tips:

Don't leave stuff in boxes - set it out and sort it out - by sizes

Clean the dust and dirt off items

You have to let go of what YOU paid for it - if you paid $20 for something 5 years ago, it isn't worth $20 now.

Keep the dog inside...and the kids (if you can)....but little babies are so cute and attention getters

I've heard offering drinks and snacks helps, but never done it.

Go to a few garage sales yourself beforehand, and note their prices....while some clothes might only sell for $1, name brand (Gap, Columbia, Old Navy) will sell for more...

To encourage the kids to part with items, tell them they can have some of the profits to buy something new (I did this, and my kids agreed to get rid of about half their books and toys!)

God Bless and I'll let you know how we do.....

Hope