Junk of the Week #10

5" Captain Jack Sparrow Doll - $0.25
Thomas the Tank Engine Backpack - $0.50*

*Not Pictured*


It's like the pickings get slimmer every week. I don't know what's going on. But I really like my li'l Jack Sparrow doll and my nephew really REALLY liked the Thomas the Tank Engine backpack I bought him, so I guess it was worth getting out of bed. Eventually. I forgot to reset my alarm and overslept by an hour.

No junk next week, I'm having my own yard sale. Hopefully I can get rid of this stuff and make room for newer stuff. I don't even care if I make any money.

Okay, I care a little bit.

Junk of the Week #9

Book shelf - $4.00
Spruce scented Candle-lite Candle - $2.00
Candle, plate & rocks - $1.00
1981 Football Jersey Smurf Plush - $.50


Sorry about the crappy photo, people I pretend read this stuff. My living room is full of stuff for my own yard sale and boxes of books that need sorted out, so this is the best angle I could get.

Nothing much to say. I spent more than I usually do with less to show for it. I really need the bookshelf, though. It's been a pain in the ass finding somewhere to put it, but I think it's gonna work out okay.

And I needed the candle plate, too. I like to burn those big three-wick pillar candles in the fall and at Christmas time, but I don't always pay enough attention to them and there's a nice size puddle of green pine scented wax stuck in my carpet from the last one that over-flowed. I do plan to clean that up some day.

I don't usually pay more than a dollar for candles at yard sales, but this one smells fantastic, and Candle-lite candles can get a little pricey, too. Not as expensive as Yankee Candles, of course, but not $2 a piece, you know.

And the Smurf? I just like Smurfs. I think this one must have been on a shelf or something for the last twenty eight years, he's in practically new condition, though he's missing something that velcroed to his hand. Most likely a football.

So that's it. Another week with a mostly sucky selection. We even gave up early, partly because my nephew was with us and he was getting bored too. Even though my mom bought him a ton of toys. She could barely fit it all in the van. I don't know how my sister keeps from choking her sometimes, really.

Junk of the Week #8

"Island Mango" Yankee Candle - $1.00
"Kiss the Girls" hardcover by James Patterson - $.50
"The Dark Half" paperback by Stephen King - Free

No, that is not the floor of a casino, that's my bedspread. A yard sale find from last year. I love it, the crazy colors relax me for some reason.


Anyway...

Sigh. Another lame week. We found a lot more sales than we did the previous week, of course, but nobody had anything good. It was very frustrating.

The free book was cool. The lady was just piling stuff on the curb she wanted to get rid of because people were driving by looking for a yard sale that was in the paper but was never set up. And it gave me something to read while I sat in the van at all the other lame sales we stopped at that I could look at in three seconds but my mom had to peruse for five to ten minutes each.

The island mango scented candle was a good buy, I'll say that. That size Yankee Candle is usually, like, fifteen to twenty dollars. I don't know how the people who make Yankee Candles sleep at night. Other than on a huge pile of money. That smells like fruit.

And I got another James Patterson book. I like Patterson. I can read his books in, like, five hours, and there's always that twist at the end to make it fun. I once read one of his books in the large-print edition, it felt like I was tearing through it at a page a second.

Okay, that's all I've got for this week. I really hope this yard sale season picks up soon. It's not like I've got room for a lot more junk, or money to buy more junk, for that matter, but still, I feel like I'm wasting half my Saturdays lately.

Junk of the Week #7

Set of 3 Christmas Mice - Paid for by my uncle
Bag of 100 Vanilla Scented Tea Light Candles - $1.00


Ugh. Slim pickin's this week. I went out to some sales Friday around town but didn't find much but the candles. Actually, okay, I DID find some Stephen King books I wanted, including the ever illusive hardcover IT, but they wanted more than I was willing to pay ($15 for the hardcover and $1 for the paperbacks, I don't like to pay that much for used books if I can help it) so I didn't get them. I was in a really shitty mood yesterday for some reason, so I got pissy at myself and went home after an hour.

There were hardly any sales about today, what with it being July 4th and all, and the sales we did find pretty much sucked. Did come across those Christmas mice, which are a little bigger than most of the ones I have but so what. My uncle paid for them before I could go back to the van for my money. We mostly just drove around for three hours and then went to Wal-Mart and McDonald's, which I think is a pretty apt way to celebrate our country. :)

I'm running low on both money and gas, so no trip to flea market this week. Besides, my apartment is all torn to shit right now as I clean out my closets and prepare for my own yard sale, which should hopefully be at the end of the month. I suppose I should stem the incoming tide while I deal with what I have for now.

Here's hoping next week makes up for it.