missed photo op!
we had a stoop sale yesterday.
think.....yard sale - brooklyn style.
words will completely fail to convey the uniqueness of this experience.
it was a block event.
okay....only 5 families had stuff out.
visualize if you will:
two picnic tables in front of our house.
plates, books, clothes, baby stuff cover the tables.
then underneath....bins.
i brought out all the bins of storage (for kids' clothes).
there were about 6.
i went through each one and divided them by size (for interested parties to peruse and purchase said adorable items), what to send to cousins, what to donate to charity, and what to take to consignment shop....and what might actually fit my children.
we were set-up from 9:30 to 2:30.
i had spent friday in the basement sorting and organizing for our "grand event."
i had one gentlemen ask me if i had any suits for kids.
ummmmm......nope.
$2 on kids books.
$1.50 on novels.
$1 on glass bowls.
i made $4.50....total.
peanut (5 year-old) sold lemonade.
he made $9.
maybe he smiles more.
or maybe it is his sales pitch:
"fresh squeezed lemonade. we just made it. get it for a dollar."
(said in a full-out yell for all to hear)
no wonder he ran out and i just boxed it all back up and put it right back in the basement. and this is why a picture would have just been so much better.
here is a picture of someone else's sale.... i didn't have vinyls to sell... maybe that would have helped.
all in all we did have a great day hanging out on our block and saying hi to all our neighbors. it made it worth it! sort of... it would have been nice to make $20 bucks and get rid of some stuff from the basement, but neighbors are nice too!
think.....yard sale - brooklyn style.
words will completely fail to convey the uniqueness of this experience.
it was a block event.
okay....only 5 families had stuff out.
visualize if you will:
two picnic tables in front of our house.
plates, books, clothes, baby stuff cover the tables.
then underneath....bins.
i brought out all the bins of storage (for kids' clothes).
there were about 6.
i went through each one and divided them by size (for interested parties to peruse and purchase said adorable items), what to send to cousins, what to donate to charity, and what to take to consignment shop....and what might actually fit my children.
we were set-up from 9:30 to 2:30.
i had spent friday in the basement sorting and organizing for our "grand event."
i had one gentlemen ask me if i had any suits for kids.
ummmmm......nope.
$2 on kids books.
$1.50 on novels.
$1 on glass bowls.
i made $4.50....total.
peanut (5 year-old) sold lemonade.
he made $9.
maybe he smiles more.
or maybe it is his sales pitch:
"fresh squeezed lemonade. we just made it. get it for a dollar."
(said in a full-out yell for all to hear)
no wonder he ran out and i just boxed it all back up and put it right back in the basement. and this is why a picture would have just been so much better.
here is a picture of someone else's sale.... i didn't have vinyls to sell... maybe that would have helped.
all in all we did have a great day hanging out on our block and saying hi to all our neighbors. it made it worth it! sort of... it would have been nice to make $20 bucks and get rid of some stuff from the basement, but neighbors are nice too!
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