This weekend’s estate sale was incredibly, completely intense. And kind of amazing, but also overwhelming. I think I am fully cured of wanting that first hour first day estate sale experience. Then again, maybe I was just under-prepared and I’ll be ready for it next time.
The wallpaper alone in this sale was worth the crowd and the nervousness, because every.single.room was wallpapered in a delightfully weird pattern. There weren’t the usual sad parts at this sale, but maybe I didn’t notice because I was full of adrenalin.
There was pushing and yelling, and some competitive hoarding by the crowd of mostly male sale shoppers. I was beat out TWICE for a few items I spotted across a room (two metal bar carts!) by men who were grabbing things up and racing through the house with blue tape and sharpies. There was even an argument over a taxidermied baby alligator, but I was not apart of that particular situation. I was standing back and watching, probably with my mouth open.
I found a few treasures overlooked by those greedy antique dealers, including a handful of tarnished silver serving spoons and kitchen-y things, that are now all sparkly thanks to (this is where I start to brag about knowing a secret cleaning trick) a bath of hot water, baking soda, foil and salt. No scrubbing, no harsh chemicals either.
I picked up a few hardback books on gardening and cooking (both include newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes in the margins). I found a little book of funny cocktail recipes too. I do not plan to carry this purse-sized book in my purse, but the publisher actually suggests I should. In a box of crap no one else wanted, I found these golden ornaments. Christmas is going to be real elegant around here, now that we have these GOLD WALNUTS.
Quite possibly the best find of all was a stack of old cotton sugar sacks. Cotton sacks people! I think I’ll turn them into produce bags. I soaked them over the weekend in another secret non-toxic cleaning potion, and now they are fresh and white.
I felt gleeful walking away from that sale, and relieved to be getting out of there nearly two hours after I arrived. I’m just glad I wasn’t trampled. Oh, all my efforts of not being trampled or scammed were rewarded with a pile of reallyimportantuseful stuff for less than $30. I can stop any time I want to, but I do not want!
Can I pre-order those soon to be veggie bags?
Can I pre-order those soon to be veggie bags?
sure you can stop anytime, but who needs that?! we need good deals on good quality stuff!
sure you can stop anytime, but who needs that?! we need good deals on good quality stuff!