Adios 2020!

2020 is almost over - Thank God!   Even how overall crappy this year was, I managed to get some deals that made me happy.  Here is some of my favorite buys (and an awesome freebie) I scored in 2020. Three out of the four came from people posting stuff for sale on Facebook.

My usual flea market that I sell at nearly every weekend, never opened in 2020.  So I had to explore other selling options.  There were a few random fundraising yardsales I sold at (Humane Society yardsale etc) and I was able to sell about twice a month at a firehouse fundraising yardsale.  It definitely was a smaller venue but in some ways it was better than the larger flea market.  Since there was a smaller number of sellers allowed, the customers spent more time at your table/space rather than being in a hurry to run off to see what the other sellers had.  At the large flea market, there is a lot of territory to cover, so customers sometimes seem like they are in a rush to see what else they are missing.  

$25 - a super heavy duty rolling cart.  The person who sold it to me said it came from a grocery store.  I use it in my kitchen pantry to store stuff.

FREE - I got this awesome Kitchenaid Blender with attachments totally free.  The person was moving and just wanted to give it away.  It was the second time the person had listed it- the first time someone already claimed it but never showed up to get it.  So the person posted it again, and I said "I'll be right over"

.50 yardsale find.  A Lefton Miss Priss cat creamer.  My Aunt Kate had the cookie jar and it really made an impression on me as a kid.  I just loved it.  I don't know what happened to it when she died.

$50 gently used gas grill with tank.  Our current gas grill was starting to have problems so when I saw this one - which also included a half full tank (not in picture) I knew it was a good deal. 

And finally, here is a picture of me enjoying Thanksgiving at my sister's house.  Yes, the year that all the "experts" were saying not to travel for Thanksgiving - I flew to upstate New York.  I have not been to NY for Thanksgiving since 1988 I think.  Really.  I had booked a $39 flight on Southwest months prior so I figured I would do my part to help the economy.  I am proudly displaying my negative covid test results in the photo. 

Happy Third Quarter of awful 2020

Well we are getting there - every day another day closer to end of 2020. I hope I am not jinxing 2021, but I hope we don't look back at 2020 and think "you know, it really wasn't that bad compared to now".

Yardsales - of course - got off to a rough start in 2020, but they have been slowly getting better. My regular flea market that I normally sell at is still closed, but in the meantime I found a local firehouse that has a yardsale twice a month and in some ways it is much better than my regular flea market.

I spent some time at my mom's in upstate NY recently. Upstate NY garage sales are the best (except when they aren't). I saw this yardsale (pictured above) and got excited over the thought of a combination yardsale WITH wheel barrow rides! How fun! I get there and very disappointed to find out that Wheelbarrow Ride was the name of the street. I am not making that up - there is a street named Wheelbarrow Ride in Malta NY.

Talk to you soon. Happy saling.

Happy Second Quarter of 2020????

It was just a few months ago that I wished everyone a happy first quarter of 2020. And I was complaining about nothing much being new. Luckily everyone at the yardsalequeen castle is staying physically healthy. Mentally?? I may be losing some marbles and desperately need some yardsale fleamarket time for some mental health therapy but that is not happening anytime soon. The flea market place that is my home away from home on Saturdays is taking a year off because of Covid19. I have been selling stuff on ebay, staying busy, eating and then doing more eating. I am planning on visiting my mother in July/August for almost 2 weeks. She really should be living in a nursing home, but doesn't want that.

Let's all hope and pray for a better 2021!!!! I'll check back with you during third quarter of 2020. Let's hope that things get better all over the world.

talk to you soon,

chris

Happy First Quarter of 2020

Well I could have sworn I had posted at least once so far in 2020. I guess not - I'm thinking of 2019. Let's see what's new....not much! My son is now an almost 20 year old grown ass man, he has a car and works at a very nice waterfront retirement community. It's a perfect job for him and he loves it.

I am getting ready to start selling at the local fairgrounds flea market starting in April (It's closed for winter). I bought a She Shed in 2018 and I have it full of stuff that I need to sell.

Oh....and in case you forgot...THE NATIONALS WON THE WORLD SERIES IN 2019!!!! The yardsalequeen household was beyond thrilled. Looking forward to seeing the trophy in person when we go to some games this year.

Spent a lot of this past December and January in upstate NY helping my mom out. She is elderly and her elderly roommate who lives with her, who does all the cooking etc was going away on vacation for 6 weeks. So I got to picked to live back in my childhood home for those 6 weeks. Now, if it was summer that would be awesome since there are great garage sales in the area, but this was wintertime. I still managed to stay busy and find some deals. I am thankful our local library has wifi hotspots to loan out, so I was still able to get online without problems.

My beloved HQ Trivia bit the dust recently. Their final episode was a drunken, profanity laden show, that was interesting to watch and aired after midnight. And of course I lost the game.

I'll be back soon! I promise.