This (commitment to garage sale) may or may not be included in my goals for this year. I'm still weighing it over.
Reasons NOT TO garage sale:
* Saturday is for sleeping in or going to a sporting event
* I probably can live without it
* waste of gas
* breeds a spirit of greediness (see guy who picks up Woody in Toy Story)
* do I really want to be this thrifty? (I have no problem with used, this just sets in when observing too much of my surroundings)
* I'm not very good at it
Reasons TO garage sale:
* but what if I find the perfect.....
* saves lots of wasted money
* teaches my kids to be smart with money
* makes me think ahead
* makes me wait
* God has surprises at garage sales
Cranberry Cheese Ball
15 hours ago
3 comments:
I like the bit about God's surprises, but I still don't think I'd garage sale. No way, no how. It would not get me out of bed.
I limit my garage sale-ing...I have a certain amount of cash and I am looking for certain things. Of course, we all know that some garage sales have things that we cannot pass up-whether we need them or not. (wait, you said that--greed!! Yikes!)
I like your blog.
Susan (the Mrs.)
thanks for stopping by a resting place! and when i came over, i saw one of my favorite topics!! i did a whole series on yard sales last summer - even with some "rules" for it!
i totally go through the same argument with myself every spring. i absolutely LOVE finding "God's surprises" at yard sales, but it does take time, and is something that can become about the stuff. even when the stuff is $1 instead of $20. you'll make the right decision! maybe you could pick 2 saturdays a month to go for an hour? or something like that! glad you liked my playlist!!
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