September 23rd

perfect, perfect day for garage saleing...warm, breezy and mild...
spent $7.25
we had a great time today, super-successful for Joe who bought all today's cuuh; all my fun was in the looking

• electric hot pot--$2
• butter bell (stoneware piece for storing butter at room temperature)--$1
• pocketbook, The Big Red One--50 cents
• bag of 3 brass hooks--75 cents

• squirrel cage fan with nice rheostat--$3

September 16th

balmy day, just gorgeous

spent $19.20

had a great time today

• white cloth bag--free
• 2 cups--50 cents/both
• sunglasses--1
• pair of flannel pajamas--25 cents
• pair of plaid flannel pants--25 cents
• peace symbol necklace--10 cents
• 2 pr wool socks--25 cents/both
• 2 pkgs adhesive dots--10 cents
• absinthe spoon--15 cents
• seat wrench--10 cents
• 2 cat-themed switch plate covers--25 cents/both
• roll of no-slip cushioning material--$2.50

close-up of the cups

• garment bag and 2 salesmen's cases--$6/all

• cloth bag--25 cents
  

  pocket book, Boeing 707--25 cents
  

  everything else in photo--$4.25

  
  
  
  

• 6 beautiful silk shirts (in Joe's size)--3/all
  

August 19th

nice cool and partly cloudy day--a perfect day for sale-ing...

spent $15.95

Gail's sister, in town from Chicago, rode with us today. Some good sales and I think everyone had a good time

• plant propagator (for rooting cuttings)--$1
• Berlitz Spanish tapes with multilingual translator--$10
• 3 plastic jar lids--25 cents
• books (found the propagation book at the sale after buying the propagator!)--$1/all
  
  

• large black pencil--10 cents
• 9v adaptor--10 cents
• beautiful piece of hand carved teak from Thailand--$1
• 3 stainless grapefruit spoons--25 cents/all
  
• canvas bag--10 cents
  
• 3 pkg velcro, some piping, 2 pcs fabric--40 cents/all
  
  

• books (including the very cool book about Rome, modern photos with overlays showing how it all looked during Roman times)--2.25/all
  
  

• cotton flannel shirt with corduroy trim--10 cents
  
  
  5 pins featuring CO towns and cities--50 cents/all

I started the day wearing the pin from Cheyenne Wells which we were given during a visit we made to the town last Wed. When I found the other pins for such a reasonable price, I added them to the pocket with the CW pin--perfect!!!

Bonus Video--which has nothing to do with cuuh...

Joe discovered a very busy yellow jacket nest in the hell strip (between sidewalk and curb) in front of our house this week. He set up a tripod, zoomed in and recorded a little of the action. Press play and enjoy the fact that these nasty creatures are not buzzing around your yard! Spraying with the aim of eradication planned soon.

August 14th

sunny and breezy, cool in the shade and a bit hot in the sun

spent $3.50

not one of my stronger days, only had the energy to shop at about half the sales, the other half I waited in the van--still managed to find a few good deals though!

• 3 bags: canvas tote, nylon sports and netted backpack--30 cents/all
• 3 picture frames--30 cents/all
• drink shaker top--10 cents
• breaker (turned out to be broken)--25 cents
• 2 heavy webbed belts--20 cents/both
• pkg disposable mixing stix--10 cents

• plaid flannel shirt--25 cents
  
• very nice pair of ski pants--$2
  

August 5th

hot day, but a cool breeze really helped, especially if you could find some shade

spent $17.25

fun, fun time, Vicki and Fred and their niece followed us in their car, so there was always a "crowd"when we pulled up. Went to mostly neighborhood sales

• 2 fairly large duffel bags--$4/both
  
• old Kansas Wildlife magazines--free
  
• nice cotton blouse--25 cents
  
• 2 small nylon bags --free
  
• lazy susan paintbrush holder--$2
  
• over-artwork light--25 cents
  
• tube of ceramic grease (on magazine w/ elephant)--$1
  
• 3 drinking glasses--75 cents/all
  
• rubbing stone (for smoothing cut tile)--$2
  
• circle cutter, scissors, corner rounding punch--$2/all
  

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  Kenmore sewing machine--$5
  bonus: Ellen's reflection

the machine itself

July 29th

sunny and not too hot today...

spent $8.30

had a fun time today, so good to be out and about !

• 2 aluminium pots (for recycling)--free
• shiny pink bag--free
• 2 softcover books, About Molas and Railroads in Action--25 cents

• box of wire wrapping jigs--5
• 12 pks of coverable buttons--1.20/all
• bags of trim, ric rac and assorted vintage sewing notions--1.85/all
  
  

July 22nd

hot, bright and sunny, however compared to much of the country, not really hot at all...

spent $20.50

had a wonderful day searching for bargains

• jar of flattened glass marbles--50 cents
• pair of glass candleholders--1.00
• glass jar with "bubble"design--50 cents
• 4 pairs of wool socks--$2
• remotes for 2 DVD players (not pictured)--$8/both
• 3 volumes, softcover, Manual of Graphic Techniques--$2/all
• hardcover, Making Glass Beads--$1
• Wilton cake knife--25 cents
• interesting pair of pinking shears--$1
• serving spoon, grapefruit spoon and wooden handled table knife--75 cents/all

• garment bag and 2 nice carry-all bags--$3/all

• cotton shirt--50 cents