House of Hydrangeas

 Well I have to say our first yard sale went really well!  Our grand total for the day was $281.25, which is pretty awesome seeing as our most expensive item was only $40.  I was hoping to just make $150, so when I added up the final total, I was extremely excited! Now for the lessons learned: 1.  Price your bigger items a little higher than you want so that you'll still get your bottom selling price when people start to barter.  I found that it was really just the big items that people wanted to get down in price.  So if you mark them higher to start, customers will feel like they're getting a deal when you lower it, and you'll still make the money you wanted. 2.  Sell with friends.  Our friends, who are also moving soon, brought over their stuff and set up shop as well.  I think it helped having a large amount of stuff out and having big pieces (they had a lot of big items) to lure people in.  3.  If you are having a sal...

If all goes according to plan, Jon and I will be out of Oklahoma within the next few weeks.  Kind of crazy, right?  It's been a little hectic knowing that everything is coming down to the wire, but we're hoping to know something solid by the end of the week.  And because our stuff will be packed up and moved into storage by movers, I'm not as stressed as I would be if we had to do all of the moving/packing ourselves. Even though we're not packing up our own things, I've still been trying to go through each room of the house and figure out what we can get rid of.  There's no sense in storing and moving things that I will ultimately want to give away once we get into our new place anyway.  But then the question arises "What should we do with the stuff we no longer need?" Jon and I usually just donate our unwanted items to the local donation center.  I'd say we've given away about 15 bags of donations and hundreds of dollars of furniture since...