Garage Sale - Success!
What a great turnout we had for our garage sale! First of all, thank you to everyone who donated items for us to sell. Probably about 80-90% of all the things that we had were donated items. Also, thank you to everyone that came out to help and to shop.
It was a neighborhood garage sale, with about 6 streets all involved. We had an incredible turnout of people throughout the whole neighborhood. There were points when I couldnt see a car-free curb in either direction from our house and I couldnt make it from the end of our driveway to our house because it was just packed with people!
Greg and I got up at really early and started setting up around 6:30. The sale hours didnt begin until 8:00 but we had our first customer at 6:45! And right behind him came several others. By the time the sale officially started, I think we made more money than we did all of last year.
We made a sign with our son's picture on it, announcing that all the proceeds of the sale would go towards bringing him home to us. There were so many strangers that wished us good luck in the process and several others who told us that they were also adoptive parents. We got to meet several of our neighbors that we just havent crossed paths with yet. One neighbor who has two little kids even gave us all of her little boy clothes that she didnt sell for us to hold on to until our little boy is big enough to wear them.
It was such a great day. The sun was shining and Greg and I both turned from pastey white to bright red. With every sale, we were reminded of all the generosity of our friends and family and of how blessed we are. We couldnt make it through this process alone and each little $0.25 item that we sold just brought us that much closer to having the family that we always dreamed of.
We still have a garage filled with unsold items. We are going to try to list some things on ebay and we are already thinking about having another sale later this summer. We made almost enough money to cover both of us traveling to Guatemala to pick up our son to bring him home forever. When that little boy is placed in our arms forever, we will think of everyone that helped us get there. Thank you again!
--Annie
It was a neighborhood garage sale, with about 6 streets all involved. We had an incredible turnout of people throughout the whole neighborhood. There were points when I couldnt see a car-free curb in either direction from our house and I couldnt make it from the end of our driveway to our house because it was just packed with people!
Greg and I got up at really early and started setting up around 6:30. The sale hours didnt begin until 8:00 but we had our first customer at 6:45! And right behind him came several others. By the time the sale officially started, I think we made more money than we did all of last year.
We made a sign with our son's picture on it, announcing that all the proceeds of the sale would go towards bringing him home to us. There were so many strangers that wished us good luck in the process and several others who told us that they were also adoptive parents. We got to meet several of our neighbors that we just havent crossed paths with yet. One neighbor who has two little kids even gave us all of her little boy clothes that she didnt sell for us to hold on to until our little boy is big enough to wear them.
It was such a great day. The sun was shining and Greg and I both turned from pastey white to bright red. With every sale, we were reminded of all the generosity of our friends and family and of how blessed we are. We couldnt make it through this process alone and each little $0.25 item that we sold just brought us that much closer to having the family that we always dreamed of.
We still have a garage filled with unsold items. We are going to try to list some things on ebay and we are already thinking about having another sale later this summer. We made almost enough money to cover both of us traveling to Guatemala to pick up our son to bring him home forever. When that little boy is placed in our arms forever, we will think of everyone that helped us get there. Thank you again!
--Annie
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