Thursday, September 24, 2009

must-haves at every yard sale

So after my last thoroughly depressing post, (thanks for lightening it up, Nancy! And thanks to Alicia for liking our wacky writings!) I decided to make a list of what we find every weekend at yard sales. Actually, this list was born out of a desire to have a scavenger yard sale, where items we would frequently see at sales would be on a list for our friends to go try and find. We had little interest in the scavenger hunt, so we had to let it go, but here is the list (and keep in mind these are things we have seen at yard sales in our area, not made up ones):
-any incontinence product
-South Beach Diet
-owl (stuffed, made of yard, in a frame, made of shells, feathers, etc. Other animals definitely not as popular for decorating)
-jock strap (used)
-any book on menopause (Gail Sheehy wrote an apparently popular one)
-any book on sensuality (this was fun to see at a catholic church rummage sale)
-doilies
-home made blankets, afghans, etc.
-fake flowers
-bras (used)
-any kind of exercise equipment, from the big (elliptical machine) to the little (Tae Bo tapes, weights, etc.)
-wedding dress (these are always sad to see)
-boat chairs (for some reason, there are lots of these in this land-locked state...haven't figured this out yet)
And the best part has become, when we see these items, to shout out, "South Beach Diet!" to each other. Nancy came up with this fun idea, and the yard salers look at us like we are crazy, which we are!

2 comments:

  1. You forgot duck statues. There are always ducks. They are they 1980s' equivalent to the 1970s' owl.

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  2. A used jock strap? Now I realize how much I am missing out on by not living near you.

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