Resale Queen - Great American Yard Sale Plan of Attack 2007

Great American Yard Sale Plan of Attack 2007

Added on 08/06/07 by Betsy 0 comments

Superbowl Sunday is right around the corner people. Time to break out the sleeping bags and bag lady carts.

THE GREAT AMERICAN YARD SALE!!!!

Every year I have a plan of attack, wake at 4am and stand in line for 5 hours waiting for the gates of junker's paradise to swing wide....and every year I am inevitably dissapointed with what I find.

The real fun of this massive yard sale is not in the digging and pillaging through mounds of other people's crap- for me that's just another day at the office.

All I got last year was a Playmobil Mansion, Crib Tents and some well loved pajama bottoms (OK I know that's a little gross but they had South Park print).

The best part is being in line.

When I tell the other mommies at Tae Kwon Do or swmming lessons what I do, they generally say, "isn't that interesting," then take the first opportunity to politely scooch to another seat.

If you can tolerate the smell, standing in a line of 600 people at 7am standing on blacktop in 80 degree heat and Chicago humidity will be the place to be on August 18th.