OK so it wasn't THAT bad. It was a gorgeous day to be sitting outside from 7:30 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon.

People actually bought most of my crap. Of course we gave some stuff away...yeah big surprise. The adorable twin girls across the street have recently begun to play with American Girl dolls. We had AG stuff for sale. So we let them pick what they wanted. My favorite set of twins needed a new picnic table and much to my delight their mommy took that home when she stopped by for a bit. To be honest I would much rather give my stuff (this wasn't crap this was good stuff...just had it's day in my house and needed to move on) to someone who can use it.

That's what we told ourselves all day. It's a little weird to me to see someone I don't know walking away with my stuff. I almost want to say goodbye to it. (issues again, I know! I know!) But really? What good are those cute little beanie dolls Sam had that were sitting down in the basement on a high shelf never being played with anymore? Yes she used to love them. But no one even looks at them anymore. Isn't it better to see a little girl walking away hugging them? Now they will be loved. No more sitting down in the dark basement on a shelf. I like to imagine them with their little cute faces sitting on that little girl's bed.

I sold all my mugs too, except for one! No more puppy mugs! The woman that bought them was going to let her grandchildren use them when they came over. Isn't that better than being cursed at every time I opened that cabinet? (which by the way is breathing a sigh of relief now as I type). Friends stopped by to shoot the breeze (and to secretly check and see if the mugs were gone too I think!) We all ate pizza for lunch sitting on the curb with our neighbors and laughed at each other as we definitely got swindled by a few savvy garage sale experts. Not to mention the Iced Tea Sale was a big hit. Kids made about $25.....not bad at 25 cents a cup! How could you resist those faces? What a racket!