A Garage Sale Shopper Blog

Today was a good garage sale day!

I got the kids up early and went on our way. I didn't tell them I was going garage sale shopping...they only knew that I had an important errand.

Anyway, here is a list of some things we found:
(1) Guinea Pig Care Book and Igloo House - 25 cents
(2) Life Jacket (like new condition) - $1
(3) Toaster Over (New in Box) - $5
(4) Perfection Game (My 4-yr-old was desperately seeking this toy, Retails for $17+, this was our 3rd week searching) - $1
(5) Decorative Flower Clock for daughter's room - 50 cents
(6) V-tech Ultra Girl PC - $5
(7) Levi's Boys Size 12 Jeans - 50 cents

I saw many other good bargains. I passed out some GaragSaleShopper.com cards too.

ANY Garage Sale Shoppers out there?

HEY, ALL YOU GARAGE SALE SHOPPERS OUT THERE!

I need feedback for my website. Is it too boring? Does it need more features? Is it easy to navigate?

I haven't been able to promote the website like I want. If you've been keeping up, you know that I have three children...and for some reason they aren't as excited as I am about going to garage sales?

I was thinking about hiring someone to sit with them on Fridays so that I can go have some fun, but that would really dip into my shopping money.

Oh, well. It's already Tuesday and I haven't sent out any business cards to any of those who are scheduled to have garage sales this weekend. My hope is that I can encourage some to post the details about their garage sales by making personal contact prior to their event.

I'll at least send out 10 tomorrow to see what response I get.

Hey you garage sale shoppers out there. Please visit the site and send some feedback. Thanks.

New Website Coming Soon

I'm working on a new website that hopefully will start pretty soon. It's main target is mothers, being a mother of 3 myself. It is sort of a spin-off from GarageSaleShopper. Again, I have so many ideas.

Also, I'm going to add a new link to my website today. Prompting visitors to give me their input. If you are reading this and want to give me input, please send to a-garage-sale@sbcglobal.net.

Otherwise, please visit the website: www.garagesaleshopper.com.

Thank you.

I went garage sale shopping today ...

I finally went out garage sale shopping today after being on a hiatus for a couple of months while I was developing the website. Even though there is so much to do, I finally feel confident to show others what's out there. I really think it would be a helpful tool. I think us garage sale shoppers would benefit greatly by having a listing what's where? Or would that take the fun out of searching? I think I'll start a poll with that last question.

Today I bought:

1 - a fireplace screen for $8 - I've lived in my home for 10 years without one, so it's about time.

2 - a Thomas Kincaid Notebook/Journal/Pen set for $3. I will be taking the one 10 card/envelope set I bought at Wal-Mart for $3 back for a return.

3 - a ceiling fan light fixture for $3 - I will only be using the "more modern" light shades to update my current ones

4 - a mini trampoline for $5 - This is for a friend; I purchased one for myself at a garage sale about a year ago

5 - six uniform shirts for my son for $3 - Now I'm already half-way prepared for school to start, since I also purchased

6 - a winter jacket for one of my kids;

7 - AND a few miscellaneous things.

The Start of a Garage Sale Shopper's Journal

I've decided to make this blog my journal for GarageSaleShopper.com activities.

I really need to get this website up and running. I have so many ideas, but I don't have the time to implement it. Once I get all the meals cooked, the laundry completed and chores ... I have to steal two hours from my sleep if I want to get some work done on the website.

So, I have about 25 garage sales to visit in the morning (6/9/2006)...and another 25 will be starting on 6/10/2006. I'm planning on handing out some business cards that I got (250 for just $5.21). I was thinking about calling some of the owners who are giving the sales to prompt them to place their descriptions on-line at the website, but I don't have much of a backboe. I fear marketing! I think this is why I'm only looking at this as being my hobby. Although, I have many great ideas that could possibly turn the website into something big - I would need someone else to implement them.

In Pearland, where I live, the sales are posted because we have to purchase permits that cost $15. That's a lot of money for a garage sale shopper! I can have a really satisfying day out shopping with just $15. I guess that's what got me started garage sale shopping - I'm SUPER frugal.

BUT, guess what? I've decided to invest $10 per month into a contest as an incentive for those having garage sales to post their information to my website? What do you all think? (Please comment.)

So, check out the website, http://www.GarageSaleShopper.com, and send me some suggestions. THANKS!