FOUND: Over $100 on Side of Road

by Michele | Jan 24, 2011 | Other

My hard days work summed up in a single comic strip…Thanks, Auntie Robin for sending this to me! I LOL’d and it has a permanent spot on the refrigerator! The Best Kind of Yard Sales to Find…are moving sales…the kind where people are feeling the...

Out with the Old and In with the….well, Old!

by Michele | Jan 18, 2011 | Other

Rock Bottom Sales for a Slow Shopping MonthBlue Kitchen or Desk ChairI found this beauty in someones trash on my way to taking Sammi to preschool one day. Making sure that no one saw me scavenging the garbage, I quickly pulled it out and threw it in the back of the...

Yard Sale-ing + Laryngitis = Terrible Bargaining Skills

by Michele | Jan 10, 2011 | Other

In what ended up being a pretty dismal weekend of yard sale-ing, I managed a couple of good finds but wasn’t on fire with my stellar negotiating skills. I’m thinking my lack of voice might have had something to do with that. I couldn’t use my natural...

The Ugliest Thing I’ve Ever Sold

by Michele | Jan 3, 2011 | Other

I am hoping that selling the most god-awful, ugliest stool in the entire world on New Year’s Day is a sign of good luck for 2011! Because, honestly who would ever buy something like this (besides me, of course…cuz I bought it at a yard sale)? As posted...

From $25 to $400

by Michele | Dec 20, 2010 | Other

Completely FAKE!I have yet to reach or come even close to surpassing my 4,000% profit margin with a FAKE diamond wedding ring set I got for $1 and sold for $40. But, this weekends 1,600% profit margin on a beautiful white Hutch wasn’t too shabby. You might...

Watch me on the Travel Channel!

by Michele | Dec 13, 2010 | Other

Okay…so a bit of an exaggeration. I don’t really know if I will be on the travel channel, but I was filmed for a Travel Channel Pilot program about pickers today while exploring the Monthly Flea Market at the Rose Bowl. I think I spent too much time joking...