Tomorrow's garage sale

Preparing for Tomorrow's Garage Sale -- Talk about a love/hate relationship, IMHO garage sales are one of life's most difficult and demanding projects. I know that contradicts what some say about how great it is to clean out your closet and that maybe it brings you some extra money, etc., etc.

BUT --- it's a LOT of WORK!

I usually try to avoid holding them by donating items throughout the year to AMVETS. However, it looks like we'll be moving near the end of next month and it is imperative that we CLEAR THE DECKS of as much JUNK as possible! And quite frankly, we can use the present CASH instead of the deduction on next year's income tax.

For the last two weeks we've been parking my car outdoors so that little by little we can put the goods in the garage until tomorrow. Even so, a lot needs to be gathered up today.

Some of the things I don't like are
1.) sitting around all day waiting for customers to trickle in
2.) bickering with people who want stuff for nothing
3.) collecting the goods and setting up the tables
4.) pricing everything

Some of the things I do like are
1.) chatting with people, especially neighbors, who stop by
2.) being outside and feeling warm and maybe getting a bit of a tan; in fact I'll even settle for a little sunburn!
3.) okay, I admit -- I hope we make enough not only to pay for the newspaper ad ($24.95) and our lunch, but maybe to have some fun later on.
4.) clearing out the stuff we're not using and haven't used for years!

If you have any ideas for how you've had successful garage sales, please let me know!