The Spoils

This year's Great Glebe Garage Sale did not disappoint. After a chaotic morning in which darling Rosie and I went for a walk but she took her sweet time, and it ended up taking 40 minutes, during which loving hubby was freaking out about not getting a parking spot downtown and 'words' were exchanged, we finally found a spot (albeit not close) and made our way into the heart of the Glebe. So, after a week of paying for every $1 purchase with $20 bills, we waddled off with our backpacks full of change and had a terrific day of deal-making and chit-chatting with strangers and old friends.


Behold, our 2008 purchases:

(the darned cat is in the way)

From left to right:

• electric lawnmower ($20)
• cabinet of metal drawers for my seeds etc. ($5 or $2 can't remember)
• lawn edging - never used ($1)
• kiddie tent, to be used for animals ($2)
• rawhides for puppy (free)
• frisbee for puppy, which she can't play with yet ($1)
• electric boat motor ($10)
• Buster cube toy for Rosie ($2)
• all episodes of Twin Peaks on VHS tapes (free)
• little box of ancient fishing flies ($5)
• cool handmade plate, maybe from Mexico or something ($2)
• hummingbird feeder ($0.25)
• large laminated map of Quebec (free)
• ceramic cat teapot for my cat collection ($1)
• shortie Iris ($2)
• cool euphorbia ($5)
• tomato seedling grown by a very sick little boy ($0.50)
• canoe 'foamies' ($2)
• ice cream maker ($3)
• two silver spoons (?)
• a crowbar ($1)
• Bill Mason canoe book - Path of the Paddle ($3)
• Easy to make Outdoor Furniture ($2)
• large yellow wooden crate in which to store our pet food ($10 - with a story)

The lawnmower works great, I have hung up the hummingbird feeder and hubby enjoyed fishing with his electric motor - all in one day. So we made off like bandits, all for about $70.

The crate was a terrific find: we both saw it from afar, but they were asking $30 because it came with a sump pump and 100 feet of hose. As the guy was calling his buddy to see if he could sell just the box to us for $20, a goth-y looking couple came up and expressed interest in the sump pump, so we made a deal - they got the pump for $20 and we got the crate for $10. They had to stuff the 100 feet of hose into a suitcase they'd bought earlier, but it worked out well and we both went on our merry way.

That evening, we took Rosie to her first city party. That dog had never been to the city before, and she did pretty well, all things considered. She jumped on people and knocked over beer bottles and had the runs and barked at the neighbor's pet squirrels and managed to score a hamburger bun, but all in all she was pretty good, and was excellent when I took her for walks down busy sidewalks. I was very proud and will do it again.

I worked outside on Sunday, which was beautiful, and again on Monday, which started out yucky but ended up pretty ok, and managed to get a few things done. I put out my annuals, built a garden gate, and therefore was able to plant my tomatoes. See?

Shots of the perennial garden thrown in for good measure, though it doesn't look nearly as colourful as it should.

That's it for GGGS 2008. We are already making our list for 2009.