July 7th 2012

Here is what I found that you men might be interested in!

I know a lot of women might like these also but I decided to put it in the Men's section. These were $3 dollars. Does anyone do P90X? Try it with the bands! It's harder than the weights!

I know nothing about telescopes but this one look really nice so I took a picture and asked how much the guy wanted it for it. He said, "$3 dollars". Thinking I heard him wrong I said "what?" Then he said it again... "$3 dollars, I just want to get rid of it. It's going to go to D.I. if you don't take it" THREE DOLLARS?!?!?! I wish I wanted a telescope because this would have been a buyer's rejoice buy if I had. The brand is MEADE. I looked on their site and the telescopes were anywhere from $100 to $350! After I got home I told my husband about this and he said "Why didn't you buy it?!" 

Here is another turkey fryer for $15

This is a brand new traveling golf bag for $20

I always seem to find traps. This one was $5.

Here is a double camping chair for the kids. I know that when my husband edits this he is going to ask me why I didn't buy this. They guy wanted $10 for it. I thought it was a little high and I didn't bother to ask if he would go down. I would have bought it if it were between $5-$7. 

 This shade canopy was $20. 

Here is something I haven't really seen before. This is one of those model airplanes. The lady bought it for her husband for his birthday because he really wanted it but I guess it just turned out to be a fling cause he never used it! She said she paid over $100 for it. She only wanted $5 for it. 

Here is the box. I turned the picture upside down so you could read a little bit more about it. 

If there are any men out there that read this blog I would LOVE to see what kind of deals you find! Email me @ garagesalesrusblog@gmail.com so I can feature you!

June 2, 2012

Here is what I bought for C.J. this week.

I bought  these saw horses. C.J. has been looking for them for a little while. I paid $2.50 a piece. Brand new at Lowes they cost $31.98

I also bought this knife for $1. Once I start giveaways be looking for some of these brand new items I find at garage sales! Yes, I will have giveaways for you men out there!

OOTHER AWESOME DEALS

Brand new LED flashlights for $2 dollars a piece.

Here is some rock climbing gear. The backpack, rope and harness for $10 dollars.

 Need pool supplies?

Here is a pool test kit for $5.00 thats still in the packaging

Here is some pool shock for $3 dollars

 and pool skimmers for $1 dollar!

This bag of charcoal is $1 dollar!

This is a Never been used sink for $5!

Here is a really nice float tube. It had the alluminum bottom and you could even put a little trolly motor on the back of it. It had never been used. The paddles were still in the packaging. They wanted $200 for it. I actually couldn't find anythinglike this online but here is the closet thing I found to it and it is $300!

May 19th 2012

As I have posted about several times in the last few day I have been have some complications with blogger some how erasing my posts. Because I refuse to spend another hour re-writing this post (I am now on my THIRD time writing) here is a new and completely NOT improved summary of my weekend. 

Here is what you need to know. My garage sale day was cut short Saturday. C.J. had a triathlon and I wanted me and the girls to be at the finish line when he crossed.

He finished 5th in his age group and I am so proud of him!

 Because I knew I wouldn't have a lot of time to get out I checked the craigslist garage sale adds to see if anything I needed would be sold on Saturday. I found that there were two bathroom vanities being sold at garage sales this week. So I emailed both listings and explained to them my situation and asked if I could come by Friday. This is a great strategy if you are looking for something particular. By doing this you eliminate the crowd and the chance of someone getting to your item first. I received a reply from one seller and was able to check out one of the bathroom vanities on Friday. Saturday morning I headed to the other bathroom vanity garage sale first thing in the morning. Both vanities were granite counter tops and beautiful but neither vanity worked out. One was too short and one was too long.

 Because I chased the prospect of bathroom vanities I missed out on one the greatest garage sales of all time. Two very popular bloggers here in town, Mandi form Vintage Revivals and Brooke from All Things Thrifty got together to sell their projects they didn't want anymore and projects they had never started on and for whatever reason decided not to finish.  If I had to do it all over again I probably still would have chased the bathroom vanities because of your need for them but that doesn't mean I am not sad I missed out. I was 5 minuted late to the garage sale and there were already 100 people there. As I stood there in awe at all the amazing things I started to notice that EVERYTHING had sold stickers on them. Among the bussel I tried to pick up a few things I was interested in but I couldn't get my hands on anything. Every time I reached out for something I would hear "Oh, thats mine" or "This is my pile." Everything was moving in slow motion and I felt like I was in a terrible nightmare but I was all REAL! I didn't even have time to pull out my camera to take pictures! If you missed out like I did Welcome to the pitty party. Here are a few of the things they sold that I pulled off their blog posts advertising their garage sale.

Vintage Revivals:

Beautiful vintage chair like these

LOTS of frame like these

Plenty of super cute vintage head boards like this one

and this candy red desk, the chandelier and some of the mirrors and frames from this wall collage

 Ok, seriously can this girl decorate or what! I LOVE her style and can't get enough of her. Head over to Vintage Revivals and check out her favorite projects on her side bar for more amazing decor.

All Things Thrifty:

Brooke's hutch turned T.V. cabinet was for sale. This project was one of my personal favorites and one that got me hooked on her site. TOTAL GENIUS! Click here for that project

Her fun dot wall art was also for sale. Click here for that project

I did manage to get my hands on two things. Brooke just lined her walls with sheets of false brick. LOVE it!

  She had a little bit left over so I bought it for $3 dollars and will hopefully be using it for decoration at my brothers wedding! 

I also bought this footboard form her for $10 dollars and like all the other projects in my garage I can't wait to get started on it! Maybe after I get through this craft contest I can kick it into high gear!

Brooke and Mandi are both women I really look up to and I really enjoyed meeting both of them. All Things Thrifty was the first DIY blog I was ever introduced to and has become my go to blog for when I need some inspired creativity and relaxation. Vintage Revivals is a blog I go to and stare at with my mouth wide open and only dream of creating something as amazing as she does. I would be so happy and consider my self the luckiest person on this earth if this blog was every half as successful as theirs. If you haven't already seen their sites head on over there and take a look. You will be hooked just like the rest of us!

Mandi @ Vintage Revivals 

Brooke @All Things Thrifty  

One other awesome deal I bought, my deal of the day, would be two necklaces like this for .50 cents a piece

I bought these thinking I could pull them apart and use them in bows. It wasn't till I got home and took a closer look that I realized they are REAL PEARLS! My mom always taught me that if you scrap the pearl with the bitting edge of your teeth and it feels gritty they are real. Click Here to read about some other ways to test if your pearls are real. They passed every test I tired!

Men, (if any men actually do look at this blog) I am sorry yall are getting gipped this week. I saw lots of good deals for you guys. They had an amazing Man's Swap meet that had everything from camping and hunting gear to car parts, old John Deer tractors and old vintage bikes. Here are two of the best deals I saw this week you might be interested in. 

This boat chair was only $15 dollars!

This seller had boxes of fishing hooks. He was very honest with buyers and told them he was not a fishermen and did not know what they were worth. He was letting people name their own prices on these.

 My husband would have had a hay day!

Hopefully next week I only have to write my week to week post once and you will get a more detailed post about what I found as you normally do.

Thanks for looking!

May 12th 2012

Here is what I found this week that you men out there might like!

These snowboarding goggles were a few bucks a piece. A few of these were Oakley brand. I found these Oakley goggles on online at Oakley.com for $35!

More waders for $10. If you remember last time I posted about these a cheap set of these will run you $100 dollars!

Kayak for $350. It also also comes with the helmet paddle and skirt.

Here are a bunch of binoculars I couldn't get any closer to these cause all the men were looking at them but the guy wanted between $30 and $50 dollars for these. I am not sure what brands they are either so I can't really compare a price. C.J. said that $30-$50 was a little high for a garage sale but better than buying them in the store.

Knives for $5 dollars a piece

Here is another spotting scope. The seller had two of these and wanted $125 a piece.

Here it is from further away. Sorry for the bad picture. If you remember from the last post  I did about spotting scopes these were between 2 and 3 hundred dollars!

May 5th 2012

Here is what I found that you men out there might like!

I bought this LED cap light for $1.  It's never even been opened! Here is one that is similar at Walmart.com for $19.97

These motorcycle boots look brand new and the guy only wanted $25 for them! Here is the exact same style of boot online at www.mavericks.net on sale for $195!

This spreader was only $1! The cheapest spreader at Walmart is $49. 99

These two traps were only $5 dollars! Thats $2.50 a piece!

Here are some Kreg jigs! I just did a tutorial on my farm house table that I used these for! Click Here to see that tutorial. They guy wanted $5 a piece on these! Great deal if your plan of following that tutorial!

This is an outdoor turkey deep fryer. The seller wanted $20 for it. Here is a new one at Direct Camping stoves for $59.00

These Wrangler boots were brand new! They were still in all the packaging and the box! The seller only wanter $25 for them! Have you looked at Men's boots prices lately? They are several hundred dollars. Check out these prices online at Canveders

This water hose was only $5 dollars.

April 28th 2012

Here is what C.J. found this week.

He bought this tire inflator with the gauge for his air compressor for $2 dollars

This Air soft gun with all the bb's was only $3

C.J. also bought this Under Amour draw string bag for .50 cents. Its reversable too! Here is the exact same one on underarmour.com for $12.99 

OTHER AWESOME DEALS

Callaway golf bag and clubs for $75. Callaway golf bags can get really expensive and just the bag alone will cost you upwards of $150 dollars. Here is one that is really similar that I found for $149

 Black and Decker blower for $40. It still had the instruction manual attached to it! Here is the same on I found on Lowes.com for $99.00!

 These waders were only $10 dollars. Here are some I looked up at Cabelas.com on sale for $129!

Here is another pair for $5!

This pull up bar was $3. We bought ours for $30!

Here is something we are so jealous of. We want to do a fire pit in our back yard EXACTLY like this one! This guy sold this one for $50 dollars! I wish we would have gotten there a little bit earlier!