Garage Sale Purchases over the weekend

Over the weekend, I was finally able to go to garage sales for the first time of the season.  And after using some of the tips I talked about in this article, my wife and I were able to find some great deals.  I spent about fifteen minutes on Friday scouting out the Saturday only sales and it was definitely worth it.  Here is what I ended up spending money on:

Black and Decker Cordless Trimmer - $5
Two Ramps (Used for oil changes) - $10
Professional Grade Weed Sprayer - $2
Horizontal Bread Maker (Which will be given away to a relative) - $5
Cooking Book - $1

Those were the main purchases.  I believe there were two others as well but I honestly don’t recall what they were as they were small items (Totaling around $1.50 overall).  Overall we ended up spending $24.50 at about ten garage sales.

The only items that I was able to actually haggle the price over were the ramps and the cordless trimmer.  It was at the same garage sale and the person selling the items sold both $5 below what he was asking.  For the trimmer, I was ready to walk unless he would take $5.  I actually have another trimmer that I bought two summers ago that cost $30.  The problem is that trimmer is electric and I need to get an extension cord to use it.  While I am not sure what I will do with it (Possibly Goodwill), the new one is so much easier to use.  Instead of having to drag the cord around the cord, I was able to get it for a cheap price.  If he had stayed at $10, I would have been fine with what I have.  But he gave me a great deal.

As mentioned above, I had been in the market for two ramps when changing oil.  My father in law basically taught me over the last year or two how to change my own oil and bought me the supplies for my birthday during the winter.  I finished up my third official oil change by myself this weekend and the ramps will come in handy.  It is a huge time saver over jacking up both sides of the car, which for those who have done it, know it is a great time.

The weed sprayer is a bigger container and should allow me to buy weed concentrate that can be diluted to save money.  I really have to look into this a little more but from what I have seen, it should help prevent weeds in my lawn.  Since the lawn of my neighbor looks excellent, I have to step up my game in lawn care.  For real, I would like to make my lawn look nice so hopefully this can help.

My wife and her family feel that a horizontal bread maker is like finding lost treasure.  Considering we have seen multiple bread makers already (This really is a hot item on the garage sale market), I expect to see many of the horizontal models.  If so, we can find even more treasure!  Regardless, this will not be staying in our house as it is a gift.

The cooking book was in good shape and seemed to have a lot of good recipes.  It should be something that we can definitely get a $1 use out of.