Yard Sale Treasures

I stopped at a few yard sales on my way home from the gym today, and found the usual "treasures"...a few books for the grandkids and a cute sweater for my granddaughter. But sometimes I find even better treasures. Last week we found an Exersaucer for our granddaughter for just $3.00 and some Leap Pad books for our grandsons for just $2.00 each, plus another Leap Pad book for $3.00, so now we have one book for each of the three grandsons.

But there have been other treasures found with an actual monetary value...like the antique furnace clock I bought for 25 cents, and sold on ebay for $150, or the vintage model car I purchased for 50 cents and sold for $30. Or the little milk glass cups I purchased for $1.00 and sold for $45. I don't find these kind of treasures every day, but it is sure fun when I do.  I usually have no idea whether or not the items I buy will be worth anything on ebay, but if I see some quirky thing for a super low price, I will usually purchase it just for the fun of finding out.

Then there are the items I have found when I really needed or wanted them, and which I have considered a "God thing" when I do find them...like the time when I was a single parent, and our hanging kitchen light had caught on fire, so we had no light at all in the kitchen, and I couldn't afford to buy a new one. I saw a yard sale sign, but was too tired to stop, but a little "voice" in my head kept telling me to stop, because there would be a light there for me. I argued with the  "voice", and finally gave in, and guess what! There WAS a light there for me, and it was only two dollars, and it worked perfectly. Then there was another time when I was single, and my youngest daughter needed a dress coat to wear to church, because all she had was her stained up play coat. I found the most darling little dress coat that fit her perfectly for just twenty five cents! God often provided for our needs through these kinds of yard sale finds. And sometimes He even provides for our wants. I have been trying to collect green canning jars with gray metal lids, but the cheapest I have been able to find were five dollars each, more than I wanted to pay. Then last weekend, we stopped at "just one last yard sale", and there was a box of eleven of the jars...for ten cents each...and it was my birthday, no less!

So, what are some of your best yard sale finds?  Have you found something you really needed or wanted? Something you were able to sell at a good profit? Something that seemed meant just for you? Let me know about your "treasures"!