first yard sale day of the season

and was it beautiful. the perfect day for yard sale-ing. not too windy or hot. or cold. sunny and a whole group of sales in one hood. fantastic.

best of all i got some stuff i actually needed, as opposed to previous years when i got STUFF for STUFF'S sake. instead i was very careful, spent very little money and really scored.

i got a blender, mine is making this very very loud crunching, grinding noise when i use it. and it is starting to spew black bits out the bottom. i think its dying. so today i found a new to me blender 3.00 dollars with a glass base. old style. it remind me of my gramma's kitchen which had the unfortunate color choices of avocado green and orange with yellow. very very ugly. the blender how ever is perfect! loves it. i also got a rust orange sweatshirt, woman's cut but still comfy. 100% cotton. and a very cute made in india skirt with a nice print in white. very good for summer and with tights will take me into fall. the color goes with tons in my small wardrobe. i got a couple of magazines too. just for easy reading.

this downsizing thing is hard to put together with my love of garage sales. but i figured something out. replace with better and for every one thing i buy or receive get rid on one or two things. so far so good. and i keep going with the big give-away because... well, i dont want to move it all. i want to move and to own only the belongings i truely love or actually need.