May 27th-Bonus Saturday Garage Sales

Weather: hot and sunny

Remarks: started out the day with several "wild goose chases" in which we couldn't find the sales...the ones we did find today were offering mostly newer stuff which isn't all that interesting to us--we vastly prefer vintage cuuh! But we did manage to find a few good deals, and it was a beautiful day to drive around, so all-in-all, a great day. The real fun, however, began when we got home and arranged the cuuh for photography. We decided to photograph the golf umbrella we bought open, as a backdrop to the other stuff. Well, that was a big hit with the boys! They were fascinated with the umbrella. After the photography session we put the open umbrella on the floor so they could check it out more closely, and Rita joined Attie and Felix in the fun. Instant cave! And there was an oscillating fan sitting just behind where we put the umbrella, which made *shadows* on the back of the nylon as it moved!! Such fun!!

Amount spent: $7.70 ("overlooked items" included in this total)

Felix checking out the umbrella...




Atticus is interested also...



After checking out the umbrella, Atticus checks out the camera!

• umbrella-$1
• 2 red "velvet" boxes with satin lining-25 cents each
• black watch box (not very visible in this picture, but you can see it in the first one)-25 cents
• 2 glass vases-25 cents each
• 4 glass bowls-50 cents each
• engineering notebook (full of graph paper)-10 cents
• 2 glass cheese shakers-25 cents each
• stainless letter opener-10 cents
• stainless spoon, very rounded bowl-25 cents
• bottle of white dimensional fabric paint-25 cents
• tube of E6000 glue-25 cents
• blue plastic CD rack-25 cents (this is actually from last Sat, I forgot to include it)
• "Tales of Tom Kitten" B. Potter hardcover book-free (this is from yesterday, again, I overlooked it)
• pie-edge fluter-50 cents
• covered square glass dish-50 cents
  
• small round stainless canister and cup (in front of it)-50 cents for both
• old-style kitchen timer-50 cents
• 3 metal picture frames-25 cents each

May 26th

Weather: hot and sunny

Remarks: one of the sales we visitied had a momma cat with 4 kittens about 2.5 weeks old. Their eyes had just opened and they were incredibly cute. 2 tan and white ones, 1 gray and white and 1 black and white. Mom was a calico, about 2 years old, very mellow. She didn't seem upset at all with having strangers pet and handle her kittens...they were all very cute!

Amount spent: $28.10

• very nice pair of Sony speakers (both have front covers)-$15
• egg case with cover-50 cents
• jar-free
• little battery powered lantern-90 cents
• 6 ping pong balls (cat toys)-10 cents
• potato masher-10 cents

• Cat Scratcher-25 cents

This was a huge hit with all the cats, especially Felix. Picture was taken shortly after we brought it into the house.

• All About Ft Collins Game-25 cents

• useful looking over-the-door rack-$1

• metal grate (very heavy duty)-$1

• Kenmore sewing machine, model 158.1316, in case-$8
• pair of speakers-$1

May 21st--Bonus Saturday Garage Sales

Weather: about like yesterday

Remarks: "cheating" on Gail and Mick again today, we went to several sales but didn't see much we were interested in.

Amount spent: $2.50

• photographer's light fixture (no bulb)-$2
• small cooking pot-25 cents
• hardcover book: Mind Over Matter, The Images of Pink Floyd-25 cents

May 20th

Weather: a nice day, but unsettled weather. Very nice in the morning, then the clouds moved in and a couple of quick rainshowers made things a bit muggy. Overall, a perfect day for saleing!

Remarks: we started the day early (shortly after 8) so we could head for Bellvue to watch the boom truck erecting the 2nd story walls on Gail and Mick's new coo-coo's nest building. Very interesting--and very impressive, it's going to be a huge building!! After watching the action for an hour or so we started saleing in Bellvue and then saled our way back to Loveland. An out-of-town excursion! We scored some "foreign" cuuh!

"Using the Cuuh" update: I cleaned up and then used the Kenmore mixer I bought last week to make a loaf of banana bread, a batch of peanut butter cookies, and a cake this week. Works great!

Amount spent: $14.25
Our first stop (in Bellvue) netted this haul, we paid $5 for all of this:

• Wooden holder of "coffee shots" (see a better photo + explanation below)
• 12 very nice damask napkins + 8 very nice embroidered handkerchiefs (in an orange shoebox)
• Panasonic electric pencil sharpener--a companion to the Panasonic electric stapler we bought May 5th. The sharpener is really nice, it has a light (upper left of pencil hole) that comes on when the pencil is done
• Battery-operated fluorescent light (with pull switch, uses 4 D-cells)
• spiral bound paperback: National Geographic Field Photographer's handbook
• paperback: Arizona Highways book on Saguaro cacti
• paperback: handbook of gems, beautiful photos in this book
• pile of silver colored chains
• little carved plague with a fish design
• stainless crumb tray
• Maxine book: "Yelling it Like it is"
  

The picture above doesn't show the "coffee shooters" we bought very well, here is a better one:
Joe told Mick he should buy these, that he could fill them with strong coffee and serve them as "shooters", that is the reason for the strange name. The woman at the sale speculated they were intended for rooting (plant) cuttings, and that sounds like a plausible explanation to me. We visited a website earlier in the week which featured some lamps made by a very clever artist, and I'll have to admit it inspired me to look for similar possibilities in my travels. This rack of bottles was a result of that inspiration. If you have time, take a look, this fellow makes very cool lamps from found items: http://www.afterglow-studio.com/work.html
Other sales netted additional treasures:

• 2 cords with bulb sockets for making hanging lamps-$1 each
• Very large glass S + P shakers-$2
• 14 giant nails-$1
• National Geographic book about China-50 cents
• Bag of hair ties-25 cents
• BH&G Wok cookbook-50 cents
• 6 brass hinges-$1
• Pet (evaporated milk) recipe book from 1932-25 cents
• Presto pressure cooker cookbook from ? '50s?-25 cents

At one sale in Ft Collins a woman was selling paperbacks for 25 cents each, including these books. What a steal, the computer books were $50+ originally, and a couple are just a couple of years old. I run old software versions (which these books cover) and am always looking for reasonably priced books for those versions. Hit the jackpot at this sale! And just couldn't say no to the woodworking and the making fancy jewelry boxes books at a quarter apiece, they were just too good of a deal!!!

May 12th

Weather: perfect

Remarks: went to Cindy's garage sale today

Amount spent: $20.50



top, L to R:
"house" with hooks for keys-10 cents
24" shop light-$1
Japanese-made microscope in case (nice)-$2
book (hard): Nothing Like it in the World (Stephen Ambrose)-25 cents
book (paper): Valley of the Sun (Louis L'Amour)-50 cents
book (paper): Simply From Scratch (Pillsbury)-5 cents
book (hard): Andrew Jackson and his Indian Wars (Robert Remini)-25 cents
Lizzie McGuire comb-free
book (paper): Korea (Simon Winchester)-10 cents
electric knife-25 cents
2 very heavy glass insulators-10 cents each
McDonald's toy video game-free
small green plastic ball (for cat toy)-free
very odd Florida ashtray(?)-free
book (paper)-The Third Twin (Ken Follett)-25 cents
book (hard)-Darwin's Orchestra (Michael Sims)-25 cents
2 baking stones + 1 cutting board-25 cents each
2 egg carriers-10 cents each



Discovery microscope kit-$1
Sears mixer w/ 2 bowls-$2
clamp lamp fixture-$2
4 red storage bins-50 cents
children's book with nice bird drawings-25 cents
book (paper): Brave Companions (David McCullough)-10 cents
handful of vintage crochet instruction booklets-free
jewelry--See next picture
Stainless tongs-25 cents



close up of jewelry (bracelet and pin)-25 cents each




This was our haul from the 1st sale of the day (note the cool "Rocket 88" emblem)-$2 for all



At the garage sale where we bought this stuff the prices had been reduced to 25cents/item or 5/$1. We got all this for $2


We got these clothes at Cindy's garage sale, they were half-price.
Black jacket (lightweight)-$1.50
cotton tropical shirt (Joe)-50 cents
brown jacket (heavyweight)-$1.50
silk tropical shirt (Ellen)-25 cents

May 5th

Weather: cold and overcast

Remarks:

Amount spent: $23.10



Starting at the top, L to R:
5 Sony speakers (for surround sound) difficult to see!-$5
electric stapler (needed repair)-$1
Kenmore heat lamp with spare bulb-$2
hand mixer-$2
glass froster, new-in-box-$1
tupperware shaker-50 cents
3 staplers-10 cents each
box of cupcake papers-10 cents
Peruvian flute-25 cents
3 Ken Follett paperbacks-50 cents each
Water Works and 12 O'Clock High card games-25 cents each
Bread cookbook-10 cents
Boggle game-10 cents
Heavy-duty handle-$2


set of Craftsman alphabet templates for a router-25 cents
box of #10 envelopes-50 cents
outdoor light fixture-$1
envelope/folder with lots of drawing/drafting templates-$3 for both
McKee CD case + electronics tool (L of E 6000 glue on bottom row)-25 cents
roll of silver rick rack-25 cents
pkg of fusible webbing-25 cents
2 mugs-25 cents each
bundle of short skewers-50 cents
2 pkgs of western snaps-25 cents each
tube of E 6000 glue-25 cents