Vera Bradley purses and accessories have a long, strong following. My wife didn’t believe the deal I got these purses for … My ladies really love themselves some Vera Bradley. A number of her friends really love themselves some Vera Bradley. So … let’s just say that I scored some serious brownie points with the deal … Read more
Yard sale shoppers don’t leave home without their bag of tricks. Add these (or remember that you had them in the first place!) … After a wet May, Memorial Day weekend dried up enough that people rolled things out on their driveway for yard sales. Two of them were in our subdivision, so it would … Read more
With summer starting up, yard sales are all over the place. Here are some ways to increase your purchasing power, as well as sell more for whatever good cause. Last weekend was a big one in our area for yard sales. Our county’s YMCA had a yard sale event with about 25 different tables. And … Read more
A few weekends ago, we went to a community yard sale at the YMCA. One of the tables there had a number of children’s books from the 19th century that were in excellent shape. Our nine-year-old daughter likes little things — little baskets and boxes with lots of little compartments, little figurines, etc. These books … Read more
I was able to hit the ends of a couple of yard sales today. As with the last time this happened, I got some good deals. I was able to work everything down because people were starting to pack up and didn’t want to load the stuff back into their cars. I found some extra … Read more
This weekend we went to a yard sale at the YMCA. The yard sale was an event to raise money for the Kids’ Spot; people wanting to sell stuff bought a spot within the event, and this money went toward Kids’ Spot. Amongst a bunch of other things we had demanding our attention, we got … Read more
Once in a great while we really internalize something about managing money. Auctions and yard sales used to be a weakness of mine. I’d go stark-raving crazy buying up all of these bargains for (a) things I had an immediate use for, (b) things I didn’t have an immediate use for, but were such a … Read more
People can fall into debt for any number of reasons. Sometimes it’s because of not-so-benign neglect of personal finances, and other times it’s because of a giant unexpected expense at the wrong time. After the smoke clears and cash flow is back around where it should be, it’s time to pay off the debt. Sell … Read more