Well I'll be having a yard sale either next weekend or the weekend after that, depending on the weather. I have a tan couch sectional with a pull out queen size bed in good condition, a beautiful forest green wet bar in wonderful condition, tv, ironing board, coffee table, in tables, and some odds and ends.

The best thing I ever found at a yard sale, were a whole bunch of beanie babies.

this is no joke. One time at a garage sale someone was actually trying to sell a colon cleansing kit, and it was out of the box. I mean you couldn't give something like that away.

I had a garage sale 2 years ago and one of my co-workers came to it and he was looking at some hot wheels I had in a box, well we got to talking and I showed him my yard and how big it was in the back and we got to talking about lawnmowers and how mine was on the fritz, and he said he had one and if I gave him my box of hot wheels he would give me the lawnmower....he said it worked and blah blah blah.....I still have that working lawnmower to this day =8-) it was only like 10-15 hot Wheels too.

Awesome question. I love my $5 oval mirror with gold gilded frame. Got it last summer on a whim. It's easily 2.5 ft wide by 1.5 tall. Proud hardly describes it. No sales around me yet. I too enjoy looking though other's leftover belongings at sales. It's like a scrapbook of the owners- old toys, records, furniture, clothing, tchochkes...

Great way to spend Saturdays in the summer- with or without a goal for shoppin'

Love to see a blog go up to keep track of local sales!

We're planning on having a moving sale at our house sometime in the next few weeks. I might track this post back down then, if anyone wants some of my old crap that I don't feel like moving.

With gas prices so high, I doubt I'll be driving around looking for garage sales much this summer. Last year, gas was cheaper and it still killed me driving around town. If you burn $30 in gas to save $20 on some junk, you're not really saving any money.

I'll probably limit myself to nearby neighborhood sales that are on my normal driving routes.

Back when gas was less than $1 a gallon, I'd burn through a tank of gas driving all over the state looking for bargains...it used to cost me $10 a week to fill up my car in the mid to late 90's.

Camping is a lot less affordable than it used to be as well. Many state parks are quite a long drive from Indy. While campsites and food are still relatively affordable...the gas is insane.

So everything is finalized with the gov't home purchase? That's great!

Not finalized, but it's getting there...slowly.