Tag: deals
group name: yardsales
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July 09, 2007 10:34 AM EDT --
or was it a steal? I checked out a moving sale in my town Saturday. I found a new pair of dress slacks with the price tag of $52. still attached priced for 25 cents. They just happened to be my size and . . . more
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May 28, 2007 10:42 AM EDT --
Janie and I hope we didn't give you the impression in Part 1 that we didn't find anything. We most certainly did. I also learned something reading Bruce Littlefield's Garage Sale . . . more
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June 10, 2007 11:42 AM EDT --
There were no sure bets this weekend. A block down southwest of Lake Nokomis was having a sale (that's always a good neighborhood).
Then, a townhome complex in St. Louis Park was . . . more
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September 30, 2007 02:30 PM EDT --
Janie decided to work this Saturday, and had to be to work at 10. So no yard sales for her, right? We found a way around that.
The St. Paul, MN Junior League was having a sale that started . . . more
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March 27, 2006 09:55 PM EST --
One of the quality things you can still find at yard sales are cool suitcases. I like the ones that the owner wasn't shy of pasting stickers on. Brazil. Thailand. Iowa.
I also . . . more
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July 16, 2007 08:58 PM EDT --
We've been on the road for the past three weekends, in territory inhospitible to internet communication. There's great wi-fi in Ouray, Colorado, but nothing I'd try to post photos over, . . . more
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June 11, 2006 06:22 PM EDT --
This Saturday the sun rose over Silver Lake on what passes for a cold summer day in Minnesota. (It was gorgeous).
The Brainerd flea market beckoned, and we'd driven several hours . . . more
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October 15, 2006 06:12 PM EDT --
It was 35 degrees out Saturday, but we had 11 sales marked, including a block sale with 5 sales close together. We put on some light coats and hit it.
Find of the day
Dictionary . . . more
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June 24, 2007 02:34 PM EDT --
As you may recall from yesterday's post, Janie and I went to the Minnekadha Vista neighborhood of Minneapolis to see if their community sale was any good.
This is almost an inner-ring suburb, . . . more
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August 26, 2007 09:45 PM EDT --
Janie and I have had bad luck in our past excursions in Northern Minnesota. This weekend was to prove the exception.
Find of the week:
This dealer. We found this "yard sale" on . . . more
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May 14, 2006 02:27 PM EDT --
It was drizzling lightly, but a church it Kenwood was having a sale, and at least one alley was advertising a cluster of 5 sales. We set out and found lots of keepers.
Find of the day
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May 21, 2006 01:07 PM EDT --
It was a sunny morning - finally.
We looked out Saturday morning at a city brimming with more yardsales than we could even think of attending. Two neighborhoods - Carag and Seward - . . . more
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June 25, 2006 12:17 PM EDT --
Yay! You're here to let me out of the back yard right?
No, you've come for the garage sale. Dumb human . . .
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July 23, 2006 03:38 PM EDT --
Our first weekend back in the cities was pretty good. No neighborhood yard sales, but the season isn't even close to losing steam.
Find of the week
Riobi cordless skill saw.
price . . . more
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July 30, 2006 06:59 PM EDT --
This week especially, the better photos attached to the article are worth viewing, as they show much better detail than those here in the narrative.
Find of the Week
Kafka biography illustrated by . . . more
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June 18, 2007 09:43 PM EDT --
It was slim pickings once again up around the lakes in the Brainerd, MN area. We drove a good 50 miles and happened across fewer than 10 sales. We didn't do great, but the pictures saved . . . more
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April 30, 2006 01:19 PM EDT --
Rain came down all day
Why go out to garage sales?
All the more for us.
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The first neighborhood sale of the year was pretty good. It was indeed raining, but all the houses in this suburban . . . more
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May 07, 2006 02:18 PM EDT --
The Minneapolis Star Tribune does a great feature each spring about community yard sales in the upcoming season. The Bryn Mawr neighborhood does theirs the first weekend in May.
In honor of the . . . more
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November 04, 2007 09:42 AM EST --
This week's episode of Would You Buy This or Not will be more in story form. The challenges I encountered trying to find yard sales in November were, I think, just as entertaining . . . more
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September 24, 2006 01:33 PM EDT --
I was busy setting up our new computer on Saturday morning, so Janie and I didn't even go out yard saling until 2 p.m. (I know, I do think I may be running a fever or something). Still, . . . more
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