Garage/Yard Sales

I love couponing AND I just love garage/yard sales.  The only thing I do not like about them is ..  why in the heck do they have to start at the crack of dawn???  I really like to sleep in on the weekends!

ANYWAY...  :)

There are a few things we are wanting and I WILL NOT, CAN NOT and REFUSE to pay full price.  So, the next alternative, a garage sale.

Here are a few things we are wanting...  a treadmill,  furniture for my daugher's room, SOLID WOOD furniture, color doesn't matter because I plan on stripping it and painting the furniture ;),  I also need solid wood end tables for my living room, again, I plan on stripping them also.  My son is wanting a weight bench.

So, this morning I got my household up at 6am, because there was a garage sale that had a treadmill and the sale started at 7am.  Now I also have to be at work at 8:30am. 

On the way to the sale,  after I went the wrong way on Bloomfield because of the detour and had to turn around and go the other way ( my own fault, I knew Bloomfield was closed ).  All I am thinking is, it is probably an awesome treadmill and someone will buy it before I get there, kinda like couponing ....

Well I FINALLY got there.  The treadmill is an awesome treadmill, it works ( that is a plus ;)  AND it even inclines!  WOW, didn't even want that but hey, I will take it!  The price tag.....  $40.00 what, $40.00, load it up!  Also, they had a weight bench with all the weights for $25, so my son got that also!

So, did I find an awesome deal today, I think so AND I plan on getting the furniture I need too, just have to be patient!!  I had researched prices on treadmills and just a plain o'l treadmill cost right around $250.00~

Now,  to lose 15 lb......  Now that is a WHOLE other story!