Church Sale Delight & Consignment Store Disappointment

SO yesterday was the big annual sale at the HG Methodist Church. We went to scope it out ard 11, bought a few items, & double-checked that bag sale would be held from 2-3- yes!!

Roll north to TN, check a few pitiful YS, decide to stop at CS near Parks City that I hadn't visited in a yr or so.

Wow. Big let down. It was so bad that Hubby even noticed, lol! He came over after 5 minutes & asked 'do you feel the love?' I half-giggled, said 'uh. NO!' and relayed that on my previous visit, this store had oodles of interesting mid to higher end garments. Now? Nothing but White Stag, Cherokee, Gap, Jacklyn Smith, you get the idea. :-( The only 'designer' label I found was Liz Claiborne, lol!

The presence of all those mart brands was bad enough, however, 50% or more of these items were worn, pilled, and/or faded. Prices start at $4.99

Wonder how long she'll stay afloat with such cruddy merchandise ??

Stopped at couple more wanna-be YS-- YKWIM, when someone slops a bunch of carp onto a couple tables, doesn't bother to price ANYthing, parks their fat arse in a chair, and ignores everyone who stops to ogle their wares? Yeah. Bought nothing & even commented 'pfft, nothing is priced' in a loud enough voice as we left the last one, heehee.

Went to grocery store, took Hubby & food home, grabbed a bite and headed back to the bag sale :) Like to never got bags from the lady distributing them. First, there was a goofy-rolling-in-floor-oh-ain't-he-cute brat blocking the doorway. Tired of waiting for that mess to cease, so I went ard to the other door, approached lady, she scoots off to someone else, follow her, scoot, follow, then I asked LOUDLY 'Hey, can I get some bags?' which landed me 2, so I asked for a 3rd. She extened 4 bags to someone approaching and wasn't going to give me a 3rd. Whatever you old biddy. She gave it up after another request.

Toted my box, filled it, stopped to fold & bag, all 3 are full. Bag lady came around offering more bags - to everyone in the area BUT me. Fruit. Looked at the rest of the clothing, put in box, found a bag on the floor -HA!- Made a trip by the tables of stuff & found a couple trinkets.

The checkout lady was very nice & commented how smart I was to bring a box, lol! I'm taking my wheelie cart next year as the box quickly became too heavy to tote, so I resorted to scooting, and tho I kept the box against me while shopping, people still kept trying to take stuff out & drop stuff in as they passed ??

Can't wait til next year :o)

Stuff White People Like

They just mentioned this hilarious book & website on The Early Show' & the author will be interviewed onscreen shortly.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/

I skimmed the first post & lmbo. Regrettably, I must go work for a little while & must save my exploration for this evening. Hopefully, you have the day off & may enjoy at your leisure :-x

Still selling sassy stuff:
http://noniesnook.com/
http://mugsandglassware.ecrater.com/
http://noniesnook.ecrater.com/

$3.599 gallon gas in Huntland, TN

When I went to Decherd in June, I gassed up in Alabama first. Passed thru Huntland & was like 'Dang! Tenn gas is cheap!' But then saw that it costs same in Decherd/Winchester as here.

So on this month's trip to Decherd on Wednesday, I stopped in Huntland & got me some $3.599 per gallon gasoline at Parsons Shell. It almost felt like stealing :-)

Fudge Brownies from Star Market

OMGoodness, these are awesome!!

Only 59¢ for a 3x4x1 slab of fudgy walnut brownie with icing.

Little Debbie & Sara Lee together couldn't top this store baked yumminess :-p

Yard Sale Saturday & Sunday, July 26 & 27

8am til whenever the rain starts or folks stop coming, July 26th & 27th

4004 North Parkway, (just south of A&M stadium & fire station on same side of road)

Clothes 25¢ each !
also ... Socks, Shoes Sheets, Curtains Towels, Pillows Mugs, Rabbit figurines Books, Movies Dolls, Stuffed Animals
.............. all for only 25¢ each !

DVD cases 10¢ each -or- 12 for $1!
Magazines 10¢ each -or- 12 for $1!
Toys 25¢ & up (as marked)
Housewares 25¢ & up (as marked)
New beauty aids $1 & up (as marked)
Collectibles & Christmas 50¢ & up (as marked)
Wooden shelves $1 ea & up (as marked)
Lamps $1 ea & up (as marked)
Printers $1 ea & up (as marked)
Old sewing machine $5
Live plants 50¢ ea cup

All this & LOADS MORE of quality used & NEW items from 12 families, much to see, too much to list, all priced Super Low !!

**The rain made us stop at noon on Saturday. We sold over 200 items, but have 4x that still left!**

We'll entertain any 'take all' offers for left over goods at end of sale on SUNDAY. Come see us!!

Yard Sale Saturday, July 26

As you may have read, we attempted the YS thing here the past 2 wkends, and last wkend, the Huntsville Times did not run my paid classified ad. :-( The times never returned my phone call or email regarding the issue, so I called again on Monday & went by there on Tuesday.

Apparently you cannot just get your cash money back, nope. If you pay for an ad & they don't run it, your only options are a credit on your account or they will run again for free (basically, same)

So, I placed an ad for a YS at our rental in Huntsville. We'll be on north Parkway from 8-2ish, just south of A&M and the fire staion. Awesome location, if Times fails again, we still should do well. We've been moving stuff over all week and still have 2 loads to go--- lotsa stuff for shoppers, most is priced a quarter to a dollar......... woohoo!

http://noniesnook.com/

McDonald's Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Oh my, they're soooo soft, fresh, moist, yummy - and cheap at 3 for a buck!

Quite possibly the healthiest & best-tasting item on the menu :o)

I'm really enjoying their huge sweet tea for a dollar, too!

Tea, burger, & 3 cookies all for only 3 bucks ... ahhh, summer goodness!

http://noniesnook.com/

07/24/2008 update:
I think I'm addicted to these cookies, lol! I bought 3 on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, oh my!