The Great Glebe Garage Sale

The Glebe Garage Sale has come and went…was I impressed?

Well the sale itself is always impressive. I’m not very impressed with my purchases each year – Benoit seems to get crazy good deals out of thin air.

But, I succeeded in purchasing the one item I wanted. A weed wacker.

Oddly enough, when we went to pick up Eric and Annie, there was a garage sale going on across the street and when we got there I heard the owner and a woman talking about three weed wackers sitting right there.

Owner: Yeah, we just don’t want them anymore. I think some of them work, one has a problem with the choke. I’ll sell them each for $1.
Myself (thinking): Dang, of all the times to show up, I’m losing out on a $1 weed wacker.

I look over at Mike and his eyes are saying something to me.
Myself (to purchaser): Lady, I’ll give you $2 for one of them. I just want the electric one, not the gas powered one.
Purchaser: Oh, I’m not buying the electric one at all.

That’s how I bought an electric weed wacker for $1. It doesn’t have the spool on the end, but no big deal. It still works. Mike ended up finding one with a spool on the end at the Glebe so we will see if it works.

I loved how I didn’t even have to leave Orleans to find what I was looking for. So, in the end, I purchased a James Bond book and a book about Souvenirs of Canada. Not too bad.

Total money spent:
$1 – weed wacker
$2 – Souvenirs of Canada book
$0.25 – James Bond book
$4 – sausage from street vendor.

Puts things into perspective really.