Success!

I had an estate sale in Waukesha to go to this morning. I was originally planning on being there right at the start: 9:00. It wasn't being hosted by a big-name estate sale company, so I thought it wouldn't draw the usual crowd. My husband (in his infinite wisdom) convinced me to be there at 8:30. I am sure glad I listened. As I turned the corner, I saw cars up and down the street. My heart sank. Is this really happening again? I noticed the cars were empty though, so I knew they had started the sale early. This always makes me kind of mad when they do that. On the flip side though, that means I didn't have to wait in line or wait in my car for a half hour before getting in.

The house was small, and there were a lot of people in it. It was difficult to maneuver through and I was having trouble finding the jewelry. By the checkout? No. In the first bedroom? No. In the second bedroom? No. Finally I found it in the dining room (which was almost hidden in the home's layout). I started grabbing the sparkly stuff right away without even looking at prices. I do this when there are a lot of other people around. I don't want anyone to snatch up the goods. Once I got everything I liked, I started looking at prices. Not bad. Not outstanding, but not bad. I put a couple of the higher priced items down and kept a large crown pin and another rhinestone brooch. I moved on to the $.50 box and pulled out a few more things. I am glad I kept looking, because next I found a bag of skeleton keys. Most were small, but that was okay. They were something I was in need of and the price was fair.I checked out with relief. Finally, after a string of no-luck estate sales, I actually purchased things that I came looking for.

On my way home, I drove by Waukesha's Goodwill. I used to live in Waukesha, and remembered that this was a pretty decent Goodwill. I was right there...it couldn't hurt to stop. I found the locked jewelry case and low and behold, there was a rhinestone brooch in there. Score! I picked out one more pair of earrings (cute little cascading bows). I will tear them apart and reuse them. I was pleasantly surprised. Usually I don't find any good jewelry there. But you'll never find anything without looking, right?


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