On our way back from Word of Mouth Bistro, and after lounging under the Cherry trees near the Capitol, we stopped at a garage sale and bought an old school brown leather couch for $45.
We’ve been to a few estates sales in NE Salem and have been pretty grossed out by how some people live. But this house had the motherload — even though the sale was just about over.
This one little yard reconfirmed our hopes that Salem might have garage sales worth scouring.
In the folds of our new used couch we found:
Tonka truck man
Storm Trooper helmet (it fits him!)
Miniature skateboard (too big)
Crucifix pendant with fake emeralds
$1.27 in change
Polished agate
Laser pointer
Harmonica
Battle Royale Gameboy game
2 paper clips
Small plastic coconut
“Put your paws on a good book” bear bookmark
Eternal Sleep Spell playing card
Christmas light refill bulb
Butterfly hair clip
Blue scrunchie
Raffle ticket
Mini bean bag
One child’s handwritten list of “Nursry Rymes” including Little Bo Peep
Toothpick
“Aren’t you a little short for a Stormtrooper?”
This made me laugh until something came out my nose. Then I read the list aloud to Scot and did it all over again.
Talk about garage sale treasures! We feel blessed to have repurposed such junk, if only in the form of a blog post to make people happy
that is a truly impressive treasure.
Don’t you feel like if you put the pieces together properly you’d have the car keys to an alien spaceship or a map to the bottom of the sea or something? That much stuff couldn’t possibly be there by accident.
I might just leave my own treasure map in there if we ever pass this thing along.
This is hilarious. How fortunate that Stormtrooper hat fits Tonkatruck man! Looks like you got a great deal for the small price of $45.