And I don’t care who knows it.

It’s to laugh.

I would definitely go in. Most of my place is full of shit that I don't need, but enjoy having around.

had anyone over for dinner for a while. I haven't been able because I have way too much shit cluttering everything everywhere and said that as soon as I got it under control I'd again be having dinner parties.

Afterward, I realized that we were walking back to the car from a thrift shop, and I'd said that while carrying two bags of MORE shit.

I swear it seems I move things from room to room, fully intending to get rid of stuff.
But somehow it doesn't quite happen that way.

The store uses many different names. I got a house full, a garage full and an outbuilding full of shit I don’t need. My BIL keeps his garage door open about 90 percent of the time whether he’s home or not. If I Want to get rid of something I just Chuck it in his garage. If I need it I’ll go borrow it from him. It’s great to have more shit than you need. Then we all swap our shit out during garage sales.

I live in a gated community, not my choice, inherited.

Once a year we have what would be called garage sales, although most of us have carports.

I swear, everybody's shit moves from one house to another, and then the next year with the next sale, another. It's this horrible cycle of shit!

I walked through my house one time, from room to room, making note of the fact that I had items in my house from at least 10 other neighbors!

As per Forest Gump, I call Garage Sales a Box of Chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get. I find the occasional gem and I’m looking for lawn mowing shirts every year. My neighbor who is a nice old very proficient Jack of damn near every trade has an outbuilding full of tools he has purchased at garage sales for decades. And my wife and I both read. A lot. Garage sales have been an outstanding source of reading material. And for me that includes 40 year old Readers Digests and TV Guides. My life is just a bundle of excitement.

Sometimes, you find the perfect item you actually did need, and you get it at a greatly reduced price!

I have a 5-piece bedroom set that a neighbor GAVE to me, (six pieces if you include the mattresses.)
I'm still sleeping on it, years later.

I have some other neighbors who are experts at garage sales. I go over to their house and I see the most beautiful furniture, and I ask them where they got it. Garage sales. Lamps I would kill for, chairs that you can sit in for days. Art work. They somehow have this incredible radar to find great pieces at ridiculously low prices!

Very cool!!

will show up with a 12-foot U-Haul.

Berkley, California. Opened in 2024.

a larger house with no out buildings. Yesterday I loaded a 20 yard dumpster with those treasures. A few weeks ago I put out a big free sign and only 2 people stopped.
I think the problem was, I just like to talk to people at the sales.