Westchase Garage Sale

I had a great time at the sale last weekend. The heat was almost unbearable though. I sold a lot of items from my pantry. I sold some household and kids' items too. I made $350!! I would say $250 of that was from overstock and the rest was from other things. The dog food was a huge hit. I sold all of the cans except chef michaels. I sold most of the cat food and some of the dry dog food. I gave some of the leftovers to my Moms' neighbors and the rest we are going to donate to the animal shelters. I can't wait to take the kids to the cat shelter next week because they love playing with the kittens. I am also going to donate some cleaning supplies and free rubber gloves. My friend already has a Holiday donation box set up at her work, so I am going to give her a bag of food items to take. I have some instant potatoes, rice, mustard, pasta, tomato paste, cereal, peanut butter, among other things that I will donate.

The other night I got the best deal on ground beef and hamburger helper. The hamburger helper was on sale bogo, the meat was on sale for $1.99lb. Well, I had the butcher make me 6 one pound packages because I had Publix coupons for $1 off of meat if I buy any hamburger helper. I also had 6 coupons for free recyclable bags if I buy 2 general mills products (3 were publix coupons and 3 were manufacturer's coupons). The last set of coupons I had were for hamburger helper. So, I bought all of these items for under $10. I spent $27 because I bought nestle cookie dough, cottage cheese, smart fresh veggies, pot roast, 4 publix hamburgers, and I can't remember what else.

I am still waiting to hear back from the rep at the Y. I have left numerous messages, so I hope to hear from her soon. I am also waiting to hear from the coordinator at the Library because I have emailed and called her to see if I set my price too high or to see what I can do to make my classes more attractive to the branches.

We went to the park with 2 other families for our annual birthday celebration. My friend made cupcakes and placed them on a cookie sheet in the shape of a 4. We took pictures and the kids played. It was a really nice day. I had to leave a little early because I was making a roast and I had to get it in the oven. Tomorrow I have plans to go to the annual fire station open house. I have heard it is a lot of fun for the kids and there are a lot of free items to be had. I have my camera ready for this one. J is not going with us, he is staying home to pressure wash the house and do some work in the yard.