July 15th, 1978: Church Yardsale

Our church yard sale was today.  It was hot (must have been 100 degrees) and overcast.  There were a few drops of rain, causing some trepidation because the sale was outside, but there wasn't any storm.  Fifteen people were waiting at 8:00am and started buying before they even had time to put all the dishes out.  I went at noon, in a sleeveless top, because I hadn't realized we'd be outside.  Fortunately, Dad was there mowing the lawn, so I sent him home for a long sleeved shirt and some sunscreen.  

We were busy.  I smoked two cigarettes in two hours.  Mary stayed with me to help.  That was fortunate because she'd priced the clothes and some of the tags had been switched-and some were just missing.  Some people switched the jewelry from one dish (50 cents) to the other (25 cents) too, and some of the earrings had been lost.

Everything has half price after noon, but some of the customers tried to bargain even lower than half, and one man asked us to hold a crib and then called to say he didn't want it after all (we could have sold it three times).  

Mary said we took in $183.00 and our share of the Bible School cost is $50.00, so the sale was a success!