My Garage Sale Victory: Savvy Seat

I love rummage sales. Love them so much that I’m so happy to finally be living in an area that actually participates in them. We lived in a couple of cities that didn’t really seem into them. Not around here! It’s hard to track them down ahead of time–there’s no real newspaper for the area–but Craigslist has proven helpful, as is just driving around until I find them.

Anyway, I’ve only been able to go out once, and I was striking out over and over again. I was looking for baby stuff–anything, really–and there was nothing. And the sales are pretty pathetic in general. Minnesota is the land of hotdishes, “yah, you betcha,” Spam, and amazing garage sales. I’m spoiled, to say the least. And I personally believe that if you don’t have lots and lots of stuff to put out, don’t waste your time (or mine) by holding a garage sale. Sorry. Pet peeve of mine.

I was about to call it a day after about an hour and a half dozen sales (it took me a while to track them down via their signs because I don’t know the area that well) when I saw a sale with a stroller out front. Yes! I hit up one that was closer to where I parked (another time waster), and then I walked over. This young family had a little girl and a baby, and there were only a few baby things left (they had held the sale the day before too), but I found this gem:

It’s a Savvy Seat, which can be used to cover shopping cart seats or restaurant high chair seats. They’re really nice, especially since we live in such a huge, heavily populated area. It was $5.00, but I knew it ran for more (I wasn’t sure how much more), it was green (we didn’t know the sex of the baby at that time), and it was unopened. Seriously, it still had the sealed tag attached. The woman said she had never opened it. I was sold!

I brought it home, and out of curiosity, I Googled it to find out how much it retails for. Even on Amazon.com, it’s $39.99! What a great deal. Now I’m going to go rummage saling every weekend! Next weekend, the hubby and I will be going together, so we’re going to have to plan it all out. Yay for great deals!