Yard Sales a Necessary Evil?

This past weekend, we had a 2 day yard sale at my house. I was telling my sister that I do NOT like having yard sales. They are an incredible amount of work and there are always leftovers when its all done. She agreed and said they are a "necessary evil". That's a perfect description!

My church's fund raiser

The yard sale was really for my church's building fund... so it was not for personal profit. I did give up 3 full days of my time for this and for 3 days did no business related work... thats like taking 3 days off without pay but its also the nice thing about working on eBay as I am able to be flexible and take days off here and there.

While people from the church did come by here and there to help over the three days, I was the only one who was here 8am to 7pm each of the three days. I didn't have much choice as its was in my driveway! I am not complaining as I love to serve the Lord and this is one way I can serve Him.. giving up my time and my home for His work. We earned $367.45 so not bad.

Leftovers

Last night after we packed up, my husband took one look at our garage and said... we are back where we started! LOL.. yeah we are... those are the leftovers I dread. I told him last week that anything that went into the garage for the sale was not coming back into the house. I did change my mind about a few minor things but most things are boxed and will be taken to Goodwill tomorrow afternoon.

One benefit of this necessary evil

I will admit that one thing I do like about hosting the yard sale is that I get first dibs at things people donate for the sale. I gave the church a generous donation for the things I picked out for my own use and yes...some of those things will find their way on eBay! That's one benefit of this "necessary evil"!

ok... another benefit is the fellowship we enjoy as we sit around and talk with customers and each other. The deaf may not talk outloud but they sure love to talk!