one wedding dress, slightly used, worn once.
one 2-seater lawn chair for snuggling, never used for its intended purpose.
one tea set from Japan that was WRAPPED UP AND GIVEN TO ME AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT nah, i might keep that, even though the giver has asked for it back. btw, the giver is 25 years old, which should make her more mature than 14, but maybe she's a late bloomer, or maybe she's just a spoiled brat. of course, if she'd like to give ME back a DVD player and lots more...
one SUV, driven too many times by someone too sleazy (no, not me).
the rest is just decorations, so i'll keep most of those.
call 1-888-GET-LOST to inquire.
Not having a good day today?
Posted by: Joel | Friday, June 18, 2004 at 11:55 AM
having a good day, actually, just thinking about my upcoming garage sale. :)
Posted by: sarahk | Friday, June 18, 2004 at 12:06 PM
That's great! For a moment there you sounded pretty down and out.
Posted by: Joel | Friday, June 18, 2004 at 02:33 PM
There for a moment, it really sounded like you were having a very foul time of it. Glad to hear you're not.
Posted by: James P | Friday, June 18, 2004 at 04:16 PM
Sounds like you aren't much of a packrat.
I used to pride myself on being able to pack all the necessary stuff into one car.
Hmmm... maybe I should sell the furniture and tv and get back to that kind of freedom.
You just moved though...so how much of a garage sale can you really have? Or after unpacking everything did you just realize how much useless stuff you have? :P
Posted by: krakatoa | Friday, June 18, 2004 at 06:11 PM
Always glad to see soemone else enjoying the afterglow of disconnected wedding bless.
Posted by: Cowtipper | Friday, June 18, 2004 at 07:49 PM
When spend all the money on one dress your going to only wear once?
Posted by: jason of avoca | Friday, June 18, 2004 at 10:25 PM
krakatoa, believe me, the opposite is true, i am the packets of rats. it's just my lousy ex-husband stole all my stuff last summer. but i still have far more stuff than any 27 year old woman should have.
thanks, joel, james, cowtipper.
jason, it's a phenomenon that i can't explain. yeah, i suppose i could hang on to it for wedding #2 and final, but ... um... no.
Posted by: sarahk | Saturday, June 19, 2004 at 12:14 AM
oh, and krakatoa, there's no need to sell yer tv. you may give it to your good friend sarahk.
Posted by: sarahk | Saturday, June 19, 2004 at 12:15 AM
Sell the dress on ebay!! Use the money to buy a real kick-butt DVD player!! And sing that song from South Pacific: "I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair..."!!
I have a really obnoxious sister-in-law too. She just hates it when we are happy (which we always have been). Now we live 1300 miles from her and have very little contact. Ahhhhh, it's nice.
Posted by: jonag | Saturday, June 19, 2004 at 08:49 AM
yeah, i was thinking i'd sell the dress there. it's really quite pretty.
the sister-in-law and i usually got along (though we sometimes fought like sisters), but that whole family is so appalled that i would dare not put up with the ex's shenanigans that they all just hate me now.
fine, whatever.
Posted by: sarahk | Saturday, June 19, 2004 at 10:24 AM
Divorce is rather dreadful. I remember when my parents got divorced. At eight years old I had to decide which parent I wanted to live with.
Memories from The Bad Old Days.
Posted by: James P | Sunday, June 20, 2004 at 03:22 AM