Garage Sale Finds

I decided to go garage-saleing (yes, it's a verb) yesterday, and I took Lily along for the ride. Of course, I went out in search of books, but I wasn't having much luck finding any. I ended up coming home with an old washboard that I bought for $1, a picture frame for Guy, a Shout About Movies DVD, and four new toys for Lily! I figured I had to reward her in some manner for waiting politely while I searched through other people's trash to find my treasures. I didn't actually buy her toys that were meant for dogs, however. At my first stop, I found a very plump stuffed animal that looked perfect for Lily to sink her teeth into. When I asked the woman what it was, she told me her daughter had brought it back from Japan. I didn't mention that I'd be giving it to my dog, but I figure it couldn't be that valuable, sentimentally or otherwise, if she sold it to me for $2. My next stop was a house with a lot of little girls. They had a good stock of stuffed animals, and I found one without any plastic eyeballs or other hazardous small parts. It was a neon-colored monkey, and I got it for $2, yet again. $2 seems to be the going rate for garage-sale stuffed toys. Anyway, when I brought that one into the car for Lily she attacked it right away, so I knew it was going to be a hit. The girls had two other animals similar in texture to the monkey, so after I made my other rounds, I hit up their sale again and bought an elephant and a dog for $2 apiece yet again. One of the ladies there asked me, "Is that for a little girl or a little boy?" I said, "Well...a little girl...that's a dog." Luckily, they laughed, and the girls who were selling their old toys didn't seem too horrified that they'd be subjected to the whims of a canine. I probably couldn't even get one stuffed animal as big as the ones I bought yesterday for the price of what I paid for all of them together, and although Lily has already ripped a hole in each one of her new toys, I think it was worth $8. So, even though I didn't get what I set out to find, I think I can call my garage-sale day a success.