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    Latest Garage Sale Steal!

    August 22, 2011 |

    I haven’t been posting much about garage sailing because I haven’t been doing much garage sale-ing. I think the 40 bags in 40 days that we tackled back in the spring really helped (GOOD! haha), and I’m trying to limit myself.

    If I don’t have a place for it and I don’t LOVE it, it doesn’t come home! It’s that simple.

    I seemed to find everything I was looking for/planning on buying that day: canning jars, sunglasses for Lily (she broke hers about 5 min before we found them!), fall clothes for the kids, vintage Curious George books, lemonade and cookies… ya know. 😉

    But my favorite find was 3 big shoeboxes full of Lincoln Logs for $4!

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    The gentleman running the sale saw me with the kids and exclaimed “you look like you need some Lincoln Logs!”

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    I laughed and kept looking, but the more I thought about it, I have the best memories of playing Lincoln Logs. In my friend Katie’s basement, with my dad, as a teen with my little brother.

    He was right.

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    Sorting the pieces, trying to find the piece that dad’s looking for, strategically placing each log, and the excitement of realizing that she built a “castle”

    I saw my 2 year old get as excited about Lincoln Logs as I once did as a kid.

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    Lily loved them, Doug was excited about my find, and 1 year old Godzilla Ben loved stealing them from the two of them. It was the first of many great memories, all for $4. 🙂

    What steals have YOU found lately?

    thanks for reading our feed, please stop by the house for a visit sometime soon. 🙂

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    1. Kristin

      August 22, 2011 at 4:31 pm

      Lincoln Logs are fantastic. My kids go in and out of LL phases, so I know I can't get rid of them. Besides, they are great as kids get older, too. Congrats on a great find!

    2. beckaboots

      August 22, 2011 at 3:26 pm

      No big steals for me lately. I feel like I keep bringing stuff into my house and it can't fit! Haha. Looks like I need to do the 40 bags thing as well! That's awesome that you found what you wanted.Bekahbeckaboots.blogspot.com

    3. deborahgilbert42

      August 22, 2011 at 3:09 pm

      I still have my lincoln logs just waiting for my daughter to be old enough to play with them. I loved them so much as a kid.

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