Remember the two chairs and ottoman I purchased for the
living room ($250)? How the same seller
contacted me and offered me a red and white toile sofa (practically never used)
for free? (It was posted for sale at
$200, but no one had bought it, so it was offered to me for free just to remove
it from the home because a new one was being delivered. The couple was redecorating and clearing out
their old – but practically new – stuff.)
So anyway, I sent my husband and teenage son to do the heavy
lifting for me and pick up the sofa. I
had noticed a lamp and some curtains in the room that I really liked and
thought I could use. So I gave the
husband instructions to find out if she was willing to sell any of the rest of
it, and if it was less than $25, to take it.
When they got home, my husband ran upstairs with a look of
excitement. (It was the same “grill
gleam” light I had just recently seen in his eyes.) “You’d never believe this,” he said, “but
when I told this couple about your project they told me you could have
everything in their garage you want for free – just to get it out. They told me you seemed so nice that they
really wanted to help you out.”
Wait, what??
Again?? This was the second time
in a week! And because I’m so nice! (Good thing our first contact was brief and I
didn’t have a chance to ruin that impression.)
Since we were renting a trailer the next day to take some of
the furniture to The House of Goodwill for the first time, we swung by the
house of my new best friends to clean out the garage.
And what a garage it was!
(This is where living near wealthy suburbs comes in handy. Not to mention that the things this couple
were getting rid were really beautiful.)
In one garage space were chairs, really new looking pillows, lamps,
tables, etc. “My husband is sick of not
being able to get to his car. Take
whatever you can use” I was told. So we
did! Into the trailer it went.
So that made 2 mother lodes in a span of 3 days. What a blessing! Thank you Bob & Tina!!
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