Bargain Hunting
The coming of summer invokes a profusion of different images. For some it’s baseball games and backyard barbecues, for others a day spent at the lake and a picnic. Odd as it may sound, the one thing I think of during summertime is garage sales. I live in a densely populated suburb, and at this time each year, every corner in town has a plethora of signs advertising moving, sidewalk and estate sales.
Some people may scoff at the idea of scouring through others people’s belongings looking for something to take home, but at most of the sales I go to there is a surfeit of items that have never even been used. Of course, I’m not opposed to buying something old and sprucing it up a bit. Just last weekend I purchased an antique espresso machine at a sale down the street. The machine looked in disrepair, so the gal practically gave it away; after I took it home and whipped out my espresso decalcifier, however, it was like new in no time.