When I mention to people that partner has a lot of stuff, I don’t think they truly realize the volume of that I am talking about. I used to look at the workshop, here at M&M’s house, and think that he really had a lot of stuff. And then he took me over to the warehouse in laurel that has oh! so much more stuff. It has been very overwhelming realizing that he needs to do something with all this stuff; and, for us to really start a life together, a lot of it needs to go. Now, Chris has been making plans to make this happen but I’ve not been fairly confident that he was serious about it. I’ve now changed my mind.
We went to the hamfest up by Baltimore this weekend. And, by 6am, I realized that Chris was indeed willing to let things go. By 7am, I was excited about how willing he was to move stuff out. By 8am, I’d started falling in love all over again as more and more heavy and large items were passing into new hands and money was passed into his. We rented two outdoor spaces, brought a van and blazer full, and went to town selling stuff. His biggest seller is the $1 tarp that is really just covered with crap but actually sells. I know I personally sold $70 worth of stuff off that tarp. Everyone once in a while I’d get all embarrassed by the amount of crap on the tarp, but then people were still willing to fork over some money for things that really didn’t seem worth it. By about 11am, sales had seriously dropped and merchandise was down to the mostly unwanted stuff. But, we stuck it out until around 1pm or so until the lack of selling motivated movement made it just too cold to hang around waiting for stragglers who were probably not going to buy anything anyways.
We had great plans of heading back up today with a fresh load of stuff. But, when the alarm was going off at 3:30am, we decided that it was too cold to get up and load the vehicle and that sleep sounded like the best plan of action. I don’t really mind because a lot of large heavy items went away and we made enough to cover the entry, gas, time, and effort needed for the one day.
Instead, we drove to VA to pick up a truck and trailer that a friend is letting him borrow so he can pull out the rest of his stuff from the warehouse. This includes the big machines which will get dropped down at the workshop in preparation for a huge yard sale in april where all his metal working buddies will come scavenging for goodies. Hopefully several large machines and more heavy stuff will make their way to new homes then too.
Overall, a great weekend, lots of fun selling and talking to people, and totally worth the time to do it. And, I now know that Chris really is willing and working to get rid of stuff. woot! And we got another positive boost in the savings department (which we’ll need to pay for the higher closing costs). That is a serious turn on!!