Sentences with phrase «something at a yard sale»

Have you ever come across something at a yard sale or auction that you knew you just had to have even though it was dirty / old / useless / broken?

Not exact matches

A market I visit, a new city I travel to, lunch with a friend who might order something I wouldn't ordinarily order, something new at the farmers» market, the weather, a recipe I find in an old cookbook at a yard sale.
My first one I got at a yard sale, for something like 50c.
I have lots of pillowcases... they are something I pick up quite often at yard sales and thrift stores!
I do avoid sales where I have to go to the person's house to buy things (connections made on parenting listservs)-- I end up paying more than I would at a yard sale because the one - on - one makes haggling awkward, and I feel like I have to buy something because I've made the effort to go.
My friend found this simple side table at a yard sale and thought it might be something I would be interested in painting.
With (really) offbeat humor, the story centers on man - child «Clinton» (Fran Kranz) who still lives with his mother «Edie» (Blythe Danner) at age thirty - something, lazily watches television in a dirty robe, and fights with neighborhood kids over action figures at his own makeshift yard sale.
There's something kind of magical about finding a special piece at a yard sale.
That's best done by giving them a dollar to purchase something at the mall, a yard sale, or at the movies.
If you find something like this at a yard sale, snap it up and give it a new coat of paint!
Or maybe it has something to do with being a thirty - something, and the feelings that go along with knowing that you can spend part of this day at a flea market or yard «saling», or taking pictures, or watching college football, or dreaming up plans for the future — none of which I thought about too much when I was a kid, a college student or a twenty - something.
I am always on a search for a coffee table at a yard or estate sale and I'm always hoping I will find something like this instead of a traditional coffee table — I think it will be a perfect solution!.
It's fun finding treasures at yard sales to flip on eBay and other sites but it's also exciting to find free things I can flip into something useful for myself.
My friend found this simple side table at a yard sale and thought it might be something I would be interested in painting.
I picked up this outdated glider for $ 30 at a yard sale and changed it into something I loved:
About 95 % of what you'll see in my house was purchased at yard sales, Goodwill, or the flea market, but if I did buy something at a «real» store, I'll be sure to let you know which one!
Maybe something you own already, or something you spotted at a yard sale?
I have been keeping my eye out for a great wood table at yard sales to create something like this.
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