Thursday, still looks like rain. Getting a few sprinkles now and then. Everyone seems to be crowded around the radio listing to the weather Like they were listing to game 7 of the world series. Even thought this is the official start day, not much of a crowd. Did sell my first item. A old lantern for 10 dollars!! At about 8:00am Whoopee.. Dad says to me. "see there you go, Making money now" humm $40.00 gas $ 85.00 for the spot here. $4.50 for eggs and coffee, last night I ate a hamburger and fries $6.00. I am not even going to add the cig's I have smoked. Now I am only $125.50 in the hole .LOL. Well a few Hours later I have sold more stuff, mostly to the other dealers out here. Still not a lot of reg shoppers yet… But now I am getting the itch to see what the other sellers have for sale. Dad has been twice, and keeps bring bad a sack each time with goodies in it. Now He can watch the stuff and I can go!! After putting on my bright orange furry I mean business hat.
Talk to a few sellers. Told them I had the web-site thing going. Got some cards will link there site to mine. Well the one's I want too. A few more things then back to the booth see if dad sold anything for me….nope but he sold a lot. Man guess I better stick around here more. Well here is a list of what I sold Mr. peanut jar,
3 ugly dolls, that's what the buyer called them, I agreed.
1950's truck bank,
emery boards,
old Mallet,
Franklin stuff doll turtle,
2 more sets of emery boards,
big glass bud bottle bank,
2 porky pig marbles,
wonder woman clock,
water garden book,
more emery boards,
tuxedo tobacco tin,
cookbook, par size 8 boots, not sure were they came from.
Old hammer,
emery boards,
jelly-belly toy container.
that's it time to tarp up and go to sleep.
Friday:
5:00am I am up…no one else is. Smells like rain. We got some during the night. Dad get up in about 1 hour. Says look like we got a heavy due, I said no we got rain last night.
See I sleep under the tarps outside .with a ball bat, golf club a 4 D cell flash light.. anyone thinking of helping them self's to my stuff during the night is in for a surprise!! Dad sleeps in the van.
We pull the tarps off. Get some bisque and gravy and some coffee. Time to make the BIG BUCKS.
A few more people today guess they took Friday off from work. Seem like the wind is picking up…..
OH YEAH here is the wind!!! Got about a 2 sec warning. Glass breaking from the booth two rolls behind us.
Golf clubs, (now I am down to just the ball bat and flashlight for protection)
Hopalong Cassidy Plate,
ash tray,
Farm house Book,
Prince Albert in the canß
you know I will always have some of these!! Too cool.,
2 blue baby glass milk bottles, (yeah the same one's I had just got).
Charlie Browns sister in school figure, you press it and get the waa -waa- waaa, waa, sound.,
emery boards,
poker chips,
Roger rabbit stuff toy,
comic book Spiderman versa Doc Ock,
another comic book,
4 Coors ash trays,
Mickey mouse place mats,
emery,….(you know),
3 hotweel cars,
Hop along Cassidy rug,
poker set,
truck full of hotweels,
Scooby doo sack,
poker chips.
Now people are slacking up. I take a break, only to find out that even though it was mostly cloudy. I got SUNBURNED! On my neck and the back of my legs. Luckily I remember there was someone selling Avon stuff. Now to find her!!
Wow it really was windy. Dorothy and the tin man blew in to the Flea Market
Ahh found her. Lets see sun block 30 skin so soft. $ 2.00 cool I will take it, but wait I am sun burned now! Oh here some stuff called after sun with alvira, $4.00 so If I would have put the block on first I would have saved 4.00.
Go's on my list. Well time to close up shop. Not going to sleep well tonight. But first. I gota have some of them cheesy fries.
Saturday:
Up at 2.00am, back to sleep, up at 3.30am. Put more after sun lotion on. Back to sleep. Up at 4.45am oh well might as well stay up. Spent two hours just chilling. Notice something seems different today. The other sellers are up and moving more lively. There is something in the air. I can feel it. Its…ITS SATURDAY!!!
The Big Day!! The day to make it or break it. This is the day everyone knows the Biggest Crowds come. Most of the locals, and the out of town Bargain Hunters. Have to get a stick to beat them off, they say!!
The sun is going to be out the weather will be nice. Dogs and cats loving each other…
Look the cars are coming in Now!! I swear people are throwing money out of they're cars as they drive by!!
No wait that's trash… someone get me a rock!
Announcements over the speakers," People do not park your cars on the highway" "you will get a ticket"
What's he saying, let them park were they want. They got Money!
Well the Day is going good. Lots of fun talking with people. Thought one guy and his grandson about the 1950's Jefferson mystery clock. 24 ct gold plated and how the hands really move. it's a mystery!! Well not now to them. Ok Saturday sale items….man there is a lot. If you really want to see it let me know.
Well the day is over. Can't complain. Weather man says a bad storm is coming in. I tell dad, let load up and head home. A lot of sellers are leaving. We can go to. Nope Dad says Sunday is a good sale day too. We should stay. Just Tarp everything down good and it will clear in the morning.
Sunday"
Woke up 1:00am water has soaked my mat. 2inches of rain already, have to walk around the back of the Van because I don't want to walk in the flooded out puddle's or I guess river's that now flow in front of the tables and beside the Van.
