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May 28th, 2006 at 03:39 am

Ok, I hit upon a new idea today - which undoubtably some will think is wonderful, and others will think I have WAY too much time on my hands. Last weekend I took the newspaper, jumped in the car, and hit the garage sales. Even though I knew where the roads were last weekend, I still wasted too much time driving around because I didn't have a route planned. So, this week...I printed out a map of the area I was planning to hit, marked down ALL the garage sales in that area, and planned a route. By looking at the entire picture, I saw that all the garage sales were concentrated around the perimeter of the city, so that I could start on one side and do a big loop, hitting nearly all of them without going out of my way. I would have driven probably twice as much as I did if I had not mapped it out first.
Now...what I need to find is some Internet site that will let me input addresses and plot them on a map for me. I looked today, but couldn't find anything. This will save me a lot of time in searching for roads AND it will tell me exactly where on a road the sale is. Anyone know of a way to do this?
Anyway...onto the $$$. I bought three pairs of jeans for $3.25, two books for $.50, and a shirt for $.75. But the best find of the day was two Guinness signs (DH's family is very Irish and very into Guinness) - one for $1 and one for $.25! They were pretty scrungy looking, but a quick cleaning and they came out great. Dh is going to keep one and give one as a gift to his grandfather. Total spent: $5.75 for a morning of fun with ds1, who really has gotten into going with me. We stopped at my elderly aunts house for lunch on the way through - a nice visit.
A quick stop at the greenhouse after garage-saling ($10.80) and we came home to plant the garden. So far we have tomatoes, three types of peppers, cukes, beets, green and yellow beans, spinach, and swiss chard planted - still need zucchini, yellow squash, lettuce, cabbage, and broccoli. I love this time of year!

4 Responses to “Maps!”

  1. boomeyers Says:
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    Wow! What a productive day, Jodi! You really had some great tips. I can't believe the super buy with the signs. It is nice to see you teaching your son the value of a dollar and he is getting to spend quality time with mom. What could be better? Except for tractors - right?

  2. Thrifty Ray Says:
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    the map thing is a great idea. Think how much benefit a program such as that would bring....you may have just had the million dollar idea!

  3. StressLess Says:
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    I tried to find the kind of map thing you're looking for online, too. I couldn't find anything and ended up buying Microsoft Streets and Trips software. It's the only thing I could find that would let you plot out multiple stops like that. If you want to avoid spending money on it--1) Ask your library if they have it on their computers already. If they got the Gates Foundation computers, I know it was preinstalled on them. 2) Try to buy it as cheaply as possible. Here's a thread on Fatwallet about some deals.
    Text is www.fatwallet.com/t/18/605164 and Link is
    www.fatwallet.com/t/18/605164

  4. StressLess Says:
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    Oh-and it sounds like you had a great bargain-finding day!

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