Garage sale
Jul. 18th, 2004 03:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zdashamberI just got in and took a friggin' shower from the first garage sale I've done. It was pretty fun... Instead of sitting inside and re-reading The Vor Game, I sat outside and re-read The Vor Game, and occasionally people came by and gave me money. I got air, I got sun, I got rid of some godawful crap... I'm sure my mom would be proud of me. I am $17 the richer, all in small unmarked bills, but the best part is, it was all money exchanged for (did I mention) Godawful Crap. I mean, who would buy an "windchime" made of bamboo hung from an unpainted angelfish the size of a dinner plate? The only reason we owned it was that the previous person who let this apartment abandoned it in the laundry room. But someone paid more than a dollar for it! Crazy ol' world.
Actually, there were a few things that I didn't think were completely horrible. The watermelon, for one. Last night I went to the store to try to get a stash of ones, and they were selling watermelon 2 for $6. I was seized by a plan of selling icy watermelon slices—like lemonade, but more portable and biodegradable and easier to keep cool. "Brilliant! It'll sell like hotcakes! Cold cakes! Whatever!" I thought.
Alas, I did not recoup my investment for a watermelon, a bag of ice, and a disposable roasting pan to hold ice and watermelon slices in. But the one lady who bought watermelon bought 4 slices for $2, and it made her very happy. Also, it kept me alive out there in the absence of a water bottle. Tasty. Mmmm.
Right! Tips! 1. Screw the "display of slices in a flat pan" idea. What if the pan tips over onto the sidewalk as soon as you carry it outside, hm? Spilling ice and watermelon all over the glass-encrusted anty pavement? Eh?
2. Just put the watermelon slices in big ziploc freezer bags, and drop those bags right in the ice bag. Half a watermelon (in 2 ziploc bags) to 1 bag of ice. (Fortunately, due to space considerations, I'd happened upon this plan, and thus had backup melon...)
3. Also have a bunch of smaller ziploc bags handy to individually pass out slices. Yes, it's bizarre, but some people may buy the watermelon without intending to eat it right there.
Hm... I need to go take care of a bit more of that excess melon, now...
Actually, there were a few things that I didn't think were completely horrible. The watermelon, for one. Last night I went to the store to try to get a stash of ones, and they were selling watermelon 2 for $6. I was seized by a plan of selling icy watermelon slices—like lemonade, but more portable and biodegradable and easier to keep cool. "Brilliant! It'll sell like hotcakes! Cold cakes! Whatever!" I thought.
Alas, I did not recoup my investment for a watermelon, a bag of ice, and a disposable roasting pan to hold ice and watermelon slices in. But the one lady who bought watermelon bought 4 slices for $2, and it made her very happy. Also, it kept me alive out there in the absence of a water bottle. Tasty. Mmmm.
Right! Tips! 1. Screw the "display of slices in a flat pan" idea. What if the pan tips over onto the sidewalk as soon as you carry it outside, hm? Spilling ice and watermelon all over the glass-encrusted anty pavement? Eh?
2. Just put the watermelon slices in big ziploc freezer bags, and drop those bags right in the ice bag. Half a watermelon (in 2 ziploc bags) to 1 bag of ice. (Fortunately, due to space considerations, I'd happened upon this plan, and thus had backup melon...)
3. Also have a bunch of smaller ziploc bags handy to individually pass out slices. Yes, it's bizarre, but some people may buy the watermelon without intending to eat it right there.
Hm... I need to go take care of a bit more of that excess melon, now...