So just went to our ward's annual Soup and Swap and thought it was something I should share for any of you out there that might be over any kind of activity groups. Each year our ward has a day (It's basically our DI drive) but from 1-5 in the afternoon you can go drop off all yoru stuff you want to take to DI at the church. Then at 6 everyone brings soup and rolls and cookies and has dinner then they open the doors and you go shopping through everyone else's stuff and just take what you want. Personally I think this is brilliant for so many reasons:
- I would love to give all the stuff I give away to DI to someone who needs it in the ward but never know who it could go to.
- It motivates me to go through my stuff and get rid of stuff (cuz I know I will be bringing in more)
- It's free dinner and free stuff (can't beat that)
- I am obsessed with free things so it is my heaven :)
- You feel like you shared and you get new fun things
- It's yard saling- or DI-ing on high cuz you don't have to pay.
Needless to say I had to have my husband literally come in and cut me off because I could have stayed there all night. My family was huge into yard saling growing up and we still love it. I think for me it is kind of a release. We never had a lot of money growing up but we had enough that we could buy whatever we wanted at yard sales. Even when I have money I have a really hard time spending it so I feel like with yard sales I can basically get whatever I want and not feel guilty. Maybe that's a sickness of some sort. ;) I LOVE to find steals on things and you would be surprised what people give up. SOO anyway, I don't know if it's good to admit that this is actually a hobby I have to buy other people's junk to make my treasure but I can tell you this much I have got some dang good deals before and it's super rewarding to get dresses and pants with a $80 price tag on them for a buck! This year I scored on dresses for Skylee which is actually all I'm lacking in the clothes area for my kids so cha-ching I got like 6 super cute dresses for her.
PS; Yard-saling etc it is funner with friends. Ashley- my next door neighbor- went with me and made it extra fun :)
PSS; Jeff doesn't understand. He just looks at my piles kinda laughs and says "Whatever makes you happy." (which was said multiple times tonight)
2 comments:
Love it! Our ward did something similar but it was in the morning and no food was involved. I will have to suggest that to our relief society. We did ours back in December and I got 6 shirts....was so excited about that! I think it would be neat for people to bring furniture they don't want as well (course that is worth more) Anyways, glad you had fun.
I totally love shopping yard sales too! We did a lot of our Christmas shopping that way this year. Next time your ward does this, let me know, I would to come!!
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