I just returned from the craziest yardsale of my life! Want to know what happens with Rhoda at Southern Hospitality and Kevin and Layla at The Lettered Cottage get together and advertise a yard sale full of home decor items on the internet?
HOARDS OF PEOPLE show up!
This was what I was faced with driving up to the house at 7:45 am, and the yard sale didn’t start until 8:00.
And here was the view once I got parked:
Cars lining both sides of the street about 2 blocks in either direction from Rhoda’s house. I bet it was more crowded than the Chick-Fil-A drive-thru in Tuscaloosa this morning.
She said the early bird arrived at 6:30 am and waited in front of her house all morning. By the time I arrived (15 minutes before the sale was scheduled to begin!) Rhoda’s stuff had already been sold for the most part, and Layla had not yet arrived with her stuff. I perused for a minute, then waited around a little longer as the crowds kept gathering. Finally at 8:10 I decided to head out. I found a back road that led to the subdivision entrance and escaped the masses of folks that were gathering in Rhoda’s driveway.
As I was leaving the subdivision I saw a big green van pulling a trailer coming up the hill. Then I saw a flash of blond hair and I knew it had to be Kevin and Layla, even though I’ve never met them before. So I totally stalked them down and got them to stop. I told them there was no way they would get the van through that crowd of cars and people. So I told them to follow me and I showed them the back entrance to Rhoda’s house.
And away we went back into the crowd.
I felt sorry for Kevin having to maneuver that big van and trailer through all those cars, but he did a great job getting it parked.
Then the real fun began. Before they could get unloaded they were surrounded by a herd of folks.
As soon as they hauled something off the trailer it got snatched up by someone. Nothing was priced, so people were just calling out random prices and it was sold!
This chair went super fast. Everything went super fast, actually.
It was fun to watch, that’s for sure.
Seriously, has anyone ever asked to take your photo at your yard sale before? No? Me either! And even worse… has anyone ever taken a picture of someone taking a picture of you at your yard sale? LOL How crazy is that?
I probably would have had a panic attack if people had surrounded me like that while I was trying to unload a van full of stuff, but Layla and Kevin and Rhoda all handled it with so much grace and well, Southern hospitality. 🙂
Thanks for a fun morning, guys!
SO thankful you were there to help guide us in!
Can’t believe how many people came- but I am so happy everything sold!
Kevin was not about to bring that stuff back in the house- LOL!
Layla
Amazing! I am glad it was a success. Did you get to talk to other bloggers? Meet anyone interesting? What a funny thing, having people that follow you to your garage sale. Lisa~
Wow! That’s hilarious! If I was closer, I would have been one of those crazy people waiting to check out the goods for sale too! 🙂
Thanks for giving us a peek at the sale we didn’t get to go to! What fun–to watch.
I would totally have freaked out and left! So good for them…I would hate to be mobbed like that…you were nice to help them out.
I’m visiting via The Lettered Cottage ~ loved reading about the yard sale and the behind-the-scenes happenings! You were so nice to help them out.
Hey, Beth, you got some great pics too. I took several during the sale. It worked out good when you found them & brought them in the back way. What a fun & exhausting time. I went to the Bama game right after, so you can imagine how I feel right now!! 🙂
Thanks for the comments everyone. I think Rhoda’s neighbors are probably glad that you all weren’t there. hehehe It got to the point where I was concerned someone might call the fire marshal and break up the party.
@Layla, thanks for the linky love! My sitemeter is blowing up this morning. Whew!
@Rhoda-Oh man, I bet you are BEAT! Bless your heart. Rest up!
How crazy funny! Good thing you were there to navigate:-)
hey Beth! popping over from the Lettered Cottage!
What a crazy yard sale!!!! wow… thanks for showing us all the fun we were missing 😉
Im working on a yard sale at my house… wonder if we will get that many people???? hahaha!
have a good one!
Ok that is TOO crazy! I thought about driving over (2 hours for me). Ugh, and as much as I would like to meet them all. Not so much into chaotic scenes. LOL Looks like the day after Thanksgiving crowds and grabs to me!!!!
Oh dear. Funny post. We had a similar experience one time. Not in the celeb sort of way, but selling stuff when mom moved out of her 4,000 sq ft home into a condo. We were hauling stuff to the Goodwill before the gar sale started and peeps just started taking stuff out of the back of the truck and asking how much? The truckload nevermade it to Goodwill! Proof that one mans trash is another’s treasure! Loved the comment about the picture taking.
That was one crazy sale. I am sure the neighbors are glad this was a rare (yet wonderful) experience. They may all call Rhoda to help them organize their sales. I can’t believe it was only a half day!
You were very clever to lead them in the back way.
Wow!! Great post!! 🙂 Did you buy anything???
I live in Chelsea and was planning to stop at the yard sale to look on my way to work. I drove past the house at 8:15 and knew that I wasn’t going to be finding anything. Kevin and Layla were unloading at the time, so I just kept driving. The whole thing looked like a ton of fun though.
I got to go, but only for a few minutes. Had to be in Goodwater by 9:00. Didn’t get to stay for Layla. How crazy! Now, that’s the way to have a yard sale!
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