I Saw Her Standing There

It's always a good idea to be an early bird at a church rummage sale.

Especially when it's a rainy morning and you resist the temptation to sleep in, so you're first in line and it's at least 10 minutes before the next person arrives. And in those 10 minutes you can look in the windows and see something that you have never seen before at a church rummage sale.

Could that be a Gurley witch candle? More specifically, the big Gurley witch candle (original price 59 cents)? Why, it certainly looks like it is, so you know exactly where you're heading when the doors open.

And it only gets better once you're inside because next to the big Gurley witch candle is a hard plastic jack o'lantern in mint condition with the original tag still on it, so you grab that too. In one swoop, you've picked up more vintage Halloween than you've found all summer.

And there are more holiday treasures, including ornaments and beaded garlands ... 

and a Santa doll, a Santa planter and a tiny plastic Santa ornament.

And the most popular price point is -- wait for it -- a quarter.

Now seeing how this is a church rummage sale, you might feel a little bit guilty that everything is priced so low. 

But not today. First, there's the fact that you've been standing in the rain for 40 minutes. Then, you're told not once but three or four times that the sale doesn't open until 9 a.m. That's fine, you say cheerfully, and while you don't think that you look intimidating, the people running the sale must think that you are intimidating because they lock the door to keep out the obvious riffraff.

Then once you've gathered all your treasures and you're ready to check out, you unload your haul at the table where the cashiers are sitting. There's no one else waiting in line, but you're told that you have to go to the "back of the line," which is two steps to your left. So you put everything back in your box and move to the left. Never mind that all of cashiers are just chatting with each other.

But the kicker is that after you pay for everything, one of the church ladies wants to charge you for your own purse. No, really, you say, I brought it with me, it's mine.

So considering all that, I'd say that everything was priced just right.

P.S. There's still time to enter the giveaway for my handmade Santa wreath. To find out how, read the post below.

 

Comments

[Katie M.]

Is it wrong that I covet those vintage Halloween things? I'm glad you practically got them for free. That'll show those snippy, chatty church ladies who tried to steal your purse!

[Sarah]

Bwhahaha! Buy your own purse! Thats a first.

[Judy]

I have that witch candle. I found it at the Rescue Mission for 50 cents.

[laurie magpie ethel]

Great finds at the church sale and nothing better than a quarter price tag. Sounds like the church ladies were quite the charmers.....

[Into Vintage]

How much were they asking for your purse?
;-)

[Melissa's Antiques]

I'm kind of appalled that folks at a CHURCH rummage sale would act like that! When I head into church rummage sales and everything is priced "just right" I like to give some sort of donation - like buying their church cook book (they have the best recipes) or buying an extra thing or too at their baked goods table. But with attitudes like that, you deserved those prices!

And buy your own purse - definitely a first!

[Sheryl Remy]

Great finds at the church sale. I have never experienced chatting church ladies at check up but my doctor's office has a similar set up
Sheryl

[Happy Holiday Girl]

LOL!!! Hilarious! I think most of us "hard cores" have been there done that too! I live in a small town where everyone knows my husband's family...sometimes it is hard to leave a sale because of all the badgering of family questions! This post made me laugh. You are funny!

[Teresa]

Popped over from Amy's blog....this is hilarious.
Gotta love the church ladies.