Rummage Sale Success and News About the Mop Head

Today was finally the big church rummage sale. I am happy to say that I took over far more TO the sale than I brought home FROM the sale. I took boxes and boxes of stuff and brought back only one with someone else’s junk. That has not been true in past years; however, I am serious about getting rid of stuff and living a more “minimal” lifestyle”.

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Isn’t this the nicest bunch of rummage you have ever seen?

The following photos are my nominees for least understood rummage (no one knows what the heck it is)

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The following is my nominee for most historical rummage item:

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Here are the most colorful items

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And here is our prize vintage item

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Now, the news you have all been waiting for. I have a mop head that I could not donate to the rummage sale because there are no refills anywhere within 500 miles of our little town. Because it is plastic, I am hesitant to throw it away. After intense internal dialogue, the mop became part of my rain gauge system! All I used was a mop without the sponge head, copper wire, and a rain gauge. I propped up the rain gauge in the chain link fence. Voila, a masterpiece of upcycling.  The photos are crummy, been playing with camera settings.

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Range gauge out in the veggie garden area

One thought on “Rummage Sale Success and News About the Mop Head

  1. What a wonderful post – even down to the very end with your mophead gauge!
    It’s hard to not pick up “just a few unnecessary but oh, so unusual” items, isn’t it? You are well on your way to minimalism ~ I hope I can be such a responsible adult and eliminate the stuff – :) Loved the lamp…..oh, dear….such willpower it takes! LOL

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