“Having a yard sale is a reminder of every mistake you’ve made when you were shopping,” a friend recently told me.

At the time, I was in the throes of aching back, mental exhaustion and wondering if my sanity had, at last, left me. Yes, I was definitely recovering from having a yard sale.

The situation had become desperate.

It was either have a sale or move out to get more room for all the stuff I’d bought.

I couldn’t imagine how I had ended up with so much stuff until I remembered all the days I had come home with the car full of items I was certain we needed immediately and could not live without.

Or I had a car full of items on sale that I was sure I would never find at that rock bottom price again.

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