Buy. Buy more. Buy. And… be happy.

[devi]

As of July 1st I will no longer live in Muswell Hill. At first I didn't mind moving on, but as always happens, as the days count down I’m seeing more and more things I love about here – the way I can stand on the bed, stick my head out the skylight and see way out to the east, the blue computer alcove with its little paper lanterns, the mirrorball, the funny old barber shop on Muswell Hill Broadway, even the weird leggy plant in the sittingroom.

Oh, well, enough with the maudlin. elethe and I have lots of stuff. Since we’re moving, and I’ll probably have to put most of mine in storage for the summer, it would make sense to rehome as much of it as possible. Money is also nice when you’re moving. So we’re thinking of having a garageless garage sale.

Some weekend day – we’re currently thinking Sunday the 19th of June, though this could change if public opinion’s against it – we’ll have an open house with wine and nibbles, and all the buyable stuff laid out so you can look through it. There'll also be stuff I'm giving away. You’re welcome to come over at any stage and hang out. No pressure to buy anything - it's also an excuse for a sort of house-cooling party - but if you see something you’d like to take home with you, so much the better.

elethe will be making her own list presently, though I imagine there’ll be lots and lots of DVDs on it. I’ll be offering books and CDs[1], a snow-coloured iMac (there’s nothing wrong with it and I’ll be sorry to part with it, it’s just that my laptop does everything it does but slightly faster), an acoustic guitar, clothes (some barely worn), board games, and lots of other random things. I’ll post up a proper list if there seems to be interest. (People can bagsy things for themselves in advance, of course.)

Edit: Oh, and! I also have a beech-finish Ikea corner bookshelf and a grey Ikea Benno 6-foot-tall CD rack. kauket has expressed an interest in the CD rack but in case she doesn't want it, feel free to shout out.

Does that sound interesting? Or is it ridiculous to attempt to have a garage sale with no garage, a car boot sale without the car? Opinions welcome.

[1] proceeds from many of the CDs go to the Transatlantic Librarians Fund

Comments

[annasilverlight.livejournal.com]

Hello! Where are you moving to? the chances are I missed a livejournal entry about it as I don't update/read my friends list often enough... I am also interested in the iMac, but it looks like a lot of people are! I love buying second-hand stuff. How are you going to decide how much everything should cost? Wow if I had an iMac I could start thinking about getting an ipod. And then start thinking about having no money at all...

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Hmm.. don't pin your hopes on the ipod - the iMac's running a too-old version of osX for it to work. You'd need to upgrade the OS. It's otherwise OK though.

[annasilverlight.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd love to come and look on the 19th. I am not sure I should be buying a computer at this stage, so need to give it some thought, and talk to K. about it as she MIGHT be giving me her old laptop. Maybe. I bet lots of people will make offers on the iMac. I actually have never used an iMac. Don't even know what osX and OS are! CDs and books I am definitely up for buying though.

[caescarna.livejournal.com]

PC's support IPoD's pretty well via Firewire and USB 2.0. PC Firewire cards aren't expensive if you don't already have a Firewire port on whatever you use.

[annasilverlight.livejournal.com]

I don't think this laptop I am using (my girlfriend's) has a Firewire port. But I don't really know. I have to confess I am a bit retro* when it comes to technology, although ipods sounds like a very good idea!