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

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

Sell my things as you see fit, but don't sell them for next-to-nothing just for the sake of it, as I currently plan to be back in London before too long. If you have any plans to put things in storage for a few months, I'm happy to pay for all of that.

Of course, if you're just going to throw out what you don't sell, in that case please do try and get anything you can for my stuff! ;)

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, I'm not going to sell them off for buttons, though it seems remarkably hard to get a straight answer out of second-hand CD shops as to what's a reasonable price. I'm not just thinking of storage costs but of bulk, weight, carrying and transporting in helpful people's cars, but on the other hand I'm loath to distribute your CD collection to the four winds. Hm.

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

I think the obvious solution is to *rent* out my music collection! They can rip anything they like for a fraction of the cost of actually buying it, and in the meantime your storage/transport costs are reduced to nil.

Mind you this would work better if I didn't have such appalling taste in music (at least in terms of the less-good-stuff I left behind).

Wish I could be there to help with the move, and really, if there's anything I can contribute e.g. helping with costs, I'm completely willing.

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I'm ripping everything to mp3 as I check them for scratches.