Hello, my friends! Apologies for my post scheduling, which is a bit discombobulated due to writing constraints - I needed to have quiet time to recover from my Limbo Sale, plus I have to work at my actual job, and I also wanted this to be a fun thing to look at for you all to read.
I held my biannual Limbo Sale on Sunday, doing all the preparation work on Thursday (normally a Mom-Day).
I started by emptying all of my Limbo stuff from the library, which is hidden behind our dining room bookcase door.
Whateley checking out all this "new" space. Yes, a secret room! Now I have to kill you...
Inside the library - where we keep all our books, duh - is my cold-weather coats, including my mink there on the floor.
The pile on the left is my Dress Archive, which I went through, pulling out dresses that no longer fit, or I don't see myself wearing again. Oh, I didn't pull any summery ones out - this Limbo Sale was advertised as Party Clothes, so I only put out cool-weather things.
With that in mind, I sorted all of my clothes into piles: tops, skirts, jackets, etc. while packing away spring/summer ones for April, when I'll have the next sale.
This makes a lot more sense - no one wants to buy summer clothes in October.
Looking from the kitchen the length of the living room/dining room area.
That's...a LOT. Wow.
10 points if you spot the feline "helpers".
They were very excited about it all, until they got bored.
Then they slept on the deck for a few hours.
Enjoy it while you can, dudes.
And now, some "After" shots, although everything is in bags here. I have to keep it out of the kittens' reach, so this all has to be unpacked AGAIN before 10am on Sunday.
Everything on the bar (except the books and the booze) is FREE. Most of my hats are there; I just don't wear them.
My pricing system. This area on top of the pie-safe will be priced purses, belts and some of my good jewelry sets.
Once my customers have what they want, I sort their pics into piles of $100, then knock a bunch off. I want things to go to good homes, so I work with whatever budget they have.
I take cash or eTransfer.
I'll throw in this pristine, barely-sniffed cat-bed. It went to Emma and her boy Kes has been loving it!
"Those cats missed out. This is a SWEET bed."
This area was my $5.00 and $10.00 tables for jewelry and accessories.
The cat is $10, haha. He's very mischievous.
This area was where I put the boutique items - slightly more pricey, fancy brands and vintage.
There is some really good stuff in here. Nothing is over $100 (I did have two very expensive leather jackets that were more, but they're in the hall - I sold one of them!).
I put the shoes out on the deck, since there's space to try them on, and only the folks with feet in the 8.5-10 range need to look out there.
One side is priced/boutique...
...the other side is $25 a pair.
This cat is $25 - he's slightly less mischievous, but easily led into acts of monkey-business.
I didn't take many pictures of the chaos - it was very busy up till about 1pm - but remembered to take one.
"Everyone who doesn't want to be on my blog or Substack, move out of the way!" I spy my colleagues Leah and Linda, and Yvonne brought four colleagues, and there's dear friend Alison waving. I had close to 20 people throughout the day, my largest number yet.
Thank you all for supporting my shopping habit - I hope you love and wear your new treasures a ton!
Whateley hid aside from a brief foray out of my closet, but Barnabas chilled with us the whole time, getting pats and supervising everything.
"I am the king of these vintage slips!"
He lounged on the deck and kept folks company while they tried on shoes.
No time to socialize while the sun is shining!
Thank you, Alex and Viv, for coming - I love my regular repeat customers!
My beloved Etro blazer - seen here on Alex - has gone to its new forever home.
I bought it in 2013 for $42.00 and wore it at least 14 times (a cost-per-wear of $3.00). I gave it to Alex for $20.00, and made her promise to wear it. After all, if I wore it that much, she should too! Enjoy the Flashback from 2021
here.
Although I get a lot of satisfaction, I never have regret over selling anything, and I LOVE seeing people wearing my old favourite pieces.
The most meaningful moment was moving along a pair of clip-on rhinestone earrings that were Mom's from the 70s. I never wore them (Mom never did either), and so when Carol's daughter Trin spotted them and fell in love, I made her take them for free. It's not about the money - it's about seeing them go to a good home.
My last two folks left at 2:30pm, so I tidied up and bagged it all and put it away.
I took one thing back for myself:
This giant Forele scarf! I'd been frantically looking for it the other day, which means I pretty much have to keep it.
Whateley finally appeared.
"It's about time they all left."
You, sir, are a fraidy cat.
I hope you enjoyed seeing my process! I'm already looking forward to the next sale...and having some fun times on shopping trips and vintage fairs, both of which are scheduled for the next month!
All the pink bits made me happy. 
