Summary: We've really settled into Garage Sailing season now. There's plenty to choose from, and we are even starting to miss a few sales due to time constraints. And I know what you are thinking ... "Seriously, you live in a hippie town smaller than most universities. How many garage sales could there possibly be on even the busiest weekend, that you can't get to them all?" Okay, well ... you are probably actually thinking "Why am I reading this?" And maybe also "I wonder what's for lunch?" And in all likelihood there is also something of a sexual nature.

Summary: Well, if last week was slim pickins', then this week the lord of they-who-seek- driveway-bargains was smiling upon us, and the heavens opened and rained down showers of garage sale blessings into our grateful hands.

I think we hit close to 20 sales this week, and let me tell you, those community cooperation gigs (i.e. one ad in the newspaper = an entire block of driveways hemorrhaging deals onto the street) did not hurt efforts.

Summary: Slim pickins' this week - only three listed garage sales, and one of them was a straight-up Category 3 Drive By.

In case you are wondering, Garage Sale Drive Bys are categorized as follows:

Summary: OK. So. To be completely honest, this isn't TECHNICALLY the first garage sailing weekend of the 2011 Season. There is a slight possibility that I may have sourced out a one or two several garage sales in Squamish back in early April late March before I left for France. OK.

Week 16 - September 18

Summary: Okay, today marks one of the best (read, mostly illogical, and, moreover, completely futile when battling my honed Garage Sailing Negotiation Tactics ... ) responses I have ever received to one of my initial bartering offers.