I remember when i was young i use to garage sale with my Mema (grandma) and we would find tons of awesome shit for less than 5 dollars, as if there was this unwritten rule that if you have a garage sale must nothing be over 5 dollars, time went by and eventually the garage sale trips stopped, and the few i have been to in the past 5 years people were asking ridiculous prices for items, as if the unwritten rule was re-unwritten to say that if you have a garage sale everything must be over 5 dollars .... and so i stopped going completely.

Until today.











I was on my way to work this morning only an hour late, when i drove past a garage sale and you know when you drive past a garage sale even if you have no intention in the world to stop, you still look to see whats there. I was rubber necking when i noticed a little toy box sitting in the drive way just screaming and yelling at me to stop and take a look, so i did. I had no cash and yet i still stopped to look at this thing, and i loved it. its one of the rectangle ones that have a hinged top, and you cant slam the lid (just for little toddler fingers) on the top of the lid it was a cushion and on the cushion is a map of the world with different animals standing on each Continent. Even better than that, the small yellow sticker that was stuck to it read $1.00. What? One freakin dollar? No way? So i asked "is this really a dollar" and the lady told me it was. SO SOLD. I went to my car which by the way was parked right in the middle of the street for all the angry work goers to drive around, which made them even more angry than the fact that they have to go to work to begin with .... sorry i told someone as i walked back to my car. I found exactly 4 quarters- exactly 4.... what are the odds. I loaded my toy box in the back of the car, went to work and when i was done i came straight home to unload the box and get to work cleaning it up, i couldn't get it as clean as i wanted, so i just recovered the fabric on the cushion with black and white checked boxes....... the end results........... is a bad ass toy box that i love so much and cant wait to put all Vincents toys in, just so he can wake up to find it, and then open and close the lid about a zillion times because the lid opening and closing is soooo much more fun than the 200 dollars worth of toys that will be crammed in it. He will be pleased and so will i.