Hot Rummage Sale Video!

You’re right, you’re right.  Can a rummage sale video really be hot?  Sorry, I just got excited.  I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.  I promise to make even better and more awesome videos in the future for the new BackGarage YouTube channel!  (Yes, we’re everywhere now.)

A coupla weeks ago Ms. Alexander Salvage and I, along with my perennial garage sale buddy Ed (or “Crazy Man Eddie” as some know him) hit up the Winnetka Congregational Church rummage sale on a Saturday morning.

The kind and social media savvy folks at Mitsubishi generously gave me (yes, gave me) a Lancer Sportback for the weekend to take around town.  (They really take themselves seriously when they say the Sportback is into whatever you’re into.  You don’t normally see a sporty hatchback curving around steep mountain roads in a flurry of autumn leaves only to arrive at a… church rummage sale.  But hey — Mitsu’s doing their job when it comes to blogger outreach and I, for one, was happy to oblige them with a test drive.  Right to grannyville.)

I was all excited to show @theblogbloglog what a great thrift opportunity this sale was… but I forgot what a [insert bad word that begins with "cluster--"] it is, too.  And this year it was worse than ever!

I should have known when I (seriously) saw a chartered TOUR BUS in front of the church on our walk from the car.

Anyway, while I didn’t walk away empty handed, my grudge against the northern suburban church rummage sales was renewed: a lot of uptight, passive aggressive church volunteers who would rather scold customers than give directions.  We spent about an hour digging around and soon lost our patience with the lines and bitterness.

Then we hit up this church thrift store — with much nicer church ladies!  Long live Rogers Park!