One of my favorite things to do on a Saturday morning in Beverly and Morgan Park is to hit the local garage sales! First, you peruse the Beverly Review, the news "bible" of the area. You organize your morning by quality of items for sale and addresses working your way North to South and East to West. Then you go out and shop till you drop! You can find some very practical and unique items at the sales while enjoying the scenery walking from house to house. When you get warm there is usually a neighborhood child selling lemonade to quench your thirst. My favorite items are old VHS tapes that I can pick up for $1 or less and leave at the cottage in Michigan for guests to enjoy. My daughter spotted some Barbie clothes and accessories, her favorite was the Barbie lap top! She also picked up a Spice Girl, Scary Spice Barbie doll, brand new, in it's original box for $1. (She bargained them down from $4, they thought it was the smile, but I have her well trained, from my Scottish born, retired Chicago fireman and flea market expert father to the saleswoman in me, it's in her blood!)The best deal this week was the rickshaw pictured above! I walked right past it because #1 my husband would kill me if I brought home a rickshaw and stuck it in the garage & #2 I just thought it would be too much. I was a fool! My friend above picked it up and a little rider for $20! Just another one that got away! That's the fun of the sales. Go early, buy on impulse, he who hesitates is lost!
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