Are you wondering what is going on with Gwen And Alma's since you last heard from me? Fun things are happening! Yes, even despite the pandemic!
We have made Gwen And Alma's even more of a family business!
My daughter, Elissa, joined me in picking and selling! We have fun going to Estate Sales together though it was a slow start this year due to the pandemic! After things began opening, however, we found an Estate Sale in the city Elissa lives in. Since we wanted to get there early we decided that I should go up and stay overnight with them.
The night before, we were looking up the address for the sale and Elissa started reading the details which said that it was by appointment only and all appointments were filled! Aaaakkk! Lesson #1: Read the details as soon as you find a sale! But Elissa decided we were not going to let that stop us! She quickly called the number listed and told "a very nice lady" what happened to us. Only a few people were allowed in at a time due to the pandemic. Since each person allowed in was only going to be able to shop for one hour, Elissa asked if someone left early, could we come and use the rest of their hour. The lady said yes! I guess we sounded desperate and we were! OK! Maybe we'll get 10 minutes to shop! LOL But even this was unlikely! Well, one step at a time, we figured!
We showed up early and waited in the parking lot. The sale was in a warehouse. The items for sale were brought in from the home of an elderly man who had been collecting for years! Lots of amazing antiques were waiting for us! While waiting, cars kept pulling in and we began wondering if people would really leave early. We knew if we had only one hour to shop we would take the whole hour! But we were not going to give up! Besides my 8 year old granddaughter, Gili, was home praying that we would get in! Even though the odds were against us! Then the "very nice lady" came to our car as she was going around checking her list to see if everyone on the list was there. Elissa told her we were the ones who called and asked to get in if someone didn't use their whole time. She was still ok with that! She told us to wait near the door ( self distancing, of course ) and if someone came out early she would let us know.
We walked near the door and waited while the names of the other people were called to be the first to enter for the first hour. "The very nice lady" got to the end of the list and two of the people who had signed up hadn't shown up as yet. She waited for these two for a few minutes and then said, well, since these two didn't show up we could go in for the full hour with the first group! Whoop! Whoop! We were in! Gili's prayers were answered!!
And we got a haul! I wish I had taken pictures but we were on a time limit and didn't want to take time away from shopping! All of our treasures are listed in our Etsy Shop now at gwenandalmas.etsy.com
More exciting things coming up so stay tuned!
Sandy
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