I rarely stop at yard sales, because we have so much stuff already, but I noticed the cat carrier when I was running earlier in the day, and thought it was worth driving by with Elen, since the car was already pointed that direction.
The good thing about yard sales, as the Late Ann said, was that there is always an occasion to give something you like, have bought, and don’t need!
Having such a large family and such a limited income, she haunted yard sales, bought things that she liked but had no need for at the moment, but when the occasion came, she had the Perfect Gift!
(She, too, had 10 children, but her husband was lazy and expected a living to be granted to him by virtue of his existence.)