Lara’s Law (or, The Law of the Garage Sale)

“You find what you are looking for.” Richard Paul Evans

According to Ritchie Rich, you just have to decide to become a millionaire and you will become one. I guess I haven’t completely convinced myself that wealth is for me because (I thought) I decided last week to become a millionaire and I haven’t hit the jackpot yet.

It’s not that I don’t believe in this natural law. I do believe. Especially when it comes to garage sales. All you have to do is think about something you want and you will, sooner than later, find it at a garage sale. Try it. It really works!

I blogged a couple weeks ago about how I needed some books for Persistence’s book club. I couldn’t force myself to buy them with the other ladies. I told them, “We’re going garage sale-ing tomorrow and I know I’ll find them there. They all shook their heads in that sympathetic “she’s lost her mind” way. I told you, it’s a sickness and I can’t stop. Of course you know the rest of the story. I found the books at the first house we stopped at!

A couple months ago Persistence sprained her ankle. One week later we bought some children’s wooden crutches at a garage sale for $1. It was too late to help her ankle but she used them to dress up as a wounded soldier the next week for her book club. She was adorable!

Maybe my million dollars is waiting for me at a garage sale!