Do you ever wish you could go back in time?
Personally, I think it would be a blast to go back just so I could wear the same outfit everyday and barter with my neighbors. Sure, not having any running water, toilets, or medicine would stink… But I could barter every day of the week. And you know how I love to barter.
This past weekend Amber and I set out on a mission. We thought it would be a blast to hit up some local garage sales without a dime in our pocket. We wanted to get back to our roots, you know, to barter the old school way. Like Pilgrims and Indians. We decided for currency, we would use a few items from our stockpiles.
No money? No problem!
Our first stop was the Ramona’s House.
Word on the street was the Ramona had a freezer full of chicken and she was looking to barter. So I offered her some seeds I picked up from my boyfriend Ryan last week. I really think her kiddos will enjoy growing purple carrots, purple beans, pumpkins and a few others favorites this summer.
Cock a Doodle Do!
Besides seeds, I also traded Ramona a bunch of reclaimed strawberries, some fancy sugar, a small wood pallet, a tin bucket, some wood carvings and maybe something else too {it’s hard to remember exactly, I was high on chicken crack}.
I ended up coming home with frozen chicken, a turkey, MOOSE MEAT, 3 cans of black beans and a coupon booklet. Yee-Haw! I don’t care what other people say, being a pilgrim rocks!
My friend Amber made out pretty well too. She traded 4 jars of peanut butter and a couple of razors for 2 packages of organic moose meat from Alaska. Hot Diggety Amber, way to go!
After we left we decided to stop by a few other places to see if anyone was interested in bartering with us. One lady was rather rude and turned us down almost immediately. Apparently she didn’t think our Ken’s Salad dressing was a good enough trade for her two beach chairs that were priced at only $1.00 each. Geez, some people.
But this lady was awesome! I was able to trade her 4 cans of Taco Bell refried beans for a garden hoe and a few cans of expired V-8 juice.
C’mon now, does it get any better than that?
All in all it was a great day to barter. Free meat and free garden tools. Life is good!
♥ Mavis
Practical Parsimony says
I went to a yard sale and bought two of three lawn chairs that were priced at $2 each. Since I wanted the third chair, I offered to bring the people a dozen of my free range eggs. They jumped at the chance. Since he was a policeman and had taken a check (all I had in bank), he was assured he could come get the eggs any old time. They were so happy when I brought the eggs!
I thought I was the only person bartering at a yardsale!
Mavis says
Ha Ha… It was soooo much fun!
Sharon says
lovin’ this
Mavis says
Hey Sharon, do you have anything you want to barter? 😉