West Seattle Garage Sale Scavenger Hunt

[david.e.weaver]

I wrote up the following event. Feel free to modify or join the fun.

We need to build a formal list of items to find and finalize it nearer to the date of the event.

Event date and time: May 11, 9am to 3pm

https://westseattleblog.com/wsgaragesaledaymap

Rules:

Anyone can find any item so don’t think that girls can only look for

girl clothes etc.

Coordinate amongst your friends. This is a public event so I don’t want

any one site to become too unmanageable.

Scoring: I am trying to choose rare items so each item is worth one point.

Take pictures on your phone and either store them for comparison later

or text them to your friends.

Don’t stop at one. If you find duplicates of the same item or two good

70’s era shirts that are distinctly different, take a picture of both

in case your friends reject one as marginal or not authentic enough.

Don’t cheat. Don’t raid your closet for points. Clothing must not

currently belong to you unless you purchase it the day of the event.

Multi-task: If you need a costume for Halloween consider building it

on the day of the event.

Modifying a regular shirt to conform to an era style does not count so

don’t take a woman’s shirt and tie knots in it to make it conform.

If you find something unique you want points for notify friends ASAP

so they can start looking for something similar. You won’t get points

if your friends don’t have adequate time to look for a similar object.

And don’t expect points for it if the object was not on the list from the

beginning.

Mens clothes

Era

Victorian

long petticoat with split tail, top hat, powdered wig

Pirate

triangular rimmed hat, ruffled shirt, napoleon two rimmed hat

70’s

bell bottom pants, large flat collar shirt,

80’s

hammer pants, really short/cut off jean shorts

hairband(less argumentative)

wristbands

90’s

grunge rock style (difficult to collect points/argumentative)

loose fitting horizontal lines sweatshirt

light weight, light color or faded flannel shirt

Women’s clothes

Victorian

dress with a bustle, corsette, hoop skirt

Pirate

70’s

big round sunglasses (really big, modern ones have smaller diameter)

flower power style print, dresses, shirts, etc.

large, rectangular, neckline on a blouse or dress

80’s

Madonna’s ripped tutu

Cindy Lauper tutu

bleach stained jeans

brightly colored tights

bow hairband(argumentative)

Colors

70’s

olive green pants or shirt

zig zag pattern

flower power style print

afro wig

80’s

bright colors, “hot” colors, “neon” colors

random pic pattern on a bright color (avoid the modern remake if possible)

Other

best jewelry

best ring

best necklace

best earrings

best era earrings

madi gras mask

scary mask

mascot head

crown

princess crown

best decorative art

Potential categories:

zombie

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[JanS]

and the person with the most point wins? Wins what?

Inquiring minds want to know :D

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[Gina]

I play a version of I-Spy at garage sales and estate sales.

Gift sets of shaving products. (Hai-Karate, Old Spice type stuff.)

Products advertised on T.V. by Richard Simmons.

Products advertised on T.V. by Suzanne Sommers.

Anything featuring Zamfir, the master of the pan pipes.

Macrame anything for bonus points.

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[david.e.weaver]

Jans: Prize is provided by your own group for your own group. I didn’t even consider a prize for my own group. Good point though.

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[JanS]

well, you could always meet for an ice cold adult beverage of your choice at 3:15pm :)

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[JoB]

i love this idea…

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[JanS]

JoB…the scavenger hunt? or the adult beverage? ;-)

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