Throwing Away Money? aka Major Curb Shopping Score

An exerpt from an email to my husband this morning:

MAJOR score in the dumpster diving department!  THREE sturdy real estate signs, all metal!  I figure if we don't use them for our "selling it all garage sale" someday we can probably get at least $20 at the metal dealer.  Plus there was a blue stake used to hold a container for brochures.  I took the container off and threw it away (See?  I do know how to do that!) and I figure it will work nicely for additional tomato support.  

The $20 is pretty conservative, I think, as I could only lift one sign at a time.   It's not a lot, but little things add up, and anyway, it put me in a good mood this morning.