Bake Sale 2 (by Caleb)

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Well, I guess no one wished me luck. This bake sale didn't go as well as the first, but I'm getting ahead  of myself.

It was a bright sunny Saturday, perfect for my sale. We were at Turquoise Trail campground in Cedar Crest, New Mexico. I worked 'til 2:00 making my baked goods. It's not as easy as it sounds to make the brownies and the cupcakes and baking the cookie dough.

After I did, I set up on the picnic table. Mom finished baking the brownie mix. After a bit of waiting two people came and one was the campground host. They only bought two cookies total. I was a little disappointed, because they bought so little. A while later, someone else came and bought 5 butterscotch cookies. Then after a long long time, someone came before dinner and got some cookies.

That is all I got that day. I made fourteen dollars, a lot less then the $37 from my first sale. Two days later, I set up at a KOA campground hoping to get a customer. Here is what I was selling stuff for:

  • cupcakes: $1.00
  • brownies: $1.00
  • cookies: $0.75  
  • hot chocolate: $0.50

Since the baked goods were two days older, everything was twenty five cents cheaper. After a little bit, a kid and his dad came over. I had told him about my sale so I expected him. They bought two brownies and gave me a five dollar bill. If they payed the exact price it would have been $1.50, but he said to keep the change.

Later, two people came and bought me out. They also overpaid but said it was fine for me to keep the change. These two people gave me $19 dollars more than they needed to pay.

Well, that's all for that sale!

Location: Turquoise Trail Campgrounds, 22 Calvary Rd, Cedar Crest, NM 87008, USA

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