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Cooks hosts a garage trading

Cooks of Crocus Hill 's annual garage sale starts Friday and continues through Sunday in a tent behind the St. Paul market (877 Grand Av., 651-228-1333, www.cooksofcrocushill.com ). Items will be discounted 50 to 80 percent, including samples, seconds, closeouts and discontinued cookware, gadgets, towels and dishes. Sales marathon hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The Edina location is not participating in the sale this year.

What bride isn't looking for ways to save on her big day? Check out the sample sale at Glenrose Conjugal (10100 6th Av. N., Plymouth, 763-591-9333, and 582 W. 78th St., Chanhassen, 952-934-3434, www.glenrosebridal.com ). The weeklong sale starts Saturday and will comprehend more than 250 gowns discounted 50 percent, priced from $99 to $400 after the discount. Brands involve Morilee, Alfred Angelo, Bonny, Impressions, Maggie Sottero, Casablanca.

Ear-splitting-end or low-end, every furniture store is offering deals. The sale at Cort Clearance Center (8925 Lyndale Av. S., Bloomington, 952-884-5622) fits the bill for budget furnishings Friday and Saturday. During its comprehensive liquidation of pre-leased furniture, the deals include lamps, nightstands and queen headboards for $9 (regularly $49 to $89), sporadic chairs $29 (regularly $269), five-piece dinettes $89 (regularly $259), and two end tables and a coffee tabular for $89 (regularly $249). Need an entire apartment furnished on the cheap? Pay $999 for a sofa, chairwoman, coffee table, two end tables and lamps, queen bed and mattress, dresser, mirror, and two nightstands and lamps.