Gear sharing, etc

Hey Ladies!

This weekend is the marvelous and hectic event known as the REI garage sale, when people line up to buy things that other people returned for no good reason. I am planning on participating in this madness for the first time, and I have but one goal in mind: to get some good stuff for the AT dirt cheap.

In order to make the best use of this opportunity, I'd like to figure out basically what I'm going to need to acquire for this adventure. Which brings me to my point: how much gear are we planning on sharing? In my mind, we get two two-person tents, so we can break the weight up more easily and so we can do a little splitting up if necessary, but I'd like to hear your opinions on the matter. Also, do we just want one stove? Does someone have a good one already? Water filter? Pots? Are there other things that we might want to share? The ones I listed are the only ones I managed to come up with. I'm also planning on talking to my dad about what gear I might be able to borrow from him. So I'll let you know how that works out :)

So, please respond to let me know what you think of all this. I'm hoping to get some good stuff on Saturday, but there will be a couple more garage sales before we start hiking, so this isn't our last shot.