The Bins

 Trip to the Bins today mainly because there were no Estate Sales going on in the area. So the itch has to be scratched so I dropped into the local outlet for maybe an hour and a half. The usual T-Shirt vultures were there. They are so scruffy looking. Wearing pajama pants, badly in need of haircuts, converse and hoodies. average age early 20s.

Yeah they were there. But only a handful of treasure hunters as I suppose others were doing last minute Xmas shopping, traveling or attending holiday parties.

There is constant chatter on Facebook about the outlandish pricing going on at Goodwill. There is constant complaining about all the good stuff being sent to the on-line stores. This is very true, but a lot of times stuff gets by the sorters. 

For example the Steiff Bear . I know about Stieff from the auction house. Its so easy to check by using google search on the PC. I won at the doll Auction earlier this year several Bears of this brand and have sold one almost immediately. It paid for the other two (I think,,,brain frog). This little fella is missing his trunk. I doubt it was on him at the g-will store because the $ tag was 3.99$. With the suitcase, the bear is approximately 50$. This little guy should bring in 20 bucks maybe. Not bad for a few pennies. And he is in perfect condition. He was overlooked at the store and obviously overlooked by everyone else at the bins.

Another startling find was this Coach purse. I am not a name brand snob. I find knock offs all the time. My favorite was the Jimmy Chue Pink boat bag ( I call it a boat bag because they are so big!).  I have a very nice Dooney & Bourke. My favorite go to right now is the Eddie Bauer Hobo bag. It's authentic. 

I saw this bag in the pile of trash-treasure, picked it up, looked it over and thought it was not too bad. No rips, a few smudge marks that I could use leather cleaner on, and simply wash off (Spray and Wash) the cloth fabric. And it is going to be a very cute summer bag.

Its authentic. I opened it up in the car (while doing the laundry I got a moment to thoroughly examine my bag of finds). I pulled out from the change pocket the Coach Bag Handling and Care  3 fold pamphlet! Its the Real Deal! I'm really astounded at how much slips by the pickers. My gain. This style goes for around 50$ too. I actually went just to see if they had any xmas paper which I have been using as filling in my shipping. And blankets. I can never have enough blankets for the couch. 

I Love the Bins.  

Brain Frog

 I have been in a funk with listing lately. I have been keeping up with one or two a day - which actually isn't that much worse than my targeted 5 - and the death pile is enormous. See my cat (my daughters cat) on the orange MCM chair (from my Mom's estate - I have four of them). 

This is my work area. The Christmas tree held captive in the corner? It's been there for about 3 years now. It's the  third Christmas. I can't get to it to take it down. And even if I did I have nowhere to store it. 

On another note, the storage keys are lost AGAIN. I am ashamed to ask for another lock change.  I have two storage units filled with the death pile stuff. I began to weed it down and take loads of stuff to the Goodwill but it is still out of control.

I thought I was going pretty good this month with not sourcing as I am recovering from Covid. But I manage to still spend way to much and then sit on it. The doll auction was my biggest expense and accounts for approximately 50% of the months acquisitions. Then I got nuts with an on-line auction thinking it had some pretty profitable stuff for me and spent about 156$.

 I am not even going to include the 52$ I just threw away on some perfume store displays which I misinterpreted as store sample bottles and now I am stuck with two huge Volupe bottles. I will try and sell them on Facebook Marketplace. I have a few large items I need to unload on Marketplace. 

I have spent some on the estate sales I am addicted to,  and have listed some things from the hauls but not much. I have positioned on the light box several pieces from the Primitive Estate Sale on Cherokee Rd that I kept going back to because it was fascinating. It felt like the Architectural Salvage place I love to go wander around in.   

I have been pretty lucky with locating misplaced or mislabeled items. Box D-8? Nope - not in there. I have to methodically go thru each box until I find the item. I was lucky yesterday, only had gone thru half the boxes on the table (I don't even dare take a picture of my garage) until I found it. A major victory! When I couldn't locate the John Wayne stamps I had to hunt down thru Google pictures the date I took the pics and then drill down with the other pictures until I found the box. It's exhausting to be so disorganized.

Some items from S-ville. Due to brain "frog" ( which I keep saying instead of brain fog) I left behind three items. And they can't locate 8 of the 15 Dickens collection from 1800's I bought. Damn it! Stuff happens.

Early figurine from a factory which eventually was switched over to Lladro. I kind of love the research part. I use to really love it. Research.

An artsy photo of an Artisan pot from North Carolina. See the texture? That was what I was aiming for. The earth colors of terracotta, blue and green are so beautiful.

  

I love this Tara Buddha brass figurine head. She represents peace and harmony. 

 

Old Fenton perfume bottles.

The Dickens books of which I only received 7 out of the 15. 

Send me Dead Flowers by the US Mail and I won't forget to put Roses on Your Grave

 NO REST FOR THE WEARY

I have covid, or al least the test implified I had contracted it. Fortifying myself with Alka Selzer Cold Plus, cough syrup and a box of kleenex, accompanied by a mask, I ventured out into the sunshine drenched cold Friday and headed to the laundry mat (four loads = 20$), Kroger (more money and bologna), Post office (Ebay waits for noone), Walmart for shipping boxes and candy. After arriving at the laundry I realized I had left behind the essential, the one huge bag of smelly urine soaked pants that absolutely had to be washed as best as it could be. So I headed back and as it seened, started over. I bought second hand roses and took over to Cathy's grave. She has been on my mind a lot lately. Especially after being contacted by Stefanie, an old friend from the NS in Louisville days. 

I always wondered what would happen if I got sick. How would I cope with J and all his needs. I found out this week that I can not be sick. And since it is inevitable that I will be sick, I must carry on. I miss Cathy for so many reasons and new ones every day. She was the most difficult and complicated person I have ever know besides my husband. She was the most loyal friend one could ever want and then again the most distant and cold person on the face of the earth. I believe she knew me better than anyone because I spent the most time with her beginning with out college days in 1971 and our off and on again friendship thru 2017 when I had a hunch and checked the obituaries upon arriving home from our short lived residency  in Florida and there she was.

It was like a rock was smashed against my heart. I was searching for her to mend (yet again) another fence over a silly  spat we had over my not returning a phone call. She knows I'm bad about that but this one time (2015) she told me not to bother to ever try to talk or contact her again (cold and distant). It was my fucking fault for not reaching out immediately. I was involved in some drama in my own life - the move to Florida which at first I thought was cool to have two home, like I'd made it - the ultimate dream 2 homes!!!.

Everyone tries to be support in this journey I am on. They call,offer help and are there for me. But Cathy is the one I would have let help. I would have let in. 

I leave flowers on her grave when I can.

Jewelry Junkie

 What is happening? I'm in the writing zone!! I have avoided the dreaded COVID VIRUS for four years and suddenly I HAVE IT! Took one of those home tests because I was clued in that a lot of people are coming down with this new strain. And it turned out positive. I even read the directions . A novelty! I will say this and move on. Yesterday I felt like I had been hit by a Mack truck. I can not exactly describe the feeling. No fever, just a runny nose that would not stop, sneezing, watery eyes, chills, no taste no smell, no energy, no lust for life. The Little Clinic told me there was nothing they could do because I had no underlying conditions! WTF! But, Because of my unbelievable constitution, I feel much better today but must quarantine for 5 (?) to 10 days. Its about 30 degrees around here and I am airing all the room I am in with open windows. Because my body is so out of sorts, it is not bothering me at all!  All my remedies and  treatments are from the Internet.   That's all I have to say about that.

 

Around two weeks ago I received an email from yet another Goodwill Site about a jewelry sale. 75$ off when you purchased two boxes. This is my experience with BlueBox Goodwill - crap. Mardi Gras beads, unmatched earrings, broken jewelry, childrens jewelry. Just crap. Because I am hard headed (aka idiot) , I tried several times to snag a good box. The only one on the nice side came from North carolina. The other 3 from Florida. After spending about 200 smackers on junk my only salvation was a Coco Chanel earring. Mind you, not a set but JUST ONE. I was able to sell it for over 100. I may have mentioned this in an earlier post. That was the second time I sold ONE Chanel  earring for big bucks. 

But If I am nothing else, I am a sucker for Jewelry. It all began in 2010 when I was wondering what

type of business I could be in if I continued to relocate every several years with my husband (Railroad). I don't remember how it happened but I ran across S & D took the plunge. My investment taught me a couple of things. People love jewelry! And S&D is pretty overpriced junk. Shoddily made. Broke easily. So my foray into being an Independent was short lived and my interest in jewelry was sparked.

What happened next is a vice, an addiction that has never abated. I came across Shopgoodwill in the beginning of their online presence. At least I think so. The web site was as unsophisticated at everything was in 2010. You could type in "Jewelry Lot" and receive hundreds of hits - pages of auctions. All one liners that you would click on to see the descriptions and the pictures. I always choosed "unsorted". That was the good stuff, the mother load. 5 - 10 -15- 20 pounds of unsorted jewelry. Those were the good old  days. It was nothing to find 18K jewelry and no telling what else. as a matter of fact, I still have most of it. when I began reselling in 2019 on Merc I began with jewelry and I did have success. My absolute favorite was Southwest Jewelry unsorted Lots. The last good one I received was in 2020.  Nothing has ever been the same. 

Okay so 75$ off I once again took the plunge and the box arrived yesterday. Approximately 20 pounds. I opened one box - the bright spot in a Covid sticken day -  and it was filled with some wonderful stuff. Not any 14 or 18K gold. Not any Coco Chanel, but some beautiful costume pieces for my overwhelming collection.

 

Four Estate Sales and an Auction and a Lottery Ticket

 Week-ends I have my escape from the  Reality of  caring for an invalid and leave my cares behind knowing he is in good hands with my step son and I can be care free for about 5 - 6 hours. I have a full plate today of heading to the laundry (because I am waiting on my check from the sale of the Mobile Home to purchase a new washer) with another 20$ worth of smelly blankets and pants (damn you dementia!!!)  which is about four loads. Headed to Grainger to pick up boxes I ordered last week and forgot to pick up! Post office to drop off packages. Goodwill to donate a bunch of unsellable stuff. I should do some Xmas shopping but hell, I have two more weeks!

The homes I visited for the Estate Sales were pretty much stripped bare of the obvious "good" stuff but I still found some goodies. A box of french cocktail plates. A suede coat with sherpa lining, two antique profile metal hanging plaques. As usual I pick up cleaning supplies because where else can you get them for a fraction of their cost? I found two salad spoons wood from Africa I think. He did not charge me for them and I have to say I was conflicted when I realized it. He has overcharged me in the past, but it is still  not in my character to allow an oversite, even a 7.50$ oversite, to go unresolved. I will  give him his 7.50$ next week. 

One home was way out in Prospect. That area is always on the estate Sale Trail. Why? Because that is where a lot of the rich people live. The homes are spectacular, large, beautiful and full of goodies. This home in particular was way out - in deer territory - surrounded by woods and the typical windy roads and narrow hairpin turns that are a Kentucky speciality. Up a paved narrow driveway into a side muddy field to park. This home, I could not take a picture due to the unusual architectural layout of a one story, was a home that did not end. It had a downstairs, with bookshelves and the master bedroom that was two walls of glass overlooking the forests that surrounded and hugged the house. 

Upstairs, the same. Room after room with bookshelves. Bedroom after bedroom with spectacular views of the surrounding area. Two huge Great Rooms, the back one a wall of picture wall to ceiling windows. The one in the front of the house with a dining table the size of  a corporate conference table - another low row of bookcases. The kitchen!!! Definitely not the house of a gourmet cook! Two people could not turn around in that  excuse of a kitchen. I would guess all formal dinners were catered. Oh to have money like that!!! Off the kitchen was the laundry room and for good sake, at the end of that small room was yet an entrance to another room floor to ceiling bookcases! I would use this as the reading room.

So I bought a lottery. Since it is basically one floor, I would love it. I loved the one in Anchorage, but it was old and would need a full time handyman. If I hit the lottery I would just buy both - ha ha ha.

The auction is tomorrow and I will go preview the stuff today. Already I have my eye on three Miriam Haskell necklaces and earrings they have. i can only hope no one else is interested. It has some action on the web site, but the real real is in the Auction House.

I didn't list much this week. Probably the least of any week. Had a multitude of distractions. A call from the insurance agency, J taking a fall and step son had to come all the way from V to help get him up as I was afraid to call EMS as they would want to take him to the hospital and I would give in. They would have to strap him down. And just plain semi depression about how much stuff I have to list and how horrible the house looks and how the house stinks of J's urine. I need the a washing machine. Maybe I should include a trip to the scratch and dent place on L&C? 

Race to the Finish Line

 

A good month. Gross Sales were over 3 grand. But last year November was closer to 4 grand and I sold 20 more items. Still, I'll take it. Last year I had a ton of Kurt Aldler Jockey blown glass ornaments that sold super well. Nothing as great as that this year. But still, I sold quite a bit including some very old listings.

I'm trying to be much more selective with my sourcing. I have bought about 600$ worth of stuff this month which blows me away because I tried to not source due to many financial set backs. Things add up fast.

This past week-end including Friday was packed with some extra special auctions and estate sales. The semi annual doll sale was on Friday and I did not spend a lot. About half of my usual take. There was not a lot of things that interested me. And what did I had (there is always one) have my eye on some nut case lady kept bidding against me and would not relinquish. I'm not proud of myself, but I intentionally bid her up. I had no intention of paying 80$ or 90$ but I  new she would go higher. So the 6 dolls probably cost her close to 600$ bucks. She was one of the deep pockets there. Maybe the only one. There was another lady who would not let go of the Madame Alexander International Dolls. There were at least 8 sets of at least 6 dolls each. People who take them all are not only mean and do not show bidding my idea of bidding etiquette. They are real slow sellers - most of them. All dolls are typically slow sellers.

Here is one of the rooms in the Primitive House Estate Sale. Just packed full of items that are usually in an Architectural Salvage House. There was so much that I felt overwhelmed when I walked in. Thankfully I arrived about 1 pm and the house was not packed with people. I bought about 50 worth of things with the intent of returning the next day on 50% off. I got there right when it opened and it was packed!! I saw two other resellers there that I recognized from the auction house.   3 items I wanted were already gone (an Indian book, a blow glass Santa, suede hats, a very beat up leather messenger bag and a small bybee jug). But the other items I wanted were there plus I was able to snag a few more.

The second house was out in the county-ish area and nestled across from a huge Public Park. I would love to own this house and bought a lottery ticket just in case. It's on the market for a million bucks. It's very old and I overheard that it was once a grocery store. It is on the historic registry so there is not much you can do to renovate it. the kitchen is so tiny. But it has a carriage house that could possibly be converted into a  kitchen dining area. Perhaps a walkway would be allowed. All in all, I fell in love. I did not buy much here, a load of biographies - the library room was to die for. I wish I had the frame of mind to take a picture of it. This is the upstairs living room complete with a piano. How is one to get that down without a crane? There is a second piano in the downstairs living area/Library. 

 These are a few of the items I picked up at the Primitive Estate Sale on one of the most famous streets in Lou'ville.

Old Habits Die Hard

Good News! I found some stuff on Sean's Auction. A Dept 56 Nativity Scene - box is a mess and my husband in a restless Dementia wandering ripped the front of it even more. Torn it off! I will tape it together and cross my fingers. It's what inside the box that matters anyway.

Anyway it seems I have thrown caution to the wind and been eyeballing items on auction sites and I have visited an Estate Sale this morning. 1/2 off and a lot of items left in the house. I will take the guess that there will be a 5$ bag day next week end. I found some Barbie Pink Mules with fluffy feathers. The feathers are moulting a little but I will disclose. Found a signed Aztec vase, a Frankoma sugar and creamer but I left the sugar behind because on inspection at check out it was chipped, a big chip. I found a bottle of perfume well a toilette water, Enduring Innocent - I think. Sell on Merc since they allow used bottle of cologne and E does not. 4 cute Easter Bunny stuff, two small tea pots (one has a chipped on the inside which I will super glue) and a salt and pepper. That's about it. 

pics to follow.

Having a very good week end. Have 8 going out tomorrow, six sold yesterday and today.

JACKPOT

 A miracle happened Saturday! It was a simple miracle. I was caught between two auctions. One auction was way out in East Jeff Co. and had a plethora of collectibles such as Lladro and such.I mulled it over, when was the last time I sold a Lladro - last summer, the graduate. Since then I have purchased several of them and have not sold another one. I suppose that ship has sailed. The second auction (live) was in downtown Lou in an old hotel in the homeless section of Broadway and 2nd. It was full of toys, in particular Barbies. I noted the Xmas season is upon us and the "toys" would be a much more advisable auction to attend. So I did. I circled the hotel looking for a parking garage and not finding one (I kept driving by on the one way streets) because I am unfamiliar with parking in this area. I drove into the parking lot and secured a spot immediately my reservation calmed by a security guard on location.

The auction was WONDERFUL. I began with a 7.50$ win of two unboxed bobble heads of Kentucky Derby winners, Secretariat and Smarty Jones. I haven't sold one in awhile, Long tail but they will sell and the cost of goods around 2$ is optimal.

I spent around 160$ and so far have recovered my investment and tripled my money.

Cher $10

Black Label Alfred Hitchcock THE BIRDS $5

 

Twilight $5

Queen of Heart $5 

The Barbie Game $5

 

Cher sold for $120

Queen of Hearts 50$

The barbie Game 100$

The Birds $200

Twilight $50

I almost passed on the Birds but the auctioneer conjouled me into taking it. Am I ever glad.

October another really bad month on a personal level. My tenant bailed from my property in Florida causing me to pay November lot rent, a deposit on the utilities, and a clean up crew at 35$ an hour.

My car got wrecked by an uninsured driver - my bad. I was remiss in not putting her on the policy. Hind sight is 20-20. My car has been out of commision for a month and should be ready tomorrow. In the meantime I have rented a car for the past 3 weeks and have practically deleted my inheritance for the bill that will come due. The estimate was out of this world!

My washing machine broke down from over use and I do not have a spare dime to call the repair man (hell no, I have auctions  to go to!!!). I have been making trips to the laundry mat three times a week because the incontinence problem we have here due to dementia. I should be listing all the other goodies I got at the auction instead of updating. But the good news is the good news.. 

 

Better Days to Come

Another fairly crappy month. Everything that could possible go wrong this month went wrong. My excel crashed. My car was smashed by a non insured driver. My tenant at the  mobile home left and I'm stuck with the lot rent again and a 700$ clean up bill. 

But on the bright side I did not source much in October and really built up my savings. Which I have quickly deleted. 

35 sales for the month. Down 20 from month before.

Belated September Update

Okay this was September which I obviously blew off writing anything about. It looks like I sold 54 items and then I had one return. 

Sold a few dolls, jewelry and "other". Dolls and jewelry neck and neck - maybe 19 each.

I'll do better in November. i will post my October sales which were dismal, ebay seems to have forgotten about me. Things picked up this last week. 
 

i was able to get a bunch of money saved up. thank God because disaster stuck last month. 

August The Same

 August was not much better. Sold 40 somethin and listed over 100, so that was good. On facebook there are so many complaints about slow sales. I looked back to last August and I sold over 60 items. I'm also beginning to track week totals to compare like week 34 last year verses week 34 this year.

I'm listing pretty routinely and sales are spotty, but I am making money and have a nice tidy amount in my "Reselling Account". I have tried to cut down on my expenses due to a new and unexpected car payment and I have managed to trim about 150$. I'm hoping to revisit and save more. I moved my cell phone to T Mobile (saving 25!!! Yikes, that really sucks) Moved my Internet from Spectrum to TMobile - saved about 35$. Switched from Direct TV to YouTube and saved about 60$ Stopped some channels subscription - so another 30$ saved.

Going to revisit the TMobile stuff. May switch to the Old Folk Phone company - or Mint/Cricket etc. tmobile owns Metro now. Maybe save another 50$ I was really good about not sourcing until  the last week then I went nuts! Ha ha. Week 33 the monthly total was 370$ week 34 I spent first 150 at an online auction, 113 at a live auction, and 150 at another online auction which I may just count as a September amount because I won't pay until Tuesday, the 5th. Hopefully, won't have any vet visits until October when Baxter needs a check up. My heart squeezes every time I think of Sissy.

July Sucked

 What a terrible month. First my car is totalled and the Insurance Company found a loop hole to not cover it. Then a bunch of other personal stuff then my sweet heart dog who was diagnosed with kidney disease in late February took a turn for the worst and we sent her over the Rainbow bridge July 29th. It was so hard. I can't even put it into words.

So I listed so sporadically it's a wonder I sold anything, but I did, 50 items and almost 2 grand in gross sales. 

I spent only 500$ (maybe a little more) on sourcing. I over did the BlueBox jewelry lots. Most of it crap. Going to lot it up and try to make my money back. Such a gamble on those boxes. My best one came out of North Carolina. The other 3 from Florida and one of them was just JUNK. Better to bid on lots on HiBid. I passed up on one last week, a lot of rhinestones, and maybe could have gotten it for 25$ I got a close up and personal look at it while picking up my other items and it was very good.

I have been sourcing from a place in Madison that has been a lot of fun. I need to keep track of what sells from that place.

Barbie's sold well after movie came out. 

That's all I have to say about July.  

The Perfect Country Western Song

This week, following a horrible last week, was worse. The shining light in all of this is that I have for the first time used an Uber and loved it. I, for the first time, signed up for Walmart Delivery service and absolutely love it!! What is better than opening your front door and there are the bags of items you ordered the night before! Before 9am. No more getting J ready for an anxious ridden trip to the store. No more tossing in chocolate covered pretzels, Cheeto Puffs, Cotton Candy Oreos etc. etc. etc.

Just the basic's Mam! I figure the tip alone should come with a kiss.

I am in dire straight's when it comes to money this month.  I filed my taxes with out paying, just filed. They want their money by the 17th. My license plate renewal  is due and means I must pay all the toll fees and the fines from using the FUCKING toll bridge without a transporter (not me, my privileged daughter and her drug addict boyfriend. To be completely honest she's an addict also.)  Having her incarcerated and then in detox she came home, stayed away from the boyfriend for about another week then took the car, had a huge fight with him, lost the keys. Police brought her home.  Took Uber to get car. She packs up and says she would rather be homeless. I gave her one night. She didn't last 12 hours. But, once back she begged to go get cigarettes. It's 120am. Am I in a mood for a fight? Am i in a mood to take her to the store in my pjs ? No. She takes the car, goes back across the river (God I hope she didn't use the toll bridge)  and wrecks my car.

So, I'm in  rental. On my own dime. I felt it prudent to have AAA and not use the insurance company's  Road Side Assistance. It has been my horrible experience to have been denied renewal because I did the unthinkable and used the RSA too  many times. But, live and learn. Get the Roadside Assistance, get AAA. Use AAA and only use RSA when you need a car rental because of am incapacitated vehicle.

That's all the News that makes a Country Western Song. Wait, it's not the Perfect Country Song.  Nothing about Mama, trucks, trains, prison or getting drunk. Just jail. And I'm the Mama. I'm now in a SUV and guess what? I love it!

The Month of June ended on a whimper. Instead of my usual 50 - 60 items sold, I barely made 37 sales. But, praise the Lord, they all paid.

 I think I may have sourced away all my profits.

My sourcing is getting better. I have not been to a live auction since the Doll Auction in May. So yay me.

I have one auction I am interested in attending the 3rd Saturday this month and an on live auction featuring Breyer Horses.

Other than that, I am going to aim for 10 item a day and rid the house of useless items. Yesterday, with the fabulous VW SUV I took a large load of smalls to Goodwill. I have another large load of toys (mcdonalds Happy Meals in cellophane, Action Heros in original boxes, Barbies in boxes, doll furniture, Teddy Bears etc). Toys so not do well for me, and I hate to give new items to Goodwill.

Living on the Edge

 This little blog has been an outlet of sorts for me. I check in the back door using my other blog and slip thru the crack. This time I paused, as I have recently read on Facebook that one of the blogs I read regularly was still active, so I began to look at all the blogs I had bookmarked. Only three or four are still active as the times have moved on and now it's Facebook, Twitter, You Tube etc. The creativity has shifted to different types of expression. I still blog occasionally,  I keep a journal religiously.  That being said....Sales are in the crapper. I have not adhered to my resolution to not source. I am addicted. There is no other explanations.

I bought 200$ worth of stuff I will pick up tomorrow. I should have picked it up today but my car has been kidnapped. I am living on the edge with my daughter. I can't fall off because I have too many responsibilities. My LO, the dogs, ....well, that's about it but it's enough. LO has dementia and she is a drug addict. Sissy has kidney disease and tomorrow I go and learn how to give her dog dialysis. That is, if my car is returned. The latest report is that she was suspected of shoplifting and some guy is holding her phone and the car keys. The police is involved and that is all I know.

I need to go to the post office today and mail two packages. tomorrow I go pick up my auction winnings and then go to the vet appointment. I have so much stress and drama in my life that I am certain my days are numbered. I have no will, a mortgage, a responsibility to take care of my husband.  

I have sold two high dollar, low cost of goods so far this month,

Bought for 50 cents sold for 80$

Picked this up at an auction for 7$ sold yesterday for 100$

Doll Auction Haul

Darlene - Madame Alexander w/o box cog $4

Tiny Tears 1950s with wardrobe and a broken arm - Cost of goods 5$

 

Cog 2$

Gene Doll Ashton Drake 25$ Cog

Vatican Guard and 2 greek Guards cog 5$

Gene Doll Ashton Drake cog 25$

Lost in inventory!!!!!!!

Wimbledon Doll "Noel" cog 1$

Queen Elizabeth II cog 2.00$

Doll Auction Results. Spent 87.45$ including 10% Buyer premium & tax

Strong Finish

 

Just been a shitty week. There is no other way to express it or make it prettier. My duties as Caregiver are being stressed to the limit. After having the most horrible day Thursday with him "escaping" twice and I having to take on foot to find him b/c my daughter had the car. The medication he so desperately needs to control his roaming was screwed up at the pharmacy for several days. I was a real dick at the pharmacy because I had been there THREE times and all THREE times they did not have his medication ready. But my having to have him with me on the FOURTH try and explaining he has dementia and its a matter of life and death that he takes his meds - they finally got it together for me. So, I sent my daughter to pick it up, all four prescriptions and she was there for over an hour, first waiting in line and then waiting for them to over ride a computer glitch. It was so bad Friday morning I had to call his son for help. He came within about an hour or so later (traveling about 60 miles from his work in three counties over) and took over. J got in the shower for him and allowed his clothes to be changed. B then returned to work. What a life saver.

I'm sick. Again. Third time this year. Same thing, not as bad as the first time, but the same old thing. A sore throat and then coughing up my lungs. Probably my immune system is compromised by all this stress. There is more, but it's too depressing to continue complaining. 

To tell you the truth, I am amazed how far I have come and how I can tackle the most gruesome tasks and just do it. Just do it. 

On a better note, my sales are very good and I will end  the month with over 2000 in gross sales.

 Death Pile Plate from a haul I made to Camp-ville. I listed it and it sold in 48 hours! I had another one sell very quickly last year too. Why I sit on this stuff is beyond my comprehension. Its a good thing I am not sourcing this month (ha ha).

This sold quickly. I used Maltese Cross Costume Jewelry in my description. I believe I took an offer. They haven't paid yet, but also I listed and it sold within 72 hours.

 Sold a lot of 5 items combined from the KY Derby Auction earlier this month - maybe the end of last month? I have made my money back and still have several items. A very good investment and flip. Spend about 135$ on all the items and have doubled my money after expenses and COG.

Finally one of my "investment" Barbie dolls paid off. My Retail Arbitrage. I was very saddened by her passing as I have listened to her music all my life. I am a boomer and as a Boomer we always and always will  have the best music. Sold Out item and was bought without any negotiations. Later when I realized what happened, my price was not inflated as much as others.

I've been doing fairly well with Ball Caps lately.

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