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Well, our major snow storm turned out to be a mild snow storm. It only snowed several inches instead of the 14" that was expected.
I am running a sale on my ebay store and I have been selling a good bit. Since I am not taking 500+ items with me when we go on vacation, I am trying to sell off as much as possible before we leave.
Here are a few recent sales:
1. Ann Taylor black & gray skirt, sold for $19.
2. Bazar de Christian Lacroix dress, sold for $94.
3. Nanette Lepore plaid dress, sold for $44.
4. Citizens of Humanity denim skirt, sold for $20.
5. Tahari Arthur S. Levine pink suit, sold for $25.
6. J. Crew blue seersucker dress, sold for $20.
7. Laura Ashley pastel floral dress, sold for $29.
8. COS dark gray dress, sold for $25.
9. Ralph Lauren gray wool suit, sold for $30.
10. Dress Barn emerald green tiered dress, sold for $27.
11. Flax jumper, sold for $21.
12. We Be Bop reversible duster, sold for $34.
13. Trina Turk dress/cover-up, sold for $49.
14. Max Studio dress, sold for $20.
15. Citiknits (from QVC) turquoise twin set, sold for $25.
16. Talbots ivory dress, sold for $26.
17. Nine West career dress, sold for $19.
18. Dansko green shoes in a smaller size, sold for $21.
19. Ann Taylor LOFT green dress, sold for $23.
20. Jones New York dress, sold for $23.
21. C. J. Banks by Christopher & Banks skirt, sold for $20.
22. BCBG black printed dress, sold for $22.
23. J. Jill blue heathered skirt, sold for $22.
24. Nine West skirt & jacket suit, sold for $23.
25. Talbots dark gold silk skirt, sold for $22.
26. URU by Kristine St Rrik velvet duster, sold for $65.
27. Tahari Arthur S. Levine black suit, sold for $30.
28. Marciano emerald green bustier top, sold for $25 within hours.
29. Ann Taylor LOFT green dress, sold for $20. Recognize this dress? It is the same as #19! I have sold this dress many times. For some reason it keeps popping up in my thrifts in different sizes. And I happily keep buying them since they go for between $20-$25.
30. Lot of Sula nail polishes. I picked these up for 25 cents each at Big Lots a few months ago. I sold 6 of them for $18. Not a ton of money but I paid only $1.50 for them and they were super easy to list.
Someone posted this photo on Facebook and it made me chuckle.
We are supposed to get 8 to 14" of snow tonight into tomorrow. Thankfully we had sunshine today and almost all the snow on the ground has melted.
Yesterday I went to Lancaster and this morning I went thrifting again. I have about 40 pieces of clothing to list over the next few days so I don't need to go out in the storm.
We have less than 2 weeks until our first vacation of the year - two weeks in North Carolina. Hopefully by the time we come back to PA, it will be spring!
I woke up this morning and checked my email as I normally do. I was THRILLED to find that this dress sold. It was a John Galliano dress and I purchased it at my normal Goodwill.
It sold for $249.99.
2. Garnet Hill floral dress, sold for $45 within a day of listing.
3. Ralph Lauren long pink skirt, sold for $50 within an hour of listing.
4. My Goodwill gets overstock and clearance items from Target. I noticed they had an entire rack full of mix and match swimsuits for $1.99 a piece. I picked up 12 pieces and created 6 swimsuits. I listed each for $18.99 and two of them have sold so far. They sold within a day of listing. Each swimsuit that sells makes me a $13 profit.
5. Spiegel black & white printed dress, sold for $20 within a few hours of listing.
6. Morgan & Co. black & teal dress, sold for $29.
7. Jones New York white eyelet skirt, sold for $22.
8. Ann Taylor LOFT gold-tone skirt, sold for $32.
9. Peruvian Connection baby alpaca long skirt, sold for $45.
10. I am including an item that sold for less than $20 which is something I normally don't do on my blog. These Eddie Bauer shorts cost me just 20 cents at the thrift. It sold for $11. After ebay/paypal fees, I still made about $9. Most of my sales only make me a $10-$15 profit.
Each item takes time to find, gas to get to the thrift, energy to wash it, time to photograph it and of course time to list it with measurements. Each week I find and list around 100 items. About 60 sell a week. Even if I make a profit of $10 off of each, that nets me (before taxes) $600.
Here is rural PA, there aren't too many jobs that would pay $600/week. Plus I have control over my schedule. I rarely wake up before 7:30am and I get to spend time with my husband every day. I get to walk in the spring, summer and autumn months through the local trails. I get to vacation about 8-10 weeks a year.
I don't want to make it sound easy - ebay takes a LOT of time and work. I have been doing this for the last 9 years or so. I have almost 10,000 positive feedback - all 100%. I spend most days either driving for 8+ hours to thrifts or 12+ hours on my computer.
But I love my life. I love the flexibility of ebay. God has truly blessed me.
Here is a screen shot of the last 30 days. These are my sales on my store ID. I am slowing phasing out my second ebay ID.
And look at this...festive (ugly!) sweater.
Week 1 was eggplant.
Week 2 was radish.
Week 3 was star fruit.
Week 4 was pomegranate.
Week 5 was mango.
Week 6 was avacodo.
Week 7 was sugar snap peas.
Week 8 was snow peas.
I was up to week 9. So far I hated all the vegetables. The star fruit was okay but I wouldn't eat it on a weekly basis. I needed something fairly easy this week.
And so I purchased...UGLI fruit! My Wal-Mart had them for about $1.38. I had no idea of what they were and I asked the produce employee. He said he wasn't sure so he had googled the fruit when they came in. The only thing he knew was the name.
I'm sooooo glad I picked this fruit. It is yummy!
It comes from Jamaica and it is a cross between an orange, grapefruit and tangerine. It has a sweet flavor mixed with a bit of tart.
And I'm glad to say I would purchase this fruit again! Woo-hoo! 1 out of 9 isn't bad, right?
