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When my husband and I worked at the retirement community I tried to do little things to make the resident's day fun or different. One of those things was to put a bit of food coloring in the carafes on the table. For St. Patrick's Day the water would go green. Some residents liked it...others did not. They thought it made the water taste funny. But it got them talking.
My husband doesn't drink water and eats very healthy food. So it was either coloring his tuna green or making green eggs. I picked the eggs.
His response? Gross! (But he was good enough to eat them). Perhaps I need to step away from the food color, huh?
I picked this up at a thrift for myself. I tend to get VERY oily and go through powder quickly. The thrift had a lot of these - probably 6 or so.
I came home and re-searched it and then realized they sold for a lot of money. When I realized they went for so much, I kicked myself for not picking them all up. The thrift was 1.5 hours one way.
I listed mine and it went for $47! If you have any Sally Hansen Cornsilk "No Color" loose powder, I would say LIST it!
I haven't posted in almost a week. This past week has been CRAZY. The hubby had a particularly bad cold. I have to say he only gets sick about once a year or two so when it hits, it really hits.
In addition, my 86 year old father-in-law is dealing with needing two shoulder replacements. One is scheduled for this coming Wednesday but the heart doctor who needed to clear him is possibly going to put in a heart stint this Friday. My sick hubby has been driving him around and taking him to appointments.
I got my first cortisone shot. My knee is now killing me though I have heard this is usually the case after the shot.
Next week the hubby & I are painting a room & stairway hall for a couple in our church on Monday & Tuesday.
With all of this happening, I took yesterday and went to SIX thrift stores (yup, even with the bad knee). A few I had never been to which surprised even me since I have been thrifting for over 8 years.
I found a huge pile of stuff which I am going to list over the next few days. But first...here are some things that have sold over the last week. I have sold over 100 items in the last week so I have been super busy with the packaging.
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This brand new Ann Taylor dress sold for $75.
I cannot believe how well this skirt did. I got it for free since there was a bit of a hole (which I fixed) and they were just going to throw it out. It sold with 7 bids and the ending price was $51! The brand name was St. John.
I would have passed these shoes up if it weren't for my cell phone. I noticed they had a really nice leather & looked up the brand on ebay while still in the thrift. They sold within 48 hours for $50. The brand is Alexandra Neel.
Eileen Fisher usually does pretty well. This twinset went for $50.
I found these Privo shoes the same day I found the Alexandra Neel heels above. These shoes also sold for $50.
I would have kept this suit if it was my size. It sold for $50 and the name is Calvin Klein. So pretty!
I have been listing & re-listing this skirt for months. Sometimes you just need to be patient. The name is Odille, which is an exclusive Anthropologie brand, and the skirt sold for $50.
Leifsdottir is an expensive brand sold at upscale boutiques and Anthropologie. It isn't an Anthropologie exclusive brand but this skirt had the Anthro tags. Sold for $43.
Tadashi makes dresses and their "bandage" dresses do well on ebay. This one sold for $39.
Talbots is still doing well for me. This blazer sold with 2 bids for over $38. I'm sure it helped that it sold the week before St. Patrick's Day.
Bob Mackie is well known in the fashion world. He also designs for QVC and this silk tunic was one of theirs. Sold for $37.
And last ... a list that is going off in just about an hour.
It is an Armani jacket. I listed it for $49.99 over and over and over. It didn't sell. I then list it for $34.99 and it currently is up to $76! You just never know.
I hope everyone has a gorgeous, sunny day! It is going to be 76 degrees here in PA today. I cannot believe our awesome weather in March. We usually have snow on the ground at this time of year. I will take sun over snow ANY day!
I am one of those odd people that absolutely love cleaning and organizing. I love moving furniture and getting those dust bunnies that have collected. Usually the hubby & I take down all the blinds in the house and clean them as well but we just replaced our blinds so that can be put off until autumn.
As an incentive and to make sure our cleaning gets done on time, we have three couples from the church coming over for a game night tomorrow. It should be fun. We are getting a ton of pizzas & snacks and the game for the night is "Apples to Apples" - one of our favorites.
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I hope everyone has a great day!
Can I say how WRONG this is?!?
I am living in the wrong state.
This is what I should be looking at when I look out my door.
Okay...that is my dream and it probably will never happen. But March is suppose to be warmer and spring-like in my book.
Stop back this week for a giveaway!
1. J. Crew wedding dress - sold for $95.
2. Jones New York suit -sold within 12 hours of listing! Sold for $37.
3. Sold to the same buyer as the Jones New York suit - Talbots Blazer, sold for $37.
4. April Cornell use to have boutiques of artsy looking clothing. I found a few dresses at the thrift and picked them up - put them down. I did the same thing a few times and then took two to try them out. I wish I would have purchased them all now! This sold within hours of listing for $33.
I am off to a few thrifts tomorrow. Hopefully I will find a bunch of wonderful things. Ha!
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On a different note, I had an MRI for my left knee on Friday. I should get the results this week - hopefully early in the week. My knee has been getting worse and it is almost impossible to go up steps without it killing me.
We have a game night planned this weekend for a few couples in the church. Should be fun! But that means major cleaning & baking this week. Thankfully we are doing pizzas & snack-type foods so I don't have to stress about making a fancy dinner.
This week is flying by! Here are a few of my recent sales on ebay:
1. Used Razr cell phone. Cell phones always do well on ebay. This one was about 5 years old and still went for $40 within 24 hours.
2. I had about 30 of these, collected over the last few years. They are the Coldwater Creek lace trimmed tanks that they sell on their website. I picked them up for $6.99 on clearance and loved them. I sold off a few duplicates I had and this particular one went for $20! Two more went for $16 each.
3. Cache dresses do pretty well. This one was an older dress and it included the matching shrug. It went for $61.
4. I picked this up for less than $3. I liked the style and the fact that it was Danish. It went for $35.
5. This one was a surprise to me. I listed it for $25 & re-listed it for $19 and had no luck with it. And then for some reason it sold with 8 bids and a price of $30. You just never know! The brand is Belldini.
6. Swimsuits are starting to sell. I saw a huge display at Wal-Mart and Target today even though there was still snow in the parking lot. This one was from Victoria's Secret and it went for $25.
_____________________Wonder what I am doing with my earnings? Well, the hubby & I just purchased two tickets to Dublin, Ireland. We are going in June for three weeks. I have always wanted to go to Ireland and so we are using Home Exchange to swap homes & cars with a family over there. It will be our 10 year anniversary gift to ourselves. Woo-Hoo!
Well, our couple's dinner at church last night was a huge success. There were a lot of couples (some I didn't even know!) all dressed up. Our church sanctuary was turned into a banquet room and the meal was wonderful -all hand made by women in our church. Chicken Kiev, seasoned carrots, smashed potatoes, rolls, a strawberry & lemon poppyseed salad and cheesecake with a berry drizzle for dessert. Yum!
Here are the photos that I took. One of my friends snapped a bunch more and she said they will be posted to her Facebook account.
The hubby & me...married almost 10 years now. He was too tall to stand under the lighted canopy they had. LOL!
I went with a plain cocktail dress which I wear to almost all of the fancier events in my life (almost none right now). I'm glad I did since the other dress was even fancier and some woman were in pants so I may have looked out of place if I went too dressy. I borrowed the shrug from my ebay closet. Oh- and please ignore the gray shoes. They are my most comfortable heels and I do not own black heels right now.
I wore my hair in a low ponytail for the event so it stayed out of my face. But here is a photo of how my hair turned out. A lighter shade of my usual brown. Oh well, I guess I am not meant to be "strawberry blonde" (which was the shade on the three boxes I used).
Well...I better go get ready for church. We leave in an hour and I am still in my pajamas. Bye for now!
Tonight our church is having a couple's dinner. A lot of our friends are going and we are too.
That means we are dressing up today. During the last two months I have dressed up...ZERO times. I use to dress up for work all the time but when your job is ebay and you are sitting at home typing & photographing all day or possibly going to a thrift store, you just don't put in the effort. Well, atleast I don't. My regular uniform is now jeans or yoga pants and a hoodie.
I tried on basically all the dresses in my closet and my ebay inventory. I tried on a total of 20 dresses. And I wound up having basically two choices. Both of which came out of my closet. I will let the hubby decide later today.
Also on the schedule for today is dying my hair, shaving my legs and giving myself a manicure and facial. It has been 5 months since I have last dyed my hair and so I am going for something different. RED!
I will post photos tomorrow of the hair, dress and our night out.
A fairly quick Friday follow since the hubby & I are helping a couple in our church paint their bathroom yesterday & today.
