Some great deals

Here's a few very quick pictures of the fun vintage items I found at the garage sale I mentioned here
I'll try to post some more photos this week.
I've been busy in the evenings sorting and photographing, since I don't have to work on lesson plans for next week (school is officially done (with kids anyway) on Wednesday) It's been a nice change.
Sales are picking up on ebay finally too. I've heard it's been a dry spell for lots of sellers. I just try to keep listing for the days when things are busy.

I'm looking forward to sleeping in until 7 am, instead of the school time 4:45, and wearing comfies all day!

What are you looking forward to for the summer?

My hubby rocks!

For Mother's Day my guys surprised me with an awesome weekend trip. What a great way to spend the last weekend before school is out and Mother's Day. It's the best mother's day I've had. We had an awesome time visiting some cliff dwellings, a cave, and 2 dinosaur exhibits.

little one really got into digging dinosaur bones with paint brushes at the exhibit. I will be looking for a reasonable way to make one for him this summer.

While we were there, hubby also let me check out the local goodwill. I scored some cake pans, clothes and a mug that I've sold before for almost $25!

We also discovered a garage sale at the Embassy suites where we were staying. Great deals on some thomas train toys and books, some plates and platters, a glass candy jar, and more for just $10!

I am still waiting for a good place to take pictures. My room still isn't done which means I don't have nice clean white background to take photos with, I will hopefully be posting more photos soon after next weekend.  My room is supposed to get the final layer of texturing and primer and paint.

It's getting closer

It's getting closer for a lot of things.

my ebay room:

lots of progress made there this weekend. One more coat of drywall compound and then we can paint.  I found out today that we won't be working on it next weekend, because hubby and little one are taking me away for Mother's day weekend. They won't tell me where they are taking me. I'm very excited for a weekend away!

After Mother's Day we only have 3 days of school left with kiddos and then another 4 for inservice, and then probably another 2-3 of packing up my room, and then blessed summer vacation!

I cannot wait to be able to get my stuff moved into my room and the rest of it organized and then listed like crazy.

Amazon has been my bread and butter this past month,it's quick to list and doesn't require a place to take photos, which is good, as I don't have a good place set up for that right now.

I hit up a really good garage sale this weekend on my way in to start packing up my room. I'm not sure if other districts require this, but our district makes up pack up everything, and I do mean everything in our classroom every single year. That means bookshelves, cupboards, walls, everything put away so they can move everything out and clean the carpet. Have you seen my shop or read the name of my blog? Can you imagine how much stuff (although slightly better organized) my classroom for 5 year olds has? 

The garage sale was a house I'd been to before. It was actually the first garage sale little one ever went to. We stopped by on the first day I could drive after my c-section. They had a lot of good stuff and I was excited to see them having another one.

The prices were more this time, but I think I discovered the reason after I got back to the car. Little one cheerfullly told me that he told the lady that these were for Mommy to sell. I felt bad telling him that we weren't supposed to tell people that. He was so proud to be helping Mommy and he knew why we were there. He's going to be an expert by the time he's 5!

I will try to get some photos of my find from this sale posted this week. I found some stoneware crocks, owl candle holders, plates, 2 vintage game tables, a vintage doily stretcher and a lot more. I'm excited to see what they're going to sell for. The items I purchased there before sold very well. 

Is it cursed?

I can't figure this shirt out. I purchased it at one of newly discovered little thrift stores for I think about .25.  I remember reading somewhere that men's shirts, especially comic book type, sell really well.
What they forgot to mention is that while they might sell well, they don't get paid for!

I've sold this shirt 2 different times, but it has always turned into an unpaid case and eventually been automatically relisted.

So tell me, is this shirt cursed?  Hopefully the 3rd time will be the charm.

It must be winter somewhere

I've been hitting up a lot of great end of season sales and purchased some winter items at some really good prices. Since I am in the middle of getting my shop cleaned and organized, I decided to just take the photos and list them while I still know where everything is. I figured if they don't sell by next year I will use them for students at my school. This year on the Christmas Angel tree there were a lot of kids (about 60 names) who didn't even ask for toys, but for warm winter clothes, boots and socks. Doesn't that make you sad? I couldn't afford to do very many this year, but I am planning ahead for next year and picking things up on sale for next year. I'll just choose the names that match the sizes I already have.

Last week  I listed 4 different colors of snowpants. The very next day one pair sold, to someone in Alaska.

purchased for 4.50, sold for $14.95

Yesterday I listed about 30 different designs of these tights. paid $2.50, sold 3 pairs for 8.00 each.

I guess the moral is, list it while you've got it, no matter what the season, someone is looking for it somewhere. I'm glad to know that, as when I take the photos ahead of time I always forget to get them listed until like a week before the season is done. I'm just going to start listing everything in my pile, no matter what the time of year or season it is.

Moving forward

spent the day working on the ebay room and taking advantage of the last free listing day. There are walls, insulation to be done this week, sheetrock should be put in next weekend. Possibly moving into it in 2-3 weeks. Yipee!

outside wall where I will drive my car up and unload

probably putting a large sorting table here.

back wall, possibly where my clothes will hang?

front wall where photo taking area will be. We will be getting rid of the pellet stove- wasn't working so well for little one and me with our asthma. I got an amish plug in fireplace from little one and hubby for my birthday that will heat in here. It wil be a while before I need it!

I can't wait until I can move into my new room and get all of my ebay stuff organized and easier to find and list/ship from home.

I didn't get to go thrifting or saling today, with hubby out in my shop I didn't want him to see me bringing in more new stuff to the chaos. :)

so, please share with me what you found today, let me live vicariously through you!

Workin', Workin' Workin.
It's that crazy time of year that all teachers dread. The end of the school year is as crazy as the start and doesn't leave very much time for blogging, ebaying, or sleep. Lack of sleep usually means getting sick for me, especially since I spend my day around all the little germ carriers, (other people's and my own:)
In the last two weeks I have had a UTI and bronchitus.I am sitting in bed right now at 5:00 in the afternoon, with my bad heater on trying to rest and get some work done. I hate being sick when it's hot outside.

 We also took little one to the ENT this week to see about tubes for his ears. We got some new meds and one more chance before we had to do tubes, I'm praying that this medicine stops the monthly double ear infections, and that we don't have to do the tubes. I just want him to be pain free and feeling good.

I have been working out in my shop and we are making progress. Drywall has been hired out for next week and I should be able to move into my room in about 3-4 weeks, just in time for school to be out, YEAH! I can hardly wait to get things organized so I can work much more efficently.

Tomorrow is our class trip to the zoo. Then my plan is to list like crazy on Saturday and try to get some things put away in the shop. I have to move somethings around so the drywall guys can get in and so once the walls are up I can still get to the other side of the shop. Hopefully the weather will be nice but not hot and the daily wind will hold off until I can get some photos taken. I can hardly wait until I have my photo spaces set up in the new shop and I won't have to wait on the weather or hubby to be gone to take photos.

I'm hoping I can get some photos of things I have purchased in the last few weeks. I tried some new thrift stores like I talked about in this post and found one that sells clothes and knick knacks for only .99!
Love that!

I will be checking in again soon.