no progress to report... jk

Alright, progress report.  I have listed everything I bought at Half of Half the other day...finally.  I also went back today and got some MISS ME JEANS!! what?!?!  I picked up two pairs, one that fit, and one that didn't (so I wouldn't be tempted to keep them once I got home)  Anyway, I bought them for $25 and found out that on eBay, they go from anywhere from $50-$85!  

JACKPOT!!  ChaChing!! I just posted them and you can find them here. 

Also, good news... I have secretly (or not so secretly) been saving extra cash from our paychecks and drum roll please... I am making a very large, $1500 payment on the credit card today! YEAH!! that means I only need to make $500 more to pay that beast off!  So, after I sell those Miss Me jeans hopefully I will make a $50 profit, or at least that is what I am projecting, I will only need $450. So share my blog, share my eBay store
 (that is a link to it) and make your friends buy my stuff!!! Its the, pay Hannah's debt off eBay store!!  Ok, we are making progress for sure.  Now that I am getting so close to paying off that card, what should be tackle next?  Lets vote.  The car of which I owe $4000 or my root canal (its intrest free) $2500.  Rock the vote my peeps!

I'm sorry... So sorry.

It turns out I am pretty bad at staying on top of all this blogging stuff.  However, I will report that my ebay was down for about a week due to some problem with my paypal not linking to my ebay therefore I couldt pay for my listings... yada, yada yada.  So, in the mean time, I went to my favorite discount store and bought a whole bunch of name brand clothes at their blow out sale.  Guess where it all is??!!?!  ON EBAY!  I'm back on track. I have all kinds of things listed there.  Go to my store to check it out (click on the ebay heart)!

Now that I have some stuff on ebay again, I can make some MULAH!  Not only have I been a busy bee with my ebay, I have also created a facebook site for things I am 'refurbishing' (cant really think of a better word)  Anyway, so far there are two things listed and I have 2 more things to post, hopefully this week.  Wanna check it out? of course you do!  here's the page (the sign pic)


Well, the amount that has been made, has changed a little, but I'm gonna have to get back to you on that, cause I'm a little behind on the Ebay stuff, count yourself lucky that I blogged after I got it all up on ebay (actually, I haven't even listed it all yet- boooo)  ANYWAY!  check out my stuff and share with friends- tell them it's for a worthy cause :) 

Ok, ta ta for now, I promise, on my honor I will do better about blogging now that everything is back on track!

I'm pretty sure this is day 24

New running total: $448

Sounds great right?  Thats only 18.66 a day :(  SO not my goal.  Oh well, Im working hard and its way more than I had before. I sold another TB (Tommy Bahama) shirt to a retired Army guy in Virginia (or at least thats the story I made up in my head, he really is in Virginia though) a pair of Nike golf shorts to a golfer in Ohio.  I'm always fascinated with where people live.  I sold a TB shirt the other day and shipped it to where else... Florida! HA! And I sold another item, of which I am not posting on here.  DONT GO CRAZY, I just dont want a certain person to know what it was because it was a gift (not from David).  Anyway, I have decided that when the running total hits $500, I'm gonna make a payment on our Military Star credit card.  The short term goal is to have it paid off by the first half of December.  That is about a month and a half away.  Alright, time for full disclosure  I currently owe... hold on, let me check...well crap.  2086.50.  No worries, it can be done.  I just REALLY need to step up my game on the real.  That will bring my total after I make the $500 payment to $1586 to pay off in roughly 45 days.  Let's see...that's $35 a day.  That is less than my original goal.  So the new goal is to make $55 a day- ha!  I'm still pushing for it, although I'm a long ways off. Since this has started, I have sold 15 items on eBay, so that's 1.6 items a day.  In order to make the $36 a day, in theory, I should sell double that.  Which means I need to post two times a much as I normally would.  Whew!  That was a lot of numbers- overload!  I'm pretty sure I can do that.  I have a HUGE pile in my bedroom of stuff that needs to go on eBay so bad.  The goal as of today is to post all the items in my room by Friday.  UGH!  I'm pretty sure there is at least 50 things sitting in there.  What a whip.  Not impossible- how bad do I want it??  SO BAD!  Better get to posting.  If I take pictures of everything while Lilly is sleeping, I can post it all from my phone while Molly is at swim practice.  Alright, I better stop blogging now, I have to get to work! 

I give up on remembering the day.

Alright, I have done well today!  So, I sold 4 things on eBay- yup 4!  Running total..........$353!

 I sold that Tommy Bahama shirt and at the last few seconds, it went all the way up to 34 dollars! I also sold an old Navy Jacket that is 2 sizes too big (hard to believe it once fit), a Tommy Bahama sweater for $10 and another Tommy Bahama shirt at 12.00.  Im kinda on a roll today.  Im gonna be able to pay off one of our credit cards in no time!!  I posted some more stuff today, but am sad to report that I sill have not posted all the stuff I needed to iron.  I know, I know, but I'm working on it.  I also came across some more of David's stuff in the laundry 'room' that was hanging up.  It seriously still has the tags from Half of Half on it.  So, the goal is to make more than what I paid for these things.  I have a sports coat and a pair of pants.  I cant remember the brands at the moment, all I see is dollar signs!!!

The bad part of being on a roll is right when I get going, something awesome happens and I stop working.  David is coming home this weekend and I know I will not be posting.  I HAVE to fight through it.  The goal is to post 4 things tonight and at least 2 things on Saturday and 2 more things on Sunday (that's asking a lot considering I have our weekend planned out to the T!)

On a side note, my fancy new job has not started yet, but I'm hopeful that things will work out.  I'm not counting on that money as of yet.  I'm just gonna keep plugging along and work on my awesome skills as an eBayer!

PS: this is the only time I will say this, so listen closely... This is the only time I am thankful that David is a clothes horse/ hoarder.

TaTa for now!

Day... I've lost count...

Running total: same as yesterday.

So I went to a storage auction today.  It was fun! I totally got into a bidding war with a lady over a storage unit.  There were three units.  The first one was HUGE and FULL to the brim with mounds of clothes...that stunk- gross. (if I were allowed to take a picture, I would have)  The second one, the people obviously knew they hadn't paid their bill and only left trash and a tire.  Both units went for $5 and a chuckle.  The last one was the best one.  It had furniture (beautiful wooden chairs) and lots of military gear.  Thankfully, David has enlightened me on the value of all the military gear and he has told me how much the army navy surplus pays for all that stuff.  So I got to bidding.  It started with $100 and I was going back and forth with a lady who was not giving up.  I made it all the way up to $380 (more than in the jar, which is the money I took)  But, unfortunately I was outbid...by a lot.  It went for $550! UGH!  So my first day at storage auctions was a bust, but it was great practice.  (too bad the auctioneer told me to be careful because some auctions will not let children attend- ps: I took Lilly)

On another note, all the stuff I listed has so far been successful   Only one item has been bid on, but most of the stuff has watchers.  IN FACT, there was a mini bidding war on the item that has been bid on.  It is a Tommy Bahama shirt.  I listed all of the shirts to start at $10 and it went all the way up to $17.50! AWESOME! If I can get $20 from ALL of the shirts I posted (6 of them) that would be $120!!!  Not to mention that I havent even posted all the shirts or ANY of the pants.  Ok, I've got to stop, I dont want to get my hopes up.  There is about 1 and 1/2 days left on the shirts so we will see what happens.

I was considering going to another auction tomorrow, but I have so much to do before David comes home and I want it done early.  So, I will call around tomorrow to see if there are any more around me that I can attend for Friday.

PS: Still looking for more money making ideas.  If you've got em', spill em'!!!
TaTa for now!

I've missed a few days!

So since we last spoke I was up to $239.  I think I have made some more money since then.  I sold some stuff on eBay... Hang on let me check the jar...ok, I've sold like one thing.  I am currently at $289.00, but with good reason!!  I had my 10 year reunion and I spent a lot of time cleaning the house and having company over the weekend.  SO, I'm back on track.

For those of you who know me, you know that I am the LEAST detailed person in HISTORY!  I don't care about apostrophes (even when the dotted red line tells me I should) I don't care about dust (except when people are coming over) I dont care about correct driving directions (I'll get there eventually) The only thing I try to be detailed about is the monthly budget- I HAVE TO BE!  Anyway, I listed some Tommy Bahama clothes on eBay a couple of weeks ago when I started this whole thing and was surprised when they didn't sell, even after relisting.  Here is the pic that I listed to the right (for those of you reading on your phone above) -->
So as you can see, I did the best I could do at in my hurried state for folding and laying them out in one pic.  I got a LOT of inquiries, but no bids. I thought for sure someone would take the lot as it is a hot brand in the Florida/ Retirement community (ha ha).  Well, I did a little research this morning and apparently you need all kinds of measurements and at least 3 pictures etc etc etc.  SO, I thought, if I am really serious about paying off debt and making money, I've got to leave my comfort zone and step up my game.  My mother in law told me a story about her having a garage sale and selling so many items because she took the time to iron them and display them nicely.  The thought of ironing makes me cringe, but not more than actually doing detailed work.

side note: I am so undetailed and neither is my husband, we are both 'big picture' kind of people; however, he cares and notices the details but likes someone else to do them.  This is a problem.  Imagine if you will David asking me to iron one of these beauties (shirts) and there are random spots of wrinkles. This makes things interesting sometimes.

Anyway, so against EVERYTHING in me, I decided to get down and dirty with my ebaying.  I ironed the shirts, took measurements and took lots of pictures.  Then I stole someone else's detailed wording and cut and pasted it.  The final result?!?! 4 postings so far that look almost professional.  See them here here here and here.  So far I have these 4 shirts posted and I had to take a break because my brain and body hurts from all the details- ITS TOO MUCH!!!  Anyway, I have some views already and I am really hoping to sell these!!  Ill keep you updated!  I have so much more to post and it may take all day (if it were anyone else it would take a few hours, but I need to breaks)

Obviously the clothes will run out and I'm gonna need another way to get things to sell, so guess where I am going tomorrow?!?  A storage auction.  That's all I will say about that until tomorrow!! Be excited, be very excited!

TaTa for now!

Day 9/10/11

Running total: $239.00

Alright, obviously I havent blogged in a few days.  David was in town and we were busy all weekend long, but it was a really good day/ weekend.  So since I last blogged, I sold 5 things on eBay.  THE DIAPER GENIE IS GONE!!!  WOOT WOOT!  I started that bid at 25.00 on eBay with $15 in shipping- that should cover it.  It ended at $31- I'm pretty excited, it was taking up a LOT of space in the house.  So say good bye to that ol' thing!

I also got rid of my pair of Calvin Klein jeans- this was my favorite item that got sold.  I listed the jeans at $5 and there were a couple of times where this was a bidding war with increments of .50 each time. But NOTHING like the last few minutes of the auction.  it finally ended at $20.50! WOOT!  Between the jeans and the diaper genie I also sold two pairs of Davids pants and a skirt totaling $17.  I may have said this before, but I used to have a lot of luck on Craigslist.com, but I have had no luck with it lately and have sold steadily on eBay.  I wonder if it goes in waves.

So, a lot of you know that I have been searching for a teaching job (preferably online,  in a perfect world) but something I can do where it doesn't take too much time away from the girls. Who can say goodbye to these babies?!?!  BUT I GOT A REAL JOB!  I am still on the email list at the college for the language department and they send me jobs periodically.  I got one today with the subject line: SPANISH TEACHER.  Awesome! I thought.  I thought about applying, but then thought there was no way I could get the job.  I called the lady and they were DESPERATE, Im talking, dont-care-if-I-have-had-experience desperate.  I start on Monday and I am a private teacher for a company who teaches adults language.  I teach from 9:30-12:30 everyday (M-F) So I only have to figure something out for 3 hrs a day for Lilly. ALSO, when I do get my teaching certification, I will already have experience.  I am totally stoked! So not only will I be selling stuff online, but now ALL of my paycheck will go strait to debt.  I'll have the debt paid off in no time!

I'm running low on things to post from in the house.  I need to go through the garage and find out what all can be posted now that a lot of the big things are gone.  I seem to be having good results with the name brand clothes so I might hit up 1/2 of 1/2 on the sale day and post that stuff online.  Considering I can sell a pair of Calvin Klein jeans for 20.00, I could make some good money!!

TaTa for now!!


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