Ebay

I came across this blog a couple weeks ago http://www.mydeartrash.blogspot.com/ and could not stop reading it. Its about 2 ladies who buy "trash" aka designer clothes at garage sales and thrift stores and resell the clothes on ebay. I could not believe the amount of money they were making doing this. One of the ladies saved up over $4,000.00 in for months for her family vacation.

Now, anyone who knows me knows how much I LOVE garage sales and thrift stores. I am always looking for ways to make a little extra money and I hate passing up great deals on clothes at yard sales because they are not my size. So, this seemed like the perfect fit for me! The first week I mostly posted clothes of my own that I wanted to get rid of. I also bought 2 skirts at a thrift store for $o.89 each. I posted 10 items and sold 6 with a profit of $35.00. Ebay does charge $0.25 for every post unless you are posting it for $0.99. I know it doesn't sound like much but for the $4.28 investment it wasn't bad! I have 31 items posted on ebay right now, and around 20 more to post. My goal this week is to make $100.00.


Here are some of my best sellers so far for the last couple weeks. I've been learning the bigger the sixe the better it sells!


These old Navy size 24 jeans I got for $0.50. The auction hasn't closed yet but so far they are going to sell for $9.99
I got this size 16 New york and company skort for $1.00 and sold it for $6.99

I bought these Ann Taylor Loft pants at a thrift store for myself about a year ago and haven't worn them yet. They fit my a little funny so I sold them for $7.99

I got these maternity shorts for my sister lasy summer when she was pregnat and she gave them back because they did not fit. I almost put them in my parents yard sale, but last second pulled them out to sell online. I'm glad I did because I made $6.99 from them. Much more than I would have gotten from a yard sale!

This was my first item to sell, one of the skirts I picked up for $0.89. Its Ann Taylor Loft and sold for $5.99

Saturday I picked up 5 pairs of Old Navy plus size jeans in PERFECT condition, some even with the tags on them. I paid less them $1 a pair and I'm excited to post them after seeing what the first pair sold for.

Birthday Blessings

Last week I had a wonderful birthday. I turned twenty - 20! Can you believe it? I've actually been telling people for the last month that I am 20. You see, when people hear that you are 19 and married they think that is way too young. But if you tell them you are 20, they think nothing of it, or at least not enough to say anything. But it doesn't really matter, I get reminded weekly that I LOOK 15.

I had to take some pictures of some of my favorite gifts because they are just too pretty! Yes, the Starbucks coffee is pretty! I hadn't had Starbucks in months because we are on a budget and Starbucks is not so budget friendly. I had almost convinced myself that coffee-mates peppermint mocha creamer in a cup of coffee was just as yummy as Starbucks peppermint mocha. But I was reminded last night when I used the last of my Starbucks gift card ( my wonderful sister-in-law got me) that nothing could be farther from the truth. That's ok coffee-mate I still love you and will now go back to using you daily. The beautiful flowers are from my sweet friend Marta. I love them, they look like they were made to sit on my dining room table. I would show you but there are alot of other things on that table that do not look like they are made to go there ( aka clutter!) . The last thing in this picture is my new fabulous green purse. I bought it at a yard sale with my birthday money. $3, don't you love it?

Oh, and I had to include a picture of my toes! Marta and Megan took me out to lunch and for a pedicure the day before my birthday. We had a great time and have some great lookin toes to show for it! :)

And last but not least, My amazing husband got me the dishwasher I have been dreaming about for the last year! I was not expecting it at all! He surprises me all the time. I wonder how long before the excitement wears off and I dread doing the dishes again. When I was younger one of my chores was to load and/or unload the dishwasher, and I HATED it! Now, after hand washing every dish for the last year, I look forward to loading and unloading the dishes. I feel likes I've just gained hours of my life back. : D

Thanks to everyone who made my birthday so special :)

In the Kitchen

For the last few weeks I've been trying to follow a no-sugar no-flour diet. I have a sweet tooth and I LOVE bread so I thought it would be hard to follow. Yes, I have cheated while going out to eat and on vacation, but other than that I've kept to it pretty good and I'm proud to say since starting I've lost 10lbs. I also feel so much better knowing that I'm eating food that is good for my body! Before starting this diet I used to make Spaghetti almost once a week, its easy to make and one of Nicks favorites. It also is filled with empty calories. So Tuesday I decided to make a different kind of spaghetti, spaghetti squash. 1 cup of spaghetti squash has 42 calories in it, compared to one cup of pasta that has 197. What an easy way to cut back on calories.

Here is what a did-
Preheat oven to 375
Cut squash down the middle, length wise
Scrape our all the seeds and stingy stuff in the middle with a spoon
Place squash on a cookie sheet face down, rind up
Cook for 30-40 mins. When its done the rind should be a little softer
With fork scrape out all the squash strings.

Looks yummy right?!


This is what the squash looked like after I was done with it.

I also made turkey meatballs to go with it. I could not find a recipe that didn't use bread crumbs so I made one up.

1 lbs ground turkey

2 Tbps ketchup

1/2 onion minced

1/2 c. Parmesan cheese

some garlic powder, salt, basil, oregano and Italian seasoning.

Mix together with hands. Form balls and place on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 30mins or until done in the center.

The verdict - I really liked the whole meal. I thought it was even better the next day. Nick thought the squash was just ok and would prefer pasta but ate his whole plate. We both loved the meatballs and I think spinach would be a great addition to them.

A steal of a deal!

It seems like everytime I turn around lately I've been finding the best deals! And I'm not complaining. Saturday Nick and I went yard saleing with some friends, it was kind of wet out so there were not alot of yard sales but we just so happen to stop at one that had clothes in both of our sizes. Nick got 10 shirts all name brand and very nice for $10. I got a mixture of 15 dresses, shirts and dress pants for $10. Brans like New York and Company and Ann Taylor Loft. All my size, even petite. Today I got some pretty awesome deals that I'm very excited to share with you, you meaning my mom and sister since you are the only ones who will read this! :)
The first picture below is two cups and saucers I got at a thrift store today, I paid $2 for each set and when I got home I relized they were starbucks brand and originally $19 a set! What steal!


The other pictures are of my sunglasses I got in the mail today, 10 pairs of sunglasses actually. www.hip2save.com ( one of my favorite deal/coupon websites) had posted a deal last week, 10 pairs of womens sunglasses for $10 plus $6 shipping! That means I paid $1.60 a pair. I was a little worried that they would be older style cheap glasses but I was pleased to find out I was wrong! They were all cute and name brand! Well except for 1 pair. But hey 9 out of 10 works for me! And they all still had their original price tags on them. I paid $16 for $240 worth of sunglasses! I love getting deals like that! I posted pictures of my wearing my 4 favorite pair. :)

new and improved

I'm going to show you some pictures of our newly decorated living room, I have no before pictures so instead try to imagine this in your head......" ugly icky carpet ( I never saw it but was told it was horrible) wood paneling that was unpainted and all the trim a gross brownish color. Oh and no furniture.If you can imagine that it will really make you appreciate this alot more.

A total makeover. Walls are paintied a minty green, all the trim and window seat was painted white, the icky carpet got tore up to reveal beautiful hard wood floors that Nick sanded and stained himself and all the furniture except the red chair is new. And I LOVE it. Once I get my new blue dining room cleaned up I'll show pictures of that.

But thats not the only thing thats new and improved. Nick and I got new phones that are deffinetely an upgrade from our old ones.

I'm lovin it!

Oh baby, baby

Ok well, I guess I have no idea how to lay pictures out the right way, but what we have here is baby girl clothes for my neice Emery, who is yet to be born. I picked them all up at yard sales, the total cost of all the clothes was under $15.oo and consists of.....

9 sleeper outfits

11 outfit sets

8 onezie shirts

8 cotten pants ( which she can mix and matct with the shirts)

1 pair of blue jeans

I would say not bad! She will be the most stylin baby thanks to her Aunt Lindsey, to bad her Aunt Lindsey will never get to see her :(

Here are some pics of some of my favorite outfits :)

Cardinals and Crazy

Here are some fun pictures of Nick and I at the Cardinals second game of the season. They won and we had really awesome seats, all in all it was a great time. I actually like baseball when I don't have to watch/hear about it every single day..... :) But thats a different story. lol

Today was good, I had the whole day off and Nick had come home from work early this morning so he woke up around two and spent the rest of the day with.... ME! :) I had to run to the store to get a prescription so Nick said " Why don't you pick up some steaks and we will grill for dinner" or something like that. So I'm at the store and good news they have aton of steaks 25% off. Bad news, I've never bought steaks in my life and it takes Nick 15mins to explane to me over the phone what to get. Then after another 10mins and another phone call I finally figure out what lighter fluid looks like and head home with steaks, lighter fluid, potatoes, squash and a watermelon! And then I get home and realize I forgot the perscription. Bummer. And there you have it folks, I'm go crazy.