Oh Happy Day

Well I rolled out of bed a bit later than I should have on a yard-sale morning, but I'm still quite pleased with my finds. I hit a nice estate sale right here in town -- the family who owned the original grocery/general store. The sale was run by the family though, so most of the prices were at or above retail/book, so I had to pass some things by. I did find a gorgeous set of old Italian faience plates, some Bybee and Pigeon Forge pottery and some old patterns and knitting books. Otherwise I mainly found things for myself -- a ceiling fan still in the box for my eBay office, some bamboo chimes for the garden and a kit for making easy raised bed gardens.

What I'm most excited about however is what I found at Lowe's. We went in for mouse traps (there's a small visitor behind the stove) and Steve - the husband - spotted a floor display Whirlpool Fabric Freshener on sale for only $75 -- they're $225 at Best Buy. I'd been coveting one, so I snapped it up. I'm testing it out as we speak. It should save me so much time in ironing and $ in cleaning my eBay duds.

Today's Haul

I did pretty well today. I started out at a small estate sale in Middletown and picked up a few things -- though some prices were quite high and I had to pass over some nice yellowware and EAPG glass (one of my personal faves). I especially like this children's picture book from the early 1900s about a family moving into a new home. I also got a very cool Eames-era booster seat - very sculptural - a pile of 1970s fine art photography books and this ultra cool glass lamp - which I will likely keep. After the sale I went and checked out a few spots I hadn't been to in a while - and found some very nice clothing for work and play as well as some Tony Lama and Frye boots. Check out this slide show (if I managed to get it running) to see what will be coming up. I hope to get most of the clothes up over the weekend and the collectibles Sunday and/or Monday. I love that school is back in session and I don't have to drag poor Bailey around all day - though she had started to develop a sense of what kind of stuff has "good eBAy potential."

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A Narrow Escape

Just back from the hunt with a bagful of trendy little tops for trendy little girls -- Princy, Ing, Etoile, Do & Be, Tempted to drop a few name brands. Also a really sharp Ann Taylor pant suit. I went to unload in the old eBay area and AHHH! A rack of clothing had fallen over barely missing a tall shelf full of glassware and pottery. It's always something -- that will teach me to make-do with cheap-y clothes racks - it virtually crumpled under the weight!

Building a Mystery

Well web site building at least is a mystery to me. I haven't been out hunter-gathering for the past couple days because I've been tangled up in the web -- making changes to my auction template, ebay me page and adding this blog. I found a number of cheats (after many time-sucking searches) that made things relatively simple for an html-illiterate like myself. Still wrestling with this new Blogger beta -- that cooqy showcase just wants to move all over the page. Still trying to figure this out, but I can't sit still any longer -- it's 10 a.m. on a Thursday morning, so I'm wasting prime treasure hunting time.