I finally bit the bullet and had to have my wisdom teeth removed. "Why didn't you do this when you were like 18?" Is what the oral surgeon asks me right as he's giving me the gas and I can't think of a good reason other than I just plain didn't want to do it!
I went for all four of them and was awake and shaking with fear and pain the whole time. I was seriously ill for 2-3 days and my husband was a rockstar helping me and taking on full time mom duties while I was laying on the couch completely out of it from pain meds! I am just about a week out from surgery now and finally feeling a lot better although my jaw still is all bruised and hurts I can chew small bites and usually only have to take pain meds at night after a full day of use on my jaw. It has been frustrating and miserable and I HATE having work done on my mouth so its been a rough week.
I had big plans for the week too, painting furniture and frames in prep for my new Antique Store booth (that is going to finally be opening on May 1st!) and lots of eBay items to list and photography work to finish up. I haven't been able to get much done and I hate feeling this way so hopefully after this weekend I'll be back to 100% and have a couple of solid work weeks ahead of me!
Sales have been steady and so so, quite a few international items lately I've noticed and lots of plush which is good and easy to ship! I have put myself on a buying freeze the rest of the month just because I need to prep for my booth and clean out all the stuff before I add more stuff.
My goal the next 2 days is to get all my unlisted online inventory listed and to gather all my vintage items into one area of the house so I can begin to tag them! I can't wait to start this new venture even if it isn't a huge money maker its going to be nice having all this stuff I've been storing out of the garage! I will be sure to do a post with lots of photos when it opens at the beginning of next month as well. I've been doing a lot of repurposing projects in hopes that they will be good money makers to cover the rent and then all the vintage items will be icing on the cake!
Anyways, here are some fun plush items that have sold in the last couple of weeks!
Disney Store Finding Nemo beanie plush - Paid $1 and made a $7 profit after fees and shipping!
Lotso Huggin Bear from Toy Story 3 (Which is currently on for the 2nd time today, my son is obsessed so I'm surprised he didn't adopt Lotso when I brought him home. Instead he called him Mean Bear and wouldn't have anything to do with him!) He sold internationally the other day so I'm hoping he makes it safely - I paid $1.09 for him and made a $14 profit after fees and a higher than expected international shipping price.
Characters from Spirit are still and always will be on my BOLO list! This is Rain, Spirit's girlfriend and she sold for $40 after I paid just $1.09 for her about a month ago, $25 profit after fees and shipping, wahoo!
Another thanks to the show Thrift Hunters. I have started keeping my eyes out for funky men's shirts again thanks to them, read my last post if you have no idea what I'm referring to! I was a little worried about this one because it wasn't the big boy size just a large but it was a funky print, Hawaiian style and made in USA so all of those combined made for a great sale!
I paid $5.45 for this shirt at a "Thrift Boutique" aka a we charge more store. I priced it high and accepted an offer of $40 a week later netting me a nice profit of $26 after fees and shipping! What man doesn't want a shirt covered in Sushi?! haha!
Great sales! I wish I had the patience to list clothing. I see tons of those shirts at the "retro" thrift store downtown -- the one where they charge an arm and a leg because all the hipsters shop there. =)
ReplyDeleteI got my start with clothes so it's easy for me but just boring! Haha! It's always a bread and butter sale for me though so I may be doing more of it! I feel out of the loop on what's popularly now though!
DeleteMy sales have been very, very slow but I'll take slow sales over having my wisdom teeth out anyday! At least you've got it done now and never have to do it again. ...
ReplyDeleteUgh it was truly aweful and if almost cried at my post op today when he said id be sore for a few more weeks!
DeleteI must not have much wisdom then, I only had two of them come up and the others are just fine and never have given me any problems. LOL Sounds aweful..wishing you a speedy recovery!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I am starting to feel a little more normal today! Fingers crossed its going to be a busy weekend!
DeleteBefore we moved our dentist told us our daughter should have her wisdom teeth removed before they form roots. We went to a specialist and he gave her another year. Well, that year has passed and she has no intention of having that done voluntarily. I don't blame her. Glad your feeling better now. I'l have to look out for Spirit stuff this summer. Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteAll 4 of mine had formed roots around nerves and were impacted, if I had done it earlier in life it would've been much easier recovery wise so she may want to think about it sooner than later but its not fun that's for sure! Although our babysitter came over last night so we could go to dinner with friends and she told me she had hers out the week before me and never even had to fill her pain prescription - I promptly told her I hated her and to get out of my house! (Hahah Kidding!) but she's much younger and her teeth weren't impacted so they were much easier to come out... I definitely don't wish this on anyone though!
DeleteBoo to the wisdom teeth and great flip on the sushi shirt. Some people wear some funky things (and I am happy to sell it to them!) lol
ReplyDeleteSame here Kristen! I'll sell it to them all they want hahaha!!
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