Got a DD into my checking account today for some sales from earlier in the month on half.com. $34.42.

Haven't been able to put anything aside the last couple weeks, so this is going into my EF. I really want to put it into either personal or couch savings, but I know how important the EF is right now.

$20 Challenge/EF Old Balance: $150.04
Half.com DD: $34.42
------------------------------------------
$20 Challenge/EF New Balance: $184.46

The DVDs I listed on half.com last month are selling like hotcakes! Another one sold today, bringing my Ebay Challenge total for February up to $46.12

Had one of my Ebay sales finish today. Made $11.70 on it. New Feb Ebay total: $40.77

Cleaning out for the move I've found a couple more things to post up there. It is amazing how once I decided to sell as much as possible, I am finding all these things to sell. Before I never would part with anything; now I'm looking around going "Oh, we don't need that! I'll sell it!" Just hope I don't get carried away and decide to sell the BF. LOL

Wah-hoo! Another half.com sale. I seem to be selling way more DVDs than books lately, but hey, who cares, right? Another DVD went today for $4.51, bringing my Feb Ebay total to $29.07

Brought home $55 today, so that also makes it a Happy Thursday.

I forgot to mention it, but I found a dime on the ground the other day. New Pennies on the Sidewalk total: $.85

I decided to help my EF along I would transfer in 10% of what I made from work this month. That comes out to about $20. The extra $.78 is rounding down to the nearest dollar in my checking.

$20 Challenge/EF Old Balance: $109.21
10% of income: $20.78
------------------------------------------
$20 Challenge/EF New Balance: $129.99

Little by little money is coming in from online sales. I had another DVD sell today on half.com. My new Feb total for the Ebay Challenge is $24.56

Little bits coming in from work, too. Picked up an extra shift this week, to that helps.

Going to try rolling up some change from CITB later. Would love to have another buck or two to add to the EF.

In other financial news, I finally got my MassHealth card and used my new health insurance. Before, I had a $15 co-pay for my therapist. Not too bad now that I am seeing her only once a month, but it was tough when I was seeing her every week. But I saw her this week, and with my new insurance, I have NO co-pay! YAY!

I am also getting 3 of my prescriptions filled this week, so we will see how much they cost compared to what they cost with my old health insurance.

Another half.com sale today. Brings my Feb Ebay Challenge to $13.25

Still nothing on my Ebay items.

Oh well, still have a few more days left.

I made it! I made today a No Spender! Yay! It was hard...at work my tummy was growling and I really wanted to go to DnD next door for a bagel. But I held out, and instead had yummy crab meat soup and wheat tortillas at home.

Other quick news, I brought home $68 tonight. Only 2 customers, but both were very generous. One gave me a $10 tip and the other gave me a $20 tip. I was definitely being looked out for by my angels tonight!

Before work I managed to list 3 items on Ebay. One is a little porcelain witch-doll, and the other 2 are brand new dressed, both with the tags still on them. I've listed the dresses before, with no bites, but maybe this time something will come of it.

Night all!

Your positive thoughts worked...I brought home $80 last night; exactly how much I needed.

Hmmmm, can we do that for tonight, too? LOL

In other news, I sold a DVD on half.com this morning! A great way to start the Feb for the Ebay challenge. Feb total: $4.08

Nothing else going on today. Going to go tot he bookstore because I finished the book I was reading, and all my other books are at the new apartment an hour away. But I still have $$ left on a gift card I got for X-mas, so I won't be spending any money. Then, working again tonight. Going to try to make it a NSD.

Happy Sunday everyone!

Just about the end of the month, and I had one more tiny sale on Ebay end today. Pushing it right to the end.

Sold one of my blind box toys. I think this was the last of them all. Adding to me Ebay sales total is $4.99. So it looks like my final Ebay sales for January will be $172.50!

It makes me feel great that I sold that much in one month. And, I'm about 3/4 of the way into hitting my Feb Ebay goal of $100. I honestly don't think I can keep this up for the entire year, but you never know.

Finally got my Etsy shop up and open. I only have a few things on there now (real seashell charms and 2 handmade pendulums) but it is a good start. I love making things from natural objects, such as seashells, stones, real gemstones and crystals, etc.

This is my first attempt at Etsy, so hopefully it goes well. Anything I earn there will go towards my Ebay Challenge (along with Ebay, craigslist, and half.com sales).

Check my Etsy ship out: Koppur's Cauldron.

Got payment for 2 of mu 3 Ebay items that just sold. Not taking the full amount out of paypal since I need to pay Ebay fees. And not all of what I do take out of paypal will go to the $20 Challenge (have to pay shipping). But, here is what I felt comfortable pulling out from today's sales.

$20 Challenge/EF Old Balance: $74.90
Half.com DD: $22.19
------------------------------------------
$20 Challenge/EF New Balance: $97.09

So close to $100. When I get the payment for my other item that sold today ($15) I will hit my mini-goal of $100 in the EF.

I want to hit $1,000 in my EF this year, and I figure over the course of 12 months I can come up with it. Even better would be if I could do it all with Ebay/online sales. My Ebay Challenge is $100 a month, and to get my EF to $1K by 2010, I need an average of $84 a month or so.

I like those numbers.

I had to give a refund on en Ebay sale. I sent the package, but they say they never got it, so I had to refund them $64. I know I won't get the package/items back. I'm angry cuz I don't have $64 extra just lying around. BUT, I am calmer now than when I wrote this post at first. I complained a little too much in that one. Made me out to be a meanie.

On another Ebay note (trying to not let the anger control me), 3 more of my auctions sold today. The 3 items total $52.98 (this includes shipping). Yay.

Adding this to my January Ebay Challenge brings the total to $167.51. Not all this is profit. Take out shipping, packaging, Ebay fees, and the $64 I had to refund the buyer from Mexico, and it is about $60 or so. I wasn't keeping track of how much it cost for shipping or packaging, so I don't have an exact amount. I know one time I went to the post office the total was about $25, and one time it was about $18, but I shipped items from half.com and Ebay both times. Profit from this last set of auctions will be around $35-40.

I have 3 more auctions going, but I don't think they will be done before Feb 1st, so anything coming from them will go towards Feb's challenge.

Last night 2 more of my auctions ended. These were for antique/vintage beaded purses from the early 1900's. Mums had been given them by her grandmother, but they didn't actually belong to her. They belonged friends of hers. Since they have no family value and Mums was cleaning out, she gave them to me. I never go out to fancy places and I have too many purses already, so I put them on Ebay.

One sold for $22.36 and one sold for $31! So that is another $53.36 for the Ebay challenge, which brings my total to $114.53! I hit my January goal! Yay!

And I have 5 more items still in open auctions, so maybe I can get a head start on Feb's $100.

In other news, I got a second ticket today. Yes, second. Let me explain: Last week I went downtown where it is all on street parallel parking. So I fond a spot between 2 cars and parallel parked. When I came back to my car, the other 2 were gone and I had a $15 ticket for parking in a bus zone. The bus zone was 10 feet in front of me, and, oh, what a surprise, a cop car was parked there. Jackass.

Since I was between 2 other cars I assumed I was safe. There is so much snow, you can't see the curb to tell if it is painted to indicated a bus zone. And there was a car further up than me. So, I said I'm going to fight this. I haven't had a chance to go to court yet.

Today I get pulled over because my car registration is expired (I had no idea). Damn it. That was a $100 ticket!!! But the cop was nice and said if I went and renewed my registration today, they disputed the ticket, the court would throw it out since I got new registration stickers the same day as the ticket. I went to the DMV right away, paid $38 for my new registration. And that ticked I am definitely disputing.

But I think I'll pay the $15 one for a little good karma to come my way. I'll need it to make sure the $100 ticket gets thrown out.

I also stopped at the post office and spent $25 mailing out 8 packages. But at least I get shipping reimbursement for it all.

And then I spent $18 on groceries. We needed cat food, butter, and milk, and I picked up 2 bottles of ginger ale. I've got a tummy virus.

Oh, and I found a penny today. New Pennies on the Sidewalk total: $.49

3 of my 5 auctions that ended yesterday sold. Yay!

I sold a blind box of a vinyl toy I collect, 4 skeins of yarn, and a brand new Bijoux Tener leather purse. Today my auctions of 2 antique/vintage purses from the early 1900's ends.

Total sales from yesterdays auctions is $16.97 (not including shipping reimbursement).

Adding this to my old Ebay Challenge total, and my new total is $61.17! Yay!

I really do have to thank Steve (aka Disney Steve) for challenging us to this Ebay challenge. I am always saying I need to put stuff up online, and I never do. But this challenge has totally gotten me up off my butt and into action. So, thanks Steve!!

As any of you who have sold on half.com knows, they pay you twice a month with a direct deposit. Well, now that we are in the second half of the month, I know how much my dd will be when it arrives next week.

$34.20!! Yay!

So I am adding that to my Ebay Challenge, which was currently at $10.

My new total is now $44.20!

And for the second half of the month, I already have $4.51 waiting for a direct deposit. Hoping I can add to that some more before the next DD.

5 of my Ebay auctions ends today, none have bids, but 4 of the 5 have watchers on them. They end in about 4 hours, so I am hoping they will have some last minute bids on them. 2 other auctions end tomorrow.