I've Been B-A-D

I have had this obsession lately with buying a new purse. Not only do I want one purse, but I want two. One chic bag for work and one clutch for the evening. Can you blame a women? So, after scouring ebay . . . I have finally purchased the work purse. It is a Michael Kors Chesterfield, medium sized, shiny black patent leather, satchel. It is absolutely adorable. Not to mention that I got it for a fraction of the actual cost. Essentially, I paid $157 for a bag that retails for $348 + tax. I cannot wait to get this little beauty in the mail. Wanna see a picture?

And Another One

Another sale on Ebay for $50 has brought my camera fund up to $187.59. I am now 75% closer to buying my camera. Maybe I will get it before my birthday after all. I have one more auction that should end tomorrow. Hopefully, that one will bring in the remainder of the money needed. Reaching a goal is so exciting!

In other news, I transferred $566 out of my ING account and once it is officially in my checking account I am going to pay my cc bill. It has been really hard to leave the money in ING instead of paying the bill as soon as I received it, but now that I have made it this far I am glad I waited.

This past weekend was really fun with friends and I managed only to spend $47.15. However, I don't think that bf was that lucky. As these were all of his college friends, he forked over a lot of money on my behalf.

We have another out-of-town weekend this next weekend so we need to be as frugal as possible this week. We have already gone to the grocery store and bought the food the bf was going to eat this week. . . and my crazy diet food (lemons, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper) so we should be good in that aspect. This upcoming weekend is going to be hard on our gas budget and food budget for the weekend. Thankfully the month ends on Wednesday!

Accomplished a goal

In a previous post, I set a goal to try and sell $100 worth of stuff on ebay/half/craigslist etc. And today, I accomplished that goal. I have currently sold $137.59. All of these funds are going to purchase a new digital camera (since I have lost mine) and I am extremely happy that I am 55% of the way to fulfill that purchase. With any luck, I will have a new camera by my birthday in May. Yippee!

Ebay Madness

I have been purchasing things on Ebay for several years now. I do my research on the internet, go to stores and see if I really want/need the product, and know what I am willing to pay for it before bidding. I think of myself of a savy shopper on Ebay. I always leave postive feedback unless the seller has been misleading. All of that to say, I bought a tennis bag on Ebay a few weeks ago. The seller listed the tennis bag as BRAND NEW. However, when I received the bag one of the front pockets had a huge hole in it that allowed everything placed in that pocket to fall into the larger part of the tennis bag AND there were candy wrappers left in the bag. I don't know about you, but I would not call that BRAND NEW. I preface with all of that to say, she received negative feedback from me. THEN, she left me negative feedback. Now how can that be? I paid for the item immediately after winning the auction and upheld my end of the bargain. I understand that she possibly mad because I left her negative feedback, but come-on you lied. If you don't want to receive negative feedback from your buyers be truthful. This transaction just rubs me the wrong way this morning. TGIF.

The week started off with a bang and will hopefully end that way!

This week has been VERY busy and it is only Wednesday. Monday I had a lunch interview with two gentlemen at the firm in Gulfport that I went down to interview with a couple of weeks ago. These two men would be who I would directly work for so it was enlightening to speak with them. Both guys seems really nice and people that I would enjoy working with. It was also a plus that they drove to Jackson to interview me instead of me making the 3 hour trip back to Gulfport.

Then on Tuesday I had another interview. This interview was actually in Clinton, MS - about 15 miles from where I live. I wasn't as impressed with this job. While it is a government job, the facilites were horrible. The place was run down with people working all in one room at tables. Additionally, they are looking to hire someone immediately and I am not available until August. Needless to say, I don' t think this is the job for me. But, I would never have know if I didn't go on the interview.

On other news for the week:
I have gone over budget in gas this month by$24.56. I was praying that I would be able to keep this section under budget. It just didn't happen. I had to drive to Gulfport for the interview and make the 3 1/2 hour trip home for Easter. All in all, I did good in that category considering. I will have to try next month to really not drive as much.

I have also now sold 7 DVDS and 1 book for a total of $37.13. All of this money is being placed in a camera fund.

Last night the bf and I and some friends went and watched a baseball game. Ole Miss and Southern Miss were playing as Trustmark Park. It was a lot of fun! But kinda expensive. Beer gets you everytime. That means that this weekend is probably going to be one spent at home planting flowers, cleaning house, and watching movies...not out! That is okay though. We had a blast last night.

And last but not least, I have another job interview on Friday! This job is in Jackson working for a law firm. I am really excited about this opportunity and will let everyone know how it went. Keep your fingers crossed and all prayers are welcomed. Life decisions are stressful.

DVD Sold

I sold the first DVD of many listed on Ebay last night. Black Hawk Down went to the lucky winner. It turned out to be a great deal for both of us. I was able to de-clutter my house, make a little extra money, and pat myself on the back for selling my first item and the lucky winner got a DVD that has been watched only once and in excellent condition. I really hope that more and more start to sell over the next couple of days. The more I sell, the more I am going to list.

The bf and I have also decided what we are going to do with the money we make off Ebay. We are going to buy ourselves a new ditigal camera. We had a great camera, but seemed to have misplaced it around New Year's. It was a Canon SD850IS. We will probably re-purchase the same camera since we both loved it, but neither have the money to do so right now. I wish we could just fine our other one. I am sure that it will turn up as soon as we make another purchase. Ha. Isn't how things like that always work.

Up at Last

A few days ago I committed myself to selling $100 worth on Ebay or the like. Well, last night I actually put several things on Half.com. I listed a couple of law school books, a couple of personal pleasure reading books, and a couple of DVDs. While none of them are big ticket items; thus, requiring me to sell a lot more little items to reach my $100/year goal, it is definitely a start. As time passes and I am able to unload some of my personal items on the internet maybe I will be able to find more and more items to list. Books will probably be a big thing that I tend to sell. I love to read, but never seem to read the same book more than once. So, there really is no point in keeping them around.