Tuesday Inventory

One of the frustrating things about having an online store is that you don't have much control over your sales.  Some days you are flying high the next you are wondering "where did everybody go?"  I never count or plan on what I make...but boy it would be nice if I felt like my store light wasn't plain turned off some days. 

These are a few of my favorite finds this week:

Ralph Lauren floral cropped pants, size 14

J. Jill Linen skirt size 18

 TravelSmith Indispensable green dress, medium

Carole Little floral dress, size 10

 Chico's Size 1 (8/10) white capri pants

Banana Republic Medium Silk jersey dress

I did manage to make a few sales:

 A set of 10 Read with Dick and Jane early readers.  I bought these intending to read them with my daughter but she wasn't that interested in them so off they went for $23. 

 (I paid $4.25 for the set)

 A PB Kids lunchbox went for $19.99

And I sold this PB backpack for $34.99

How did you do this week?  

Are your sales booming or slow like mine?

Tuesday Inventory

I have been cranking up the listings and right now I am back up in the 230's!  Still a ways to go.  I'd love to see more sales, mine have been a little slow this week. sadly enough.

These are my favorite finds of the week.  Not sure how great they will do, but you never know, right?!  One mans trash....

 Ann Taylor Loft Spring Floral Trench Coat Large Petite

 Isn't this is cutest aqua floral dress? R & K, 12. Such a happy color.

 New without tags Sigrid Olsen 4 Silk Skirt...gorgeous!

 Ralph Lauren 4 brown lightweight wool dress pants

 J. Crew nwt (10 tall) pink favorite fit chinos

Gap 12 olive green capri pants

Nothing that stands out too much...weather is warming up though so I am expecting shorts and capris to start flying off the shelf!  Remember these fun pants with the martini's?

Sold for $16.99!  Sweet!  

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Back to Work

It's been really difficult to get into the swing of things again this week!  We had a rough week last week with a family funeral and then a wedding the very next day.  I used to own wedding florist business, so my gift to all my sister-in-laws when they get married is to do their flowers for cost.  It saves them hundreds of dollars and I feel like I am giving them something memorable for their wedding.

I did get to go out shopping this week and I've been trying to clean out my store.  Prior to leaving for vacation I had almost 300 items listed.  I let it drop down to 180 (having a store wide sale really helped!) and now I am back up to 223 and counting. 

 A few of my favorite finds for this week are...

 John Lewis Purple Party Dress

 The Limited NWT black tank dress

 Harley Davidson capri pants

 Some lucky lady will hopefully want these stylish Disney shortalls.  Perfect for a July Disney trip, don't you think ;)

To be fair...I have a picture of me looking super cute at the Getty museum wearing a pair of denim shortalls.  But they were a size 10 and it was 1999 so I feel like that was appropriate. ;)

 Sundance a-line floral skirt

 Ann Taylor Loft yellow skirt

Ralph Lauren blue paisley full skirt

In the middle of all this I had a sick little girl, my 7 year old got an ear infection and oh, no big deal, I turned 40.  I did manage to sneak away that morning to Nordstrom with my mom and picked up some new Sperry flip-flops and make-up. Not EVERYTHING I buy has to be 2nd hand you know!

We're Back!

We are back! We took the kids to Disneyland for four days last week and had a wonderful time!  It was the most crowded we had ever seen it but we still had so much fun!

Can I tell you what a WONDERFUL feeling it is to pay for something like this with cash?  To know that even though it has taken some time to save for this bit by bit, that everything down to our gas and spending money, hotels, food and tickets were taken care of from my little "hobby" of a job?  

I LOVE IT!

We did get the sad news that my husband's grandmother passed away the day before we got home.  She caught a cold and was just too weak to recover from it.  We have her funeral on Thursday and then my sister in law's wedding on Friday.  It's going to be BUSY!

We are so happy to be home and turned my store on last night and have been busy doing mountains of laundry and relisting today. 

Little Bird Cottage

I guess I like to make things complicated for myself because I've gone ahead and opened up a 2nd Etsy store for fun little vintage goodies I come across when I am out and about.  

 I've named it Little Bird Cottage.  That was like my 8th name choice, it seems like everything is already taken on Etsy these days.  But I still love it.

So far, I only have a few items in there but I had my first sale today for one of the vintage sewing patterns I have listed.

 

 Isn't it sweet?  I seem to find these no matter where I go for very little money.  I sold this one today for $7.00.  Which is a decent price for me the seller for profit as well as a great deal for the buyer. 

 I think I had this outfit when I was three or four.  Seriously.  Those sleeves look super familiar.

 I LOVE this party dress.  Look at that darling full skirt!

 This pattern is from the 40's  - what a sweet little cap and jacket!  It almost enough to make me want to unpack the sewing machine Dan gave me for Christmas 2 years ago and start sewing again!

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Tuesday Inventory

Hi everyone!  I found out some fun news, my little blog here was made part of an amazing list over at Women's Money Week!  I was really surprised and honored to be included with all those other hard working ladies! 

If you want to check out a really great list of other women who are doing their best to make some extra cash and save money, it's all right here for you.  And don't get mad at me if you spend some extra time this week blog surfing, there are some fun new reads for me over there as well!  

I don't know what is going on but my sales have been a roller coaster this week.  I went three, THREE days without a single sale.  The crickets were chirping and I start seeing my bins of inventory as garbage instead of cash!  

Then BAM!  

All of the sudden, things went crazy on Friday and I did over $300 in 24 hours!  So strange! 

I sold these for my dad - he bought them and realized after opening them up they were the wrong ones.  2 were completely brand new still but he couldn't find the receipt.  I sold the set for $100 with free shipping (you know I added signature confirmation on these so some guy couldn't say they never arrived!) I was happy to recoup that money for him!

I must be in the mood for spring, I could not take my eyes away from all the fun colors when shopping this week!

 Old Navy Coral Capri Pants Size 12

 Whoo hooo!  I always do a little dance when I find Brooks Brothers anything - easy sell for high money!

These being pink, new without tags - even better!

 More pink, yes please!  J. Crew capri pants with martini glasses on them!  Eeek! 

I'm hoping some preppy girl in Boston will buy these. 

 New with tags Coldwater Creek blouse - I love this!

 J. Crew linen and silk dress, like new.

And this one I picked up on a whim, not knowing anything about the brand Monsoon.  I tried to look it up online but my phone is being more and more slow these days so I gave up and just went with it.  It's a size 12 and I noticed a few minor flaws when I got home but I am hoping that it will still do well.   

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Tuesday Inventory

Yuck!  We had the flu bug hit our house this week.  Luckily, only 2 of the 5 of us have been down and while I am so sad to see my kids sick, I'm SO glad it's not me.  We all know what happens when the mom gets sick.  Pure and total destruction and chaos!

I ran out shopping while Dan stayed home with our sweet girl who slept most of the day.  I got a few things but nothing too amazing or exciting.  

 Hoku Hawaiian dress

 Calvin Klein handkerchief dress.  Does this scream "Friends" or what?  It sold for $20 a few hours after I had it listed. 

Weirdest dress yet.  Monkeys?  Beaded coconuts?  How awful cute is this?  Can't wait to see who will pick up this gem!

 SAS shoes - fancy, right?  Someone will be pleased to buy these.  They retail for close to $150!  That's a lot of money for so much fashion fabulousness!

J. Crew skirt - I love the pattern on this!

I also managed to list a few more Peggy Dolls in my Etsy shop.  I love these sweet little necklaces.  My grandma's name was Peggy, so the name works for the wooden peg but I really named them after her!

 Aren't they sweet?

The big news is I finished my taxes this week!  SWEET!  

 It wasn't nearly as bad as I had thought, I was putting it off for weeks.  I loved seeing how much this little hobby/job of mine made for our family.  

Are your taxes done yet?  (bleh....)

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