Do I want to make money or what?

Somethings going on that's affecting my profits.

It's me.

Normally I buy a piece of trash, like this $15.00 chair.

The protocol is to bring it home, post it on Craig's List for a higher price and pocket the earnings, but I didn't do that with this chair because I like it too much.  

Nor this lovely piece.

I bought it for $75.00.  Isn't it amazing.  

I had it all ready to go on Craig's list.  The photos, measurements, descriptive title.

Problem is, I want it.

When I first saw these new Dr. Marten shoes at a garage sale, I knew I had to had them as a re-sale item for EBay.

"Would you take $5.00 a pair," I asked the home owner.

"No, you can just give me $5.00 for both of them," she said, like I was doing her some sort of favor by just taking them off her property.

New Doc Martins!  

These go for like $140 a pair.
This is amazing when I notice they are a size 12.

That's the counselors size.

Later, the counselor shows me just what horrible condition his black and brown shoes are in.

I had no idea his shoes were this bad.  I'm always looking up into his beautiful ocean eyes, not down at his big feet.

"Guess what?" I say to the man I love and adore. "I bought these amazing Dr. Marten shoes for $5.00 and they are just for you."

He tries them on and they're a perfect fit.

Hello stylish husband,good-bye profits.

Then, I find this room divider for $5.00 at a garage sale (the same one with the Dr. Martens). 

If you read this blog regularly, you know about room dividers.

People love them.  

People want them.  

This could easily sale for $45.00 on Craig's List.

It's heavy, sturdy and quite artsy.

I didn't buy it to keep.

Not this.  

No way.

I bought it to flip, you know, pocket an easy $40 bucks.

But, then Chandler sees it, loves it and says 

"Mom, let's use it to decorate for Halloween."

You know, that's not a bad idea.

Especially with this darling saddle box I found for $5.00 this weekend.

Next to this $2.00 old large steel tool carrier.

I pull out my pumpkins from garage sales past.  

And other used Halloween trash.

So what about this piece, the couch that is?

I actually didn't buy this to re-sale.

For $10.00 I had to have this retro, gold rocking love seat.

It has a smell I can't quite place.  Payson says it smells like a hotel.  Either way, it's outside ventilating; breathing and working it's bold color. 

I run down to Goodwill and found these pillows for $4.99.

But before I leave the store, this Mexican style bowl with clay pottery harvest vegetables catches my eye.  Perfect for my fall-themed front porch.  Another $12.50.

What a deal.

I love how it looks, even though I have no Craig List profits to report.

Have I lost my touch or am I just finding it?
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