How to get a over-priced somewhat tacky bird room divider for free?

It’s probably pretty obvious that my new favorite love is birds (more like obsession, just check out this post to clarify), so when I found this bird room divider I had to have it.

But it was marked at $100.00.

Seriously, $100.00 at a thrift store.

I know!  Ridiculous, but I still had to have it.

And with 1/2-off day coming up, if it was still there I could get it for $50.00.

You know what time it is?

It’s time to think out of the box.

So, what do I do?

I purchase these 2 Old Navy Maternity Jeans at a yard sale for .25 cents each and they sell for $20.50 on eBay.

I also purchase this $.25 cent Audrey Hepburn shirt and sell it for $6.99.

I’m halfway there.

How can I earn another $25.00 and fast?

I find a bunch of dolls at a garage sale and offer the homeowner $10.00 for the lot of them.  

I know nothing about dolls and have never collected them, but for $10.00, it’s worth a try to resell them.

These two sell for $15.00 each over the weekend at the estate sale.

Their so life-like, it was a bit freaky pricing and staging them, you know with the whole Chuckie thing.  Why do horror movies have to ruin a perfectly good moment with freakishly life-like dolls?  Gesh!  Even my kids said "Mom, get them out of the house." 

Anyway, I digress. 

After I take away my initial $10.00 investment, I’ve earned another $15.00.

I’ve almost earned the $50.00 I need for my must-have room divider.  For the love of birds, I must have it.

This Rampage cocktail dress is a $1.00 investment at a garage sale.  

I know it will bring in at least $10.00 on eBay (if not more), but when I get home I find several holes in it.  I'm down a $1.00 and throw the dress out, but I don't get easily discouraged.  I'm going to keep going.

These darling Nemo Converse shoes sell for $4.99 on eBay.  

It's not much of a profit, but still I'm a few dollars closer to my goal.

To make this experiment a bit more complicated, little sister started crawling.  

She's all over the place and so am I keeping up with her, but I'm focused on earning the money for my over-priced somewhat tacky bird room divider.

A Mickey Mouse biking jacket sells for $9.99.

I'm about ready to purchase my over-priced somewhat tacky bird room divider when something gets in the way of my purchase.

This is what happens when you shop trash frequently.

I find this large steel vintage owl mirror that apparently used to sit on top of a scale.  You can barely see, but at the bottom of the owl is printed "Insert coin here."

Don't you love him?

Once I hang him on the wall, Reef wants to pet him.

So many birds with so little time, but I have to stay focused on my bird room divider.  In no time I sell this $1.00 Cynthia Skirt for $8.99 on eBay.

With one more sell of trash, I can have both tacky bird home decor for free.

Remember my bamboo room divider I found to re-sell on Craig's list.

It sells!  One funky room divider deserves another, so with the money I make I run to the thrift store to purchase my treasure.

It's all in a days work of selling trash and with the money I've earned it's like my vintage owl mirror and over-priced somewhat tacky bird room divider was free.

Yip-pee!
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