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 Spoiler alert. I found Gucci. And Chanel. Zara.  The best part? No costs.  This afternoon, after I had lunch, I took my bike around downtown. I discovered a community donation dumpster but it was overfull - there were bags stuck in the chute. And there were two large unassuming trash bags that I couldn't help but look through.  I found bras my size and got excited. I still need pants and bras/braletts which is very hard to find for my small size. Seeing them all donated made me think that resellers were right - extra small sizes are not worth reselling. But here was a large bag of designer, and I didn't even know, riding my bike 4 times to take the bags down the street, down the road to my apartment.  I had no idea but from what I pulled earlier - I knew there were some really great stuff. I am going to pick 4 items to replace the 4 items I removed from my store.   I will update this post with some photos. If I keep anything for myself (I'm tempted to keep some wide leg tr

 It was fill a bag for $10!! I tried to pick some pieces that would sell.  Two items I regret picking up.   I stayed within the small-medium range. I got 8 pieces so that means my costs of goods were $1.40. They only accepted cash. I spent too much on fees. $3 fee at the ATM. $2.50 using an out of service ATM. I only had $11 in cash, so I filled a bag thinking about Daily Refinements motto "Buy at $8 sell for $25." I spent $11 hopping to make $30. Having A Separate Account for Business I signed up for a Chime card and set up my side hustle for direct deposit.  sourcing and buying shipping labels today came out of the money I had earned from my latest sales. What a relief! Now I wasn't mixing personal expenses with business expenses. Now I won't overspend. The other financial goal is to set aside money each paycheck to reach the first savings goal: to have one month living expenses.   Setting Up A Savings Account Cash App added a Savings Account that makes it easier th

 Felt the summer slow down. Here's what sold June 2023: EBAY Sold Texas swimtrunks for $10 buyer paid for shipping. I earned $8.92. This was a free item. Sold Strawberry Girl for $8.00 (Free, but also cracked in the middle, very damaged)  old Banana Republic Jeans for $13 plus shipping. I earned $8.60. Also Free. Reeboks hoodie sold for $13, after fees and shipping I earned $8.92. Also Free. MERCARI Sold Poems of Ancient Greece/Rome for $20. I earned $16.77. Free item. Sold A Field Guide to Dinosaurs for $11, I earned $8.94. Sold Low Fat Cholestrol book for $4. I earned $2.86. Also Free. Sold Vgogefly for $5. I earned $3.71 Sold People we Met on Vacation $4, I earned $2.86. FREE item. Sold White Oleander for $8 and I earned $6.47 Sold Cinch Pullover for $9. I earned $7.12. FREE item. Sold Invader Zim plush for $42. I earned $35.94. I paid $1 for this Sold The Intruder for $4. I earned $2.86. Sold Nike Blue lunchbox for $8 and I earned $6.32 Sold Aesops Fables for $9 (free shipping)

 Let's get into the sales! Oh wow I made a lot of sales on Mercari. Mercari is my main source. According to Daily Refinement, I should focus on the platform I am most successful on. EBAY Dark Academia book bundle sold for $17.04. Buyer paid $4.15 for shipping. AFter everything I earned $14.30. (COG was $2.25) Wentworth puzzle (COG .50) sold for $25. I earned $21.80. Mercari Think and Grow Rich for $5. Buyer paid shipping. I made $ 3.73 Hershery biography book $5. Buyer paid shipping. I made $3.73 Where The Crawdads Sing  $5. Buyer paid shipping. I made $3.73.  Rainbow Brite $10. my COG .99. My profit was $8.09. Little Heathens, Life During the Great Depression $4. Our profit was $2.86. Vintage Webster Dictionaries $9 my profit was $7.17. vintage fantasy paperback 1980's $17. (4 for .99 cents each) Earnings were $14.14 Signs and Symbols $6 my profit was $4.58. The christmas Killer $7.00 my profit was $5.47 H&M Scallop Bikini $16 my profit was $13.31 Escaping Houdini, $7 my p

 March was a bad month for me, I'm not sure if it gets better in April!!  No Ebay Sales. No Depop Sales. MERCARI The Ninth House sold for $14, I purhcased for $1.50. My earnings were $11.69. Sold Stack of 4 antique books for $15.00. My earnings were $12.56. These books were Free.  Sold the Fox Fire book for $5. This was FREE. My earnings were 3.85. Sold the Silk scarf Carlisle for $14. I paid $1 for this. My earnings were $11.69. sold antique book lot for $76. These were free. I made $65.49. Sold vampire book lot. FREE. I made $4.58 from this $6 sale. Sold The Catcher in the Rye, for $5. I earned $3.73. Sold The Fisherman's Wharf, FREE I sold for $13. I made 10.68.

 Hopefully continue the trend of higher net profits each new month.  I spoke too soon! I did WORSE this month than February. I made $41.98 MERCARI The Christie Affair (FREE) sold for $8. My earnings were $6.47, but I did have to cover the cost of shipping. Let's say that was $4.  The Boy, the Bird, The Coffin Maker (COG $1) My earnings were $6.47. I covered shipping costs ($4 est.) Beatrix Potter Biography was FREE. sold for $8. My earnings were $6.47. It looks like I paid for shipping too. ($3.50 est.) Birdsong, vintage poetry book was .25 cents. It sold for $5. Buyer paid shipping. My earnings were $3.85. The Leavers, got for FREE. It sold for $6. My earnings were $4.03 due to a shipping cost adjustment. DEPOP Hope is Real, bought for a quarter. Sold for $12 buyer paid $3.99 shipping. I recieved $13.41.  NO SALES ON EBAY PAYPAL // FACEBOOK Seven Spells, $8.80 plus $3.80. My net amount was $8.  My Cat Spit McGee sold for $ $3, shipping was $3.50. My net profit was $5.78.

 For my convience, I use Google Excell Sheets to track my expenses. I noticed I was missing some monthly What Sold posts for 2023.  PAYPAL The cat who couldn't see in the dark $4.95 The cat and the Curmudgeon $4.95 Little Girl in a Red Dress with a Cat and Dog $2.95 Kitten in the Cold $3.50 The Cat who Came for Christmas $4.95 Animals and Why they Matter $20.00 Net amount $47.08 Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure $4.69 Nuclear Power $15.00 Net Amount $22.71 USD Those are two orders from Facebook. These funds were donated to Nine Chances Rescue. NO SALES ON EBAY OR DEPOP. MERCARI Sold Bunnicula, I got for FREE, for $12. Buyer paid shipping. My profit was $9.95. Sold The Personality of a Dog for $6 free shipping. I made no money from this sale. Sold Gay Neck, the story of a Pigeon for $16. Buyer paid for shipping I made $13.44. I got for FREE. Sold The Glass Castle, I got for a quarter, for $5. Buyer paid for shipping. I made $3.85. Sold Outlaws of Texas for $6, purchased for a quarter. My

 I'm writing this as late as September, but I realized I never made a detailed blog with my sales in January. In January 2023, I reopened my small used bookstore to the public after quitting a toxic job. There are a handful of sales from mulitple platforms. In total, I sold 9 books. My COG was only .75. My net profit was $39 EBAY I Am Legend , sold for $2.99 plus $3.65 shipping. I bought the shipping label through ebay. My total earnings was $1.68 . This item was Free. MERCARI The Pumpkin Queen for $6. Buyer paid shipping. My earnings were $4.73. T his book was Free. Mythology , my COG was .25. Sold for $7 buyer paid shipping. my earnings were $5.60. Minus my COG, my net profit was $5.35 The Alchemist was FREE. sold for $3. Buyer paid for shipping. My earning were $2.11. PANGO BOOKS The Lincoln Highway was Free. It sold for $3.95. I earned $3.16.  I made NO SALES ON DEPOP.  PAYPAL // FACEBOOK PAGE A Wolf at the Door $7 and  Walking with Peety  (COG .25) $3.95 plus $5.99 shipping

 Budget With Me Topics: Caleb Hammer's Financial Audit // Printing Monthly Statement and Tracking Your BS Spending // New Chime Account // The Reverse Budget  Short Term Financial Goals  (1-3 month time frame / 90 days )  Get another part time job or better paying job with good company // save $1k in a month Long Term Financial Goals (Year) Have $10k saved Monthly income of 3-5k Printing Monthly Statement and Tracking Your BS Spending  Family Dollar $312.66 Byron $80 Repayment $26.25 Donuts $20.69 Taco Bell $21.91 Shell $28.45 Conession Stand $14.61 Google $6.48 Steam: $21.64 SWEPCO: $204.48 Deposits: Ebay $8.57 Sept 4 Depop $84.35 Sept Sept 5 Ebay $6.34 Sept 5 Mercari $16 Sept 5 Ebay $3.78 Sept 6 ABM $274.25 Sept 6 (I brought in $393.29 so far this month in September. Most of that has been spent at family dollar, as you can see above. ) ADDED CASH $835 Sept 9 After calculating, you're left with $519.57. My Cash App Shows that we have $506.54. That's $15 unaccounted for, bu