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Thrift with me // Staying in my comfort zone - one sale so far!!

 I had to do something to make myself feel good. I went to the Hospice, where I should have gone to spend $127. I got me some good old books and spent a total of $20.64. 




The first item I listed was this Dorothy dress from the Wizard of Oz. It's not too late to sell costumes before Halloween. I paid $4 and listed this for $15. If this item sells then I will have made half my money back. 










I came across a handful of fantasy paperback books. (Mercedes Lackey, Douglas Adams.) They have the coolest covers even if they aren't worth much. I'm going to list them individually, and then in a week lot them up together. Each book was only .25 cents. 



The Fall vest was only $1.50. I have it listed for $20. These art teacher style vests are really in right now, so hopefully this one will sell since it's affordably priced! 



This is another item that if it doesn't sell within 7 days of listing then I am totally keeping for myself!! It's this adorable cat with a fiddle. It gives me all the Studio Ghibli vibes. I only paid .50 cents for him!!

I paid $3 for each skirt. One is from Anthropologie and I think it will sell quickly since it has that preppy y2k school girl style. The other skirt is double slit, very bohemian would look great on someone with thick thighs and taller than me. It makes me wish I had a mannequin. 

Did I forget to mention all the true crime books I've added to my personal library? I also grabbed Inkspell to add to my collection of Cornelia Funke / childrens books. 

List of books I bought for a quarter:

True Crime

Grave Accusation by Andrea Egger

The Cases that Haunt Us by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker

Unnatural Death, Confessions of a Medical Examiner by Michael M. Baden, M. D.

Poisoned Love by Carlton Smith


personal


inkspell by cornelia funke

The Moon and More and Just Listen, Sarah Dessen


other


the complete super bowl story games I- XXII

The mysterious affair at styles, agatha christie

ghost boy by martin pistorius 

outlawed by anna north



I think the best find were these New Balance running shoes. They were half off today, lucky me. I got them for just $4. 

Ahhh!! While writing this post I made a sale!! Oathblood!! 

*goes to package order with new spooky ghost polymailers

I only made $1.99 from this sale off Mercari. I am going to subtract that from the total COG's today. ($20.64 - $1.99 = $18.65.) That's how much I need to make to break even!


EDIT!

Wow!! The Dorothy costume sold already!! On Mercari. I priced it low. I also did not charge enough for shipping, so Mercari will charge me an adjustment, but we will cross that bridge when we get there. (the package was 1 pound.)

$18.65 - $12.42  = $6.23. That's awesome!! In less than 24 hours I've made more than half my money back.  


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