JCPENNY CLEARANCE DEALS

went to jcpenny and got a pair of jeans 10 dollars, a sweater 4 dollars, a king flannel sheet set 15 dollars then used their 10 off 25 coupons so got everything for 20 dollars.

Ebay update

profit from sales approx have not shipped yet

sale 4: 1 dollar approx
sale 5: (3.99 total)  2 dollars
sale 6: (6.99 total) 2 dollars
sale 7: (5.50 total)  3 dollars 
sale 8: (12.99 total) 5 dollars 

Total from all ebay sales $25.50  

so I need to figure out how to sell things that make more profit otherwise the time i am spending listing and shipping it not worth it- this week I am trying selling a couple of lots of things to see if that brings more profit. 

May budget

chinese- 34 dollars
husband lunch 7 dollars
me coffee/breakfast 3
ice cream 9
we are off to a horrible start for the month eating out I really need to go grocery shopping- on the positive side the chinese has lasted us 3 meals each so far plus we still have a lot left- I used a coupon and got a lot of food. 
burger king10
husband lunch 3
olive garden 18
me hard roll 1
pizza 23
grocery stores plit between aldis and regular grocery: 94
hardroll 1
husband lunch 9
husband lunch 4
husband lunch 3
pizza and sub out 20
target to get food for mothers day bbq 22
bread 2
husband eating out again for lunch even though I made him lunch he ate both 5
grocery store 48
grocery store 68
lunch out husband 5
husband eating out with friend 30
lunch me with friends 5
lunch husband while working 5
out to dinner 35
pizza 33
out with friends alcohol 17
mcdonalds dinner `12
husband mcdonalds milkshake 3
husband lunch out 6
me coffee and candy 3
husband  dinner out 7
candy 1
water 7
pizza and sub 42 (5 pizzas, bread sticks, and sub- used 50 percent off coupon)
lunch with friend 3
discount grocery for mostly produce 42
husband lunch 8
husband lunch 5
target food  6


Food Total:660

gas 65 
gas 30
gas 60
Total: 155



Farm
farm: 115- hose, sprinkler parts,  lattice for farm stand
farm- 48 hose and waterer 14 seed 5 pack of gloves
plants 24
plants 24
Total: 211

My Spending
jcpenny me king flannel sheets, pair of jeans, sweater: 20 dollars
target flip flops (clearance plus coupon) 2 dollars
 sold comforter set for 30 dollars
fabric 13
garage sale organizer thing 1
3 pairs of underwear 8
bathing suit and coverup 2 (clearance and coupon!)
shower curtain liner and earrings 7
rubber ducky temp 3
jeans 10 (clearance)
makeup 27 
10 dollars added from husbands fund- for not taking out the trash =-)
 bathingsuit: 15
underwear 9
dining room table and 6 chairs pottery barn- 120 dollars (got this from one of husbands clients who were moving it was actually 350 but he moved their other furniture so only ended up paying about 120 out of pocket)
Dining room table: 120 
Total:197

mom's birthday present 18
mom's mothers day gift 24 

husband personal 
cards 6
56- bullet stuff  
8- containers 
-20 won money- he actually won 30 but 10 went to me 
32 online game

husband total: 72
deordorant, electronic toothbrush  13

60 door knobs
misc dollar store health and batteries : 8

EBAY finds to sell

Ebay finds to sell

10 pairs of like new shoes/boots mostly designer
1 new in package thermoplus boot liners
1 designer shirt
 also 1 stapler gun and new  in package art supports I don't know if i will sell- this lot was $10

about 20? vintage dress patterns, about 8? cross stitch kits, a new in package farting teddy bear, and a DVD player (the dvd player is for us- ours broke)- this lot was 15 dollars

also got about 25 pieces of baby clothes/one pair of baby sandals- a lot of baby gap, osk gosh, etc for 5 dollars (some will keep others will sell at future garage sale for profit) and 8 dollars of kids toys- 7things (some will sell- if they don't sell I will keep for future kids)

spent 38 dollars- we will see how much I make on selling- but figure even buying a new DVD player is around 30 dollars so got some good deals.

Garage sale and shopping finds

went to one garage sale in our neighborhood and got a bunch of stuff for husband since he needs a lot of outside tools for landscaping business:

2 shovels: 1 dollar each (will use both)
2 tarps: 3 dollars total     (will use)
mallet and ax: 1 dollar each   (said needed another ax)
funnel: 1 dollar    (will use)
hearing protection: 50 cents   (said will keep as spare, don't we sell, but not kind he likes)
another hand tool for 1 dollar  (forget to ask him about this one)

2 rolls of wire 3.00 (took chance on this one thinking husband might use since electrical wire is so expensive- but prob won't) 

plus
drying rack 1 dollar  (I needed one of these)
plus extender thing .50 cents (we also needed one of these)
broom handle 1 dollar  (and needed one of these)

plus for free I got almost full containers of
car wash
leather cleaner
windex
antibactorial cleaner
painters tape
wood floor cleaner
kitchen scissors

I spent 15 dollars total, so although I shouldn't have brought the electrical wire and the mallet he said he already has a couple of I think it was a pretty good buy especially since I got all the cleaners were free and I was just guessing on what might be useful for him to have extra's. The girl running the sale was just trying to get rid of all the stuff in the garage because the owners had moved to Florida and sold the house.

The I went to the mall with my mom and brought
16 pair of baby/toddler shoes/boots/sandals: 1 dollar each
11 pairs of baby/toddles hats or mittens     1 dollar each

these were at HM marked way down- since most were originally around 10-20 dollars. I will resell most of these on ebay/craigslist/garage sale. However, I will prob save a couple for our future  or baby shower gifts because some are so cute.

I also got a sweater for 7.50 marked down from 25.

Then at JCPenny's I got 6 bath towels quick dry on clearance for 3.20 each (used coupon to) and a sports bra on clearance for 3.20 so spent 23 dollars there.

So overall spent a bunch of money today   about 73 dollars, but around 1/2 of that was either for the landscape business or my ebay business. I attached the pictures of a couple of the shoes I already listed, but the cutest ones I haven't listed yet.

ebay sale 3

dress got for free because my mom brought it and then it didn't fit her (but was only 1 dollar at Jcpennys on clearance- think it might have been mismarked)

sold for 9.50 plus shipping costs of 3.60
shipping was 3.60
ebay and paypal fees approx 2.00

profit 7.50
total profit from all sales: $12.50

Ebay Business sale 2

adidas pants brought for 12 dollars
approx 3.50 in ebay fees and paypal fees
7.50 shipping (still very high- going to research how to ship for cheaper)


profit: 4.50
Total profit from all sales approx: 5.00


So although this was a higher profit- still not the kind of profit I am shooting for- I think 10 dollars an item is what I am aiming for- at this point I am just trying it out so only putting about two things up a week for sale- don't want to make a big investment to something that might not work.