5 years MFW - Lets get cracking...

HelenDaveKids

Very successfull day at work, have split 2.6 into 4 posts all with lovely people to fill them, also managed two IPRs as well as clearing my inbox. Did work till nearly 9pm though.

£11.16 with 11 items with bids plus 30 watchers.. 1 day left so all to play for...

Another Childrens performance tomoz in morning.

HelenDaveKids

I won't lie... have not done as well as would have liked. £17.84 for 16 items. Although said items were not wanted and have been cluttering up my utility room, still a teeny bit disappointed. I did price everything at 99p or less as wanted to clear volume as much as anything else but still have 84 items sat there:(. But don't worry, I have a cunning plan, items that are unlikely to sell due to weight/postage costs are going to DD3 christmas fayre on Friday, items that will sell am going to make a neat pile in the corner till January when I'm also going to sort out several bags of clothes in the loft which have multiple sizes inside and Im going to be realistic about my chances of ever getting in them.
Clearly not quite making enough to give up one of my jobs nevermind all 3!:rotfl:

Car tax and insurance due end of month:( however Im going to see as an opportunity to get a better quote then I can OP the difference.

edinburgher

Sorry to hear that your sales didn't go as well as expected HDK - it's always a shame when you get the lower end of your sales target Just make sure that you're charging realistic amounts for postage (i.e. if something will cost £1.50 to post, it's not unreasonable to charge £2 to cover yourself for packaging etc.)

nattypants

Aw HDK:( still 16 items is fabulous. Can you just relist remaining items (as it's a free weekend - I noticed a wee while ago....)

How did DD's performance go this morning?

HelenDaveKids

Performance was lovely although they didn't seem very organised (its usually really well run) with gaps between every performance while they set up for the next lot of instruments so it seemed to go on forever but in reality was 2 and a half hours (numb bum)

Then DD3 was doing a dance thing and we had to sit through an extra hour of everyones dance and drama which if Im honest was awful, they came on and say on virtually every item "this is work in progress" I kept thinking "well go away and practice and come back when its ready for public viewing" it reminded me of when the kids come down and want to do you a show and they make it up as they go along, it was :eek:.
It was up there with DD1 performance a few years ago where they stood waving their arms for ages being trees blowing in the wind, then the rest of the time saying abstract words. On both occasions my dads face was a picture, he was sooo fed up.

We were naughty and went to KFC as a treat after, not a fan but prefer greatly to that other well know distributer of fast food carp.

Had to nip to asda as ran out of cat food so theyve been eating tuna since friday morning (still cheaper than our local shop) as we live in a village. Spent too much but nothing I didnt need (rather than want)... actually thats a wee lie, did buy some wine for non mid week purposes.

I dont think I can relist even with FLW till Jan now as all my free ones are used up. I did try last time and it wanted to charge me so I stopped. I must admit doing that on purpose as I became such an ebay addict, thought hopefully items to post can do on monday (have already parcelled the paid ones) and have 2 people collecting after work monday. Still every bit counts... 1 small step nearer:o

Long day tomoz and another really really busy week. Working 4 weekdays and 1 weekend longday for job3 as well a twilight for j!!!, plus DD1 big concert Thursday night and DH has to work 2 evenings extra. Got pre christmas week as annual leave but working the monday now.

Sorry rambling now... is it wine o clock yet? only allowed tiny one thou.

gallygirl

nattypants wrote: »

Aw HDK:( still 16 items is fabulous. Can you just relist remaining items (as it's a free weekend - I noticed a wee while ago....)

Cheers hon, missed that :T. Only 2 items relisted though, I am such a lightweight (obv in ebay listings only )

HelenDaveKids wrote: »

Then DD3 was doing a dance thing and we had to sit through an extra hour of everyones dance and drama which if Im honest was awful, they came on and say on virtually every item "this is work in progress" I kept thinking "well go away and practice and come back when its ready for public viewing"

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Oh dear :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

nattypants

gallygirl wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Oh dear :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I agree, HDK posts give me real laugh out loud moments:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

HelenDaveKids

You wouldn't have laughed if you'd sat through it:wall:
It was so painful it hurt.

Am home now, have wrapped up 2 more parcels ready for post office, just 2 more parcels to do which are as yet unpaid for. 2 peeps coming tomoz for 4 items. 1 collect in person still not responded but all in all I think has turned round pretty quick.

Feeling bit guilty as still havent done tree with girls, DH has fetched down though so can do tomorrow evening. DH has also festooned outside with christmas lights / decs so came home to something not dissimilar to northern lights. It does look lovely but will have traffic slowing down outside house now for weeks. I have a colleague whose DH goes even further...

nattypants

I love seeing houses with loads of Christmas lights on the outside, in fact often I'll take a wee detour just to see particular house lights
:xmastree:

HelenDaveKids

DH loves it, he writes the kids names as well in neon lights.

Back home, only went in till 2pm today. Posted lots of parcels on way home. Sitting enjoying a brew before pick up dd3.