We finished this past week with my last two tutoring sessions, a trip to Kazoing (another indoor play space with inflatables), a trip to the fire station, a visit from Ney (Brian's mom), a visit from Veda (my dear friend from Lexington), and some not-so-successful E-bay activity (more on that one in a minute). It was a busy week but a fun one at that. This week has left me a little dumbfounded. I have nothing...and I mean nothing written on the calendar. A play date just got scheduled this afternoon for tomorrow but other than that, it will be a very quiet (almost too quiet) week. I am half way thinking about sneaking in a trip to Lexington. Hmmm...we will have to see about that one.
Now for the E-bay segment of my post. If you recall, I bought a bunch of toys at Target on the clearance rack a couple weeks ago and had a grandiose plan to resell them on E-bay for what I was hoping would be triple the cost. Unfortunately, it didn't quite work out as I had planned. I estimated my shipping costs too low and after E-bay fees and Paypal fees....I will barely break even and will in fact lose money on one toy. I was so disappointed. No bidding wars, no big dollars, no nothing. I went out backwards. Perhaps this is what I get for being greedy. :(((((( On the positive side, I did learn a lot and will do things differently next time.....if there is a next time. I'm not sure I want to try it again. I'll have to think about it for a while. I've had enough excitement for a while...perhaps my very empty calendar isn't so bad after all. :p
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