daretodream: Random Ramblings at 4am

It's just after 4am...I've been up since about 3am. I've got some yucky flu thing that's settled into my lungs. I rarely get a cough but when I do, it's almost always in the middle of the night while I'm sleeping. I even took two big swigs of NyQuil *gag* before bed. Once I realized I wouldn't be able to drift back to sleep I took out my reading light and started reading a Jennifer Crusie "Anyone But You" book. If you're into the occasional mindless romance with hot sex book....~jennifer crusie~ is the gal for you. I've read most of hers and have fallen in lust with every main male character. (Yep, I have no shame...I do have SOME little secrets but I've never been the best secret keeper.) Anyhoo....after reading 2 pages my reading light began to dim, ugghh....had no choice but to get up, come downstairs, make a cup of gf international coffee~french vanilla cafe, grab a chocolate dipped biscotti and park myself in front of my old faithful friend, Dell.

The hubby and I have been riveted recently on one of my ebay auctions. It closes in 4-1/2 hours (give or take a minute). I'm a total treasure hunter. I'm also a huge pack rat and these two things do NOT go well together. I have way too many "treasures" and definitely not enough space for them all. :( The other day I thought it would be wise to pick through some of the crap...um...treasures that I had no emotional attachment to and do a bit of research on ebay to see if anything would be worth listing. The first thing I chose was an old box of chess pieces.

I bought this set at an estate sale for under $5 because I loved the colors of the men. I felt they could possibly be bakelite and would be fun to use in some of my artwork...(what artwork?...that's another story). I went to ebay, which is my ultimate resource for finding what's what....did a search for "bakelite chess" and found nothing that looked even remotely like my set. My next course of action was to click the "Completed Auctions" link to get a list of the auctions that have already come and gone (this is the best way to get a true final $ total of what your item might actually sell for). Sure enough, I found one exactly like mine...imagine my giddiness. I listed my set almost a week ago and when I went to bed last night it was at $80 something....when kem came to bed he whispered that it was up to $220...so, after my coughing fit, I got up at 3ish and it was up to $334. :) This is good for 2 reasons....of course the obvious...cha ching! but the second thing refers to a bet Kem and I have going since the day I listed the set at $1. His guess for the final bid amount at the close of my auction is $316. I believe the closing bid will be considerably higher. If he wins (which he's already lost and the auction isn't over) I would be required to make him happy, as a good wife should...if you know what I mean....if I win, he's at my mercy...(I have to tell you, there are times when having him bend over backwards to "make me happy" would be all I wanted....but then there are times when I'd like to cash that in for something a little more practical, like hmm...having him go to home depot to get a mini blind for our kitchen window...AND install it.)

Rambling 2....after tiptoeing back upstairs to whisper the new chess bid in my sleeping husband's ear, I got back with Dell and started doing random searches on ebay....(the perfect time killer/retro memory escape...some random searches from days gone by....remember the smoking moneys? Santa pins that had the bell on a string that would light up his nose when pulled? Flatsy Patsy? Dawn?) Whenever I get some memory flash of something I had when I was little, I will try to write it down and if I don't lose the scrap of paper by the time I get home, I'll do a search on ebay for it.

HEY....just had another brain fart...I hate that term....and did a search for this....my first pet as a kid! I actually still have Thumper packed away in my old Whitman's Sampler treasure box from when I was 9.

Okay, back to the official 2nd rambling....

I began doing a search for vintage girl scouts. I didn't at all think this was pretty.....

What the heck were they thinking? Would you want to buy that shirt after he took it off? BLAH~ I also found the awesome necklace pictured above...BE PREPARED in 15 languages...never know when that'll come in handy. :)
When I came to this one, the cuteness undid all the warped damage from the previous photo...

here are some other GS things I thought were cool enough to put on my watch page.....1, 2, 3, 4.

While going through the girl scout auctions, I started remembering pivotal moments in my childhood that revolved around my time in the scouts....I'll share soon, kids are up and I've gotta run. oxox

Comments

Still sick? You have got to get better, girl. It was so good to get to meet you. Fun to just chat about this and that. Hope we can do it again, soon.

Posted by: violetismycolor | Dec 13, 2006 at 09:50 PM

Now THAT'S found treasure! You really scored big on your e-Bay sale! HOO-WEE! Your post just cracked me up, bet it's the last time your hubby makes a bet with you!!! I'm also into some kind of nostalgic kick lately, too, having these sudden little flashbacks every once in awhile of things I had as a kid, now missing them and looking (on e-Bay, where else?!) for them again! I think we are yearning for the simpler, more carefree days of our lives?!

Posted by: Suzanne Renfrow | Dec 13, 2006 at 09:11 PM