Tuesday, April 27, 2010

a half.com sale and things to do today

I did pretty good with my to-do list yesterday and having it posted on-line, I think, encouraged me to work harder to get things crossed off!

Here's my list for today:
Drink 64 oz water
any kind of exercise - tennis for 1.5 hours
Eat 5 servings of fruits/veggies - 4 so far w/my Green Monster
Clip coupons for The Grocery Game
log my spending for April
vacuum upstairs
get snacks/drinks for son's baseball game
Prep movie to mail for half.com sale

In the past I've always listed my things to be sold on e-bay.  I've read that many bloggers use half.com to get rid of stuff.  Last week I posted a Danielle Steel book, but haven't had any takers yet.  Yesterday I listed (and priced to sell!) 2 movies that I watched over the weekend.  (At Blockbuster I bought 3 movies for $20.  One if for my son and he loves it and wants to keep it.  The other 2 were for me and I didn't like the movies well enough to want to watch them again in the future.  I started to put the movies in the donations box and remembered half.com!!!)  Anyway, I listed the movies for $4.99 each and have already sold one!  So, that'll be about $5 to add to our Family Fun Fund when the $$ comes in!  We should have a nice little amount in the fund by the time fall rolls around!

Last week my youngest son and I weeded out his baby books that he doesn't want anymore.  Several of them are hardbacks and in great condition.  I think I'll check half.com and see if there is any demand for children's books.  It may be worth it to list a couple just to see if anyone wants to buy them!

2 comments:

JDB said...

You can also sell your books at Half Price Books if you have one close. Granted, you're not going to get a ton of $$. But you'll definitely leave with more than you came in with.

I take our books twice a year and get about $35-40 each time.

Steady Plodder... said...

JDB - Wish we had a Half Price Books here! Can't find your blog...is it down right now?