MulberryGirl Profile
Kristen
Join Date:
2012-04-02
Blogs Owned
1. Babe with a Budget
My adventures in finding amazing deals through yard sales and thrifting while funding our family fun & vacations with earnings from my store on eBay!
Tags: eBay, yard sales, thrifting, clothing, saving
Latest Blog Posts
- Garage Sale Stories! May 18thI have a permanent Saturday morning alarm clock now and his name is Greg. He LOVES the yard sale hunt, which is awesome to me. We tried to get my older son to go with us but that would involve him changing out of his pajamas before noon s...
- Store or Market?I was wondering that the other day, what do most people call it when they go grocery shopping? "I'm going to the store" or "I'm going to the market?" I say store, but I'm changing over to market. I like the soun...
- Garage Sale Stories is BACK! April 6thAre you ready? It seems like forever since I've been out to a yard sale! Finally the weather around here has warmed up and and I'm ready to go! Greg even more than I - he was up and dressed at 5:30 a.m. I had to tell hi...
- Free ListingsI've been a busy girl with the free listings days, trying to get as much as I can done. Evan Picone Black dress Max Studio Swim cover up/tunic, new with tags Victoria's Secret gown Ralph Lauren Ruffled Wrap B...
- I Got a NeutralI am so bummed! I got a neutral this week over the dumbest thing "shipping package could have been better." I shipped the item the same way I ship every other thing I sell...not so sure what she wanted, maybe to have her shirt wrapped in gol...
- Back Up and Running!on Feb 15, 2013 in re-listing SalesI had surgery on February 1st and had expected to turn my store off for "Vacation" for at least 2 weeks. It lasted 5 days. What can I say? I'm recovering nicely and I'm addicted to the "Cha-CHING!" sound my phone makes with a sale!&...
- Shopping Looton Jan 15, 2013 in thriftingI haven't been out shopping for about a month, thinking I would be having surgery and closing my shop down for awhile. Don't get me started on insurance, but they are still deciding if they will let me do it. I decided to get on wit...
- Clearing it out So our washer broke about 3 weeks ago. We bought this set when we first got married at CostCo and I was delighted with it, and it's held up fairly well considering the insane amounts of laundry I do. I had to declare a rule at my...
- Happy New Year!We are getting ready for a family dinner and some fun with the kids tonight to ring in the new year! Thankfully I have had enough sales to push me past my goal and while this is normally a very slow week for me as far as ebay sales go, I manage...
- Last Minute Merry Sales!Merry Christmas - I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with friends and family. You can see what our family adventures were here. I am waiting to see if I am getting surgery done next Monday. Thanks to my lovely insurance...
- A TrickleI haven't been shopping really in two weeks. Life has been crazy and I've been taking care of some health issues, getting ready for Christmas, etc. I really don't sell that much in December so I just pray for an added bonus now a...
- Done?on Nov 23, 2012MISERY. This week has just been the pits as far as sales go and I now have almost 300 items in my store. I think I've made $50 since Monday and it's so frustrating to see the PILES of stuff in my house and know that nothin...
- Christmas CashI had to take a little blogger break. With the surgery done (and a fantastic recovery I might add!) we as a family decided to finally purchase a new little friend. Meet Miss Darcy, Duchess of Knightsbridge She is a King Charles Cavalier S...
- Garage Sale Stories - Saturday 10/13on Oct 13, 2012 in Garage Sale Stories thriftingThe story for this Saturday is zip zilch and zero. I didn't get to go out today. I ended up in the ER on Thursday and then had a quickly scheduled surgery yesterday morning. So I am home recovering and my sweet husband made...
- Shirts and More ShirtsNot sure why I keep picking up so many shirts - they are slow sellers for me and yet I can't help it. It's hard to leave a good deal behind when you *think* it might pay off. I found these this past weekend...if even one of them sells I'll a...
- Garage Sale Stories - Saturday 9/29on Oct 1, 2012 in Garage Sale Stories yard salesWith kids going every which way I keep forgetting that I have a blog. Or a life other than taxi driver. The kids went with my parents Saturday morning to a rehearsal at our church so I had one blissful hour to see what I could come up wit...
- Garage Sale Stories - Saturday 9/8Playing catch up here - I was a super smart mom and signed my kids up for soccer, cross country, basketball camp all at the same time. Not to mention we are getting family pictures done this weekend and I feel like I have spent every wak...
- Taking a Gambleon Sep 5, 2012 in thriftingAfter a busy weekend of canning salsa, spaghetti and pizza sauce (over 50 jars!) I took off Monday to see if I could find some new things for my store. I mentioned how prices are going up for me and where I would spend $1 (ONE!!!!) I now have to s...
- Garage Sale Stories - Saturday 8/25on Aug 28, 2012 in Garage Sale Stories thriftingFINALLY! A beautiful chorus of angels that sound somewhat like a cash register have been singing! Sales have thankfully picked up and I am listing like a crazy girl to brace myself for when I can no longer pick things up for cheap.
- Something's WrongI don't know WHAT is going on but it's been dead dead dead all week long. All summer long really. I've had maybe 3 sales this week. It's crazy and I just can't figure it out since I'm not really doing anything differently.&nb...
