Selling On eBay 3rd week of January 2016

Sales are slow but are happening.

We are sitting in Nevada selling on eBay. I brought a lot of my stock with us in our stow and go van.

I specialize in vintage paper, books, collectibles , barbies and some jewelry. We have been out to the

thrift stores and the auctions a couple of times but since I have so much stock that is not listed it is

hard to buying any thing unless we know we can sell something fast and for a good profit.

My goal is to increase my sales to work at paying off the van as soon as possible.

We have 1415 items for sale and have surpassed January 2015. sales of  $293

I attempt to list 5 to 10 items daily. Once listed  send to face book public , tweet and pin.

I feel this does help draw some customers to our store on eBay.

Check back later to see how we finished January 2016 and maybe take a minute and look at my

eBay store.  You may find a treasure. Grace

Lets Make This The Best Year Financially Save More Money and To Pay Off The Van

This is the year that I want to pay off our van.  We drive a 2012 Chrysler Stow and Go.  I love my stow and go. Put the seats up and I can drive the grand kids anywhere , put them down and can help a friend or family member move something.

We had 2009 stow and go. All paid off and then BAM we got hit by a 89 year old driver who dozed off. No one was hurt but my paid off van.that was totaled.

Insurance paid us for our van , what it was worth but not enough to get us into another decent stow and go.

Car dealer found us the above car and now we have car payments. We could of bought a cheaper car with the money we had but we want to travel away from the snow and the cold for the winter. Crossing the mountains we wanted something that we could trust.

So we now owe over $13,000 on our van at $261 a month.

I am busy saving my pennies as posted in earlier post of 365 days of saving money. By doubling my pennies every day I will have saved $1135.90. This money go into savings to for any emergencies.

I am also saving dollars every week. First week of saving I put in 1 dollar.  2nd week I added 2 dollars..Every Sunday I put in my weeks dollars.  This week was 7 dollars and have saved $28.00.
As the weeks get bigger it will be harder with having to put away $40, $41 and so on. eBay will help here and I do not have to go in order. If I have a super sale I can add week 52  or week 48 and cross that number off my envelope. May be hard to get some of those dollars in the envelope but anything saved is a positive.

Now to be aggressive and pay off car I will work at building our eBay store to increase the sales.
The profit will be sent to the bank.  The first 1/3 will be added to our pocket book as pay for all the work, 1/3 will be saved future purchases to build the business and 1/3 of the profit will go onto the car loan.

This is my plan, I will post my journey as the year goes by. Thanks for stopping by.

365 Penny Challenge **** By End Of Year Have $667.95 Saved

Saving can be fairly easy if you do it daily. Save money clipping coupons or shopping for deals.

Another way is to do the 365 Penny Challenge .... By the end of the year you will have $667.95.

Great for helping with the holiday bills or put toward your vacation or just add to

your savings account.

Day 1 put in 0.01

Day 2 put in 0.02

Day 3 put in 0.03

By day 365 you will have saved  a total of $667.95.

Double that each day one for you and one for your spouse and you will have $1335.90 by

the end of the year.

Today is the 21st of January and so far I am on target with $2.31

Come back to see how I am doing during the year.

Lets Make Some Cookies 1956 Recipe From General Foods Day 8 Coconut Chews Cookies

Today we are making Coconut Chews..  I love coconut

1/4 cup butter or other shortening
2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup graduated sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2 Baker's coconut
5 cups Post toasties

Or use 5 cups of Grape nut flakes, Post 40% Bran Flakes or Post Raisin Bran


Cream butter, add sugars gradually and cream together until  light and fluffy.  Add egg and beat

well.  Add nuts , coconut and cereal and mix thoroughly.  ( Mixture will be dry. ) Shape into rounds

by pressing mixture by tablespoonfuls against side of bowl.  Drop carefully on lightly greased baking

sheets and bake in moderate oven (350 degree ) 10 minutes or until done.  Remove at once from

baking sheet. Makes 36 chews.

Lets Make Some Cookies 1956 Recipe From General Foods Day 7 Raisin Butter Cookies

Lets get back into the kitchen and get some cookies baked for our family parties.

Raisin Butter Cookies

1 cup butter or other shortening

dash of salt

34 cup sifted confectioners sugar

1 1/4 tsp vanilla

2 cups sifted all purpose flour

1 cup Post Raisin Bran  or use 1 cup of Toasties, Post 40 % Bran Flakes or Grape Nut flakes

 and add 1/4 cup of raisins

Cream Butter, add salt and confectioners sugar gradually , and cream until light and fluffy.  Add

vanilla, then add the flour and mix well. Stir in the cereal.  Shape cooky dough into small balls (

about 1 inch diameter)  and place on ungreased baking sheet.  Flatten with fork.  Bake in moderate

oven (375 degree) 12 to 15 minutes or until done.

While warm sprinkle with additional confectioners sugar.

Lets Make Some Cookies 1956 Recipe From General Foods Day 6 Raisin Flake Cookies

Lets make some more cookies. Eat them , freeze them or give away..

Raisin Flake Cookies


1 cup sifted flour
1 1/2 tsp Calumet Baking Powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter or other shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg well beaten
2 T milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 Cups Post Raisin Bran

Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift again.  Cream shortening, add sugar

gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy.  Add egg and beat well.  Add flour, alternately

with milk, beating after each addition.  Add vanilla and cereal and blend.  Drop by teaspoon on

greased baking sheet.  Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees) 13 minutes or until done.

Makes about 3 1/2 dozen cookies.

Note honey or dark corn syrup may be substituted for sugar, omit milk.

 If dark corn syrup is used add 2 teaspoons grated orange rind to the shortening.

Note you can also use Post Toasties , Grape nut flakes or Post 40 % Bran Flakes

and add 1/2 cup raisins with cereal

Chocolate Chip Raisin Flake Cookies  ...

Use recipe  and add 1/2 cup Baker's Semi Chocolate Chips with the cereal.

Lets Make Some Cookies 1956 Recipe From General Foods Day 5 Peanut Butter

I love Peanut Butter Cookies.. Here is recipe using cereal as one of the ingredients

Peanut Butter Cookies

1 1/2 cups of sifted flour
1/2 tsp of salt
1 tsp of soda
1/4 cup of butter or other shortening
1 cup of sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup of peanut butter
2 T of milk
1 tsp of vanilla
2 cups of Post Sugar Crisp

Or us Grape Nut Flakes, Post Toasties or 40 % Bran


Sift flour once, measure, add soda and salt and sift again.  Cream shortening, add sugar gradually and cream together until light and fluffy.  Add egg and beat well.  Stir in peanut butter until mixture is well blended.  Add flour, alternately with milk, mixing thoroughly.  Blend in vanilla.  For each cooky, shape 1 tsp of dough into ball.  Roll each ball in cereal.  Place cookies about 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet.  Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 10 to 12 minutes.  Makes 48 cookies.