Saturday, March 19, 2005

God you'll never believe what an evening I had. I finished my doll, gave her a perm and everything, and when I went to take pictures, I tripped over the tripod and knocked my camera over, breaking it. My only digital camera. Well, being desperate for money (get a whiff of that desperation?) and wanting to put the doll up for auction tonight, I phoned my bro and asked him to let me use his gear. I went ahead and took my extra food processor over there because earlier today my SIL agreed to buy it off me. So by driving over there and back I used up my last quarter tank of gas. The pics turned out weird because of the lighting and the fact that my bro has different photo editing software. *sigh* But at least I got the auction up. The doll I put up on Wednesday is at $104 with three days to go, so that's encouraging. The buyers for the first two dolls haven't paid me yet, which is not.

Eating cold mac and cheese.

SIL gave me ten bucks for gas, which was sweet of her. And yeah, I need gas, but I need food more because there's nothing else for the kittens, so I drove to a 24-hour store and bought some groceries. Ten dollars is all I had and what was my final bill? $9.80. Whew. If the milk wasn't on sale I wouldn't have made it. Cheapest meat I could find was whole chicken at sixty-four cents a pound, I think it was. I'll have to cut and grind it myself, but oh well. I also bought some pinto beans which should see me through. I actually love beans. Bought 18 eggs for ninety-four cents--man! Usually I buy the eggs from free-range chickens only, but beggars can't be choosers.

Here's me being petty, but this one person I "know" from a dolly group has put her first repaint up for sale and it ended at $650. I haven't sold a doll for half that much. Admittedly, her doll looks great. How did she figure it out so fast? I'm still having trouble. I have considered that it's not my calling. I've got a couple of other dolls I can do. They earn a bit, at least. Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

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