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Buying shit on ebay

From the thrill of discovery, making bids, the buzz of a score or anguish of a could-have-been, a random box showing up that has been packed by some dude in Minnesota… I love it. The best way to shop is either setting a hyper-specific alert for something and finding it five years from now or by typing in all the potential typos it could have, or either searching for a vague combinations of names and details and seeing what comes up. Embellished pearl sweaters? Art deco servewear? Plastic organizers? There’s probably also something good about reuse and sustainability here too. The only thing I don’t love is that my saved searches and watchlist are full so I have to keep deleting and replacing, but never change, eBay.

@carlyayres

Jan 26, 2024

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selling on depop

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.... lots of discourse about this topic. But I'm not talking about going to thrift stores and buying items just to mark them up. If you're a girl with an overflowing closet of stuff you barely wear like me ... sell your shit on depop. I've made close to $1000 this year just getting rid of stuff that I already have - not a TON of money but it's not nothing. And it's incredibly easy. I spend probably 1.5hrs a week on the app listing stuff and make a good amount of passive income on it. It's p much free money. DO IT!!!

@sunnyd123

Apr 4, 2024

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Selling things that you don't need on ebay

I actually enjoy selling things on eBay, knowing that my unused shit isn't taking up space in the closet and that it's going to get used again AND I get some scrilla / paper out of the deal. I basically rented <the thing> for a few years is how I look at it, when it sells for like half what I paid.

@Mint_Octopus

Jul 1, 2024

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Philip glass’ einstein on the beach

Yes, it’s 5 hours without an intermission. I saw it in Melbourne in 2013 and went back to see it again in the same run. It’s been over 10 years (wowwie!) and I can’t think of another piece of art that has imprinted on my imagination the way that performance did. I was also eighteen years old and green and wide-eyed! What a time that was.

@mimsydeux

Jan 5, 2024

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Ins/outs (please Don’t be mad)

❣️Ins  Boring meals/leftovers delight (less time fussing over the stove)  Underwire bras Yuzu-flavoured everything Jewellery with a history  Dark painted interiors  Bare nails (preferably bitten, shows character)  Self-publishing  Re-reading books you love and ignoring TBR lists On that note, not reading books you’re “supposed to” have read Too many coffees (we’ve been playing it too safe, people. Let your heart remind you it exists, like a pitter patter of rain inside your chest.) 🗑️Outs  Kitten heels Long manicures  Natural deodorant  Linen sheets (cotton percale all day)  Wolf cuts  Pay-in-4 - it’s a money trap, friends. Save your coins! By the time you’ve saved up the $, you might not want it. Dogs with backpacks (smelling treats but not being able to access them is a special kind of torture) Carrying everything you need (then you miss out on the beauty of that spontaneous Duane Reade trip where you leave with mint-flavoured toothpicks and a bag of gummies! What were you there for again??)

@mimsydeux

Dec 28, 2023

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The perfect white t-shirt

I have to start off this recommendation with an apology, as for all your Northern Hemisphere-based folks wont be able to find this easily as I stock up when I go home to Australia. BUT, in all my years of hunting for the perfect white t-shirt that hangs just right, I have found my holy grail. Specifically, the Boody men’s crew neck t-shirt (NOT the new “classic” which is mostly viscose, ew), bit the original which is 95% bamboo. I buy them in a Small and they are the perfect oversized t-shirt. Buttery soft, expensive-looking and, most importantly, stay looking fresh after they’ve tumbled about in a washing machine. I’m hoarding a few!

@mimsydeux

Jan 1, 2024