Fun on eBay

This time I'm not buying anything. Really. $6000+ is a little out of my price range for... well... for just about anything!

Stephen Colbert is auctioning off the painting of himself that hung on his set during his first year on the air. Apparently he's commissioned another portrait. Hopefully it's along the same thread, and will be him standing in front of the current portrait. That would be great fun.

And 100% of the proceeds go to Save the Children.

I think you should click on over there and check out the "additional views" of the portrait, especially the extreme close up and the view from outside the studio.

Step Away From the eBAY

I have an illness. It's true. And tonight my eBAY obsession took a surprising bad turn:

I discovered the joy of swooping in minutes before the end of an auction and stealing cheap things right out from under other peoples' noses.

I also discovered cheap jewelery.

I bought three things tonight, and paid about $25 including shipping. I bought a pair of fake diamond studs for $2.50, a cheap knock-off of the Tiffany necklace I love for 99 cents(!) and a really nice knock-off of the bracelet that matches my Tiffany necklace for less than $7. Sure, it's junk jewelery. But if just one of the items lives up to my expectations, I'll be happy.

Actually, today wasn't the standard JAMIE monDAY. Scott is having an issue with his foot, and couldn't get in to see the doctor until tomorrow morning, so he called in sick. I, nurturing soul that I am, took him to IHOP for breakfast. I haven't been to IHOP in ages (probably since the summer I spent with Mom and Alicia). It's actually more ghetto than Denny's. But our server was great, and I was happy to look at a menu other than the brown paper one at C.B. I got the stuffed french toast, which turned out to be more of a deep-fried donut. Tasty, but sweet! Now I know why it came with "normal" breakfast food too.

I am also about 3/4 of the way through making the batch of Irish Potatoes I was drafted into. I don't know why I'm bothering -- the whole batch is probably going to be a whopping 50 potatoes. (and I'm making them small!) And does anyone know how well cream cheese travels? My suggestion to anyone reading this: don't eat the tiny brown balls at the wedding.

And Scott washed the 600 TC sheets today, which went immediately back on the bed. I'm curious to see how long a set of sheets will last when not in rotation with another set. Apparently I should have bought another set when I had the chance! See? Sometimes internet bargain shopping pays off!

Speaking of the internet, Karen from the Naked Ovary met her daughter in China yesterday. I dare you to read her first "mommy blog" post and not cry happy tears for a random stranger.

And thus concludes this evening's stream of consciousness. Good night.

I'm a "Winner"

I think I need to put a parental control on ebay so that I'll stop buying things! I won my aqua scarf last week, and last night I won my other two outstanding auctions - a white dress (could the search be over? I'll let you know once I get it) and a white pashmina.

My email in box is full of receipts, confirmations, shipping notifications... In short, it's a mess! And thus ends this chapter of Jamie's ebay obsession!

Speaking of e-mail (we were? yes! see paragraph 2 sentence 1), I'm seriously about ready to kick AOL out of my life. I opened up my e-mail this morning, and every time I open a message, there's a different banner ad across the bottom of the window. I pay WAY too much money every month for them to claim they need to bombard their own members this way. What's next? Ads at the bottom of all of my outgoing messages?

And thus ends today's anti-AOhelL rant.

Gravity Gone Bad

Scott and I had a "bad gravity" day the other day.

First, he let the cats out on the balcony (no... they didn't jump off... although that too would've been bad) and one of them knocked off a bud vase he had outside getting some sun. Sadly, it pretty much shattered and made a big fat mess.

Later, as I was trying to get out the door for work, my travel mug leapt off of the counter straight onto the tile floor in our entryway. Did I mention the mug was full of kool-aid? Did I mention that the kool aid was red? Well the top of the mug popped off upon impact (so much for spill-proof!) and there was red everywhere! I did what I could to clean it up, but I was late for work and I left the floor a sticky mess.

Come to think about it, bad gravity day was the day I had the 8-hour headache. It was one of those days when I should've just stayed in bed!

EBAY Update: My blue scarf is on its way from Memphis, and I'm now bidding on a white dress.

Ebay

I've been a fool for Ebay recently. I've been clothes shopping, accessory shopping, jewelery shopping... No, I haven't been buying everything in sight. But I did win a scarf/shawl last night that I'm SO excited about. It's "light turquoise," which in my world means it's aqua, and it's got sequins for about 4" on both ends. It'll look gorgeous with my brown halter dress. I also have a bid in for a white pashmina to go with the same dress.

I haven't bought anything on Ebay since right after I got married when I found a copy of 20,000 Leagues on DVD for Scott. And I miss it. After all, I got my special fortune cookies from Ebay, my wedding dress, petticoat, veil, and lots of other stupid crap.

If they sold groceries, I might never leave the house...