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My huge order from Japan shipped so I am happy, my other small order of one item shipped as well. I also got my refund for combined shipping, so I now have some "mad money" in my paypal account, well I got paid for some cards I sold as well.

I promise to save this money until I find something I really really want.

I'm bored so browsing eBay.

I splurged...BIG TIME

I usually wouldn't do this, I was actually going to save the money that is in my paypal account but I found some stickers I wanted a lot on etsy. I'd already made a purchase from the same seller so I guess I am waiting for a combined shipping refund if it is possible. I made three seperate purchases from this particular seller. THe first order contained four packages of air dry clay, the colours being red, blue, white and yellow and a sticker set that I had in my favourites list. The second order I made was after I decided to search the store to see if there was any more of the sticker sets, they had two, so I bought those two along with a green package of clay. The third order only contained one item, another sticker set.

So in closing I am getting, 5 packages of clay and 4 sets of stickers.

The odd thing about the clay is they were the cheapest on etsy. They cost 2.95 a package plus shipping. Another seller has more colours but charges 3.20 plus more for shipping and combined shipping. The seller I bought from it is 3.50 for the first item, then .85 for the next item. Other sellers have it as 1-2 extra for additional items.

I'm also waiting for a shipping quote on something else. I'm not buying online for a while >_<.

I fail at saving.....

First of all I've gotten five packages in the mail so far, pictures of everything will be up soon. I've been lazy on these.

I'm waiting for a few things, a sticker set, my saint tail manga set, the second board for the sailor moon figure set.....and a new item, my big etsy order. I've never made an order this big, it was five items, four of them were clay to make my Christmas presents for my relatives this year. The other item was this sticker set I was eying. I wasn't going to purchase but I decided to do it as I needed clay for the project. There's probably some items I'm forgetting as well.

Wall of text...lol!

Someone posted on garagesalejapan asking about the Clamp no Kiseki special mail away pieces, I responded wondering how much they wanted to pay. The reason I asked is they stated in their post that eBay was too expensive for them, I've checked eBay and there is comlete two sets on there, one that is 380 plus shipping the other is about 500. In all honesty, my Clamp no Kiseki set was EXPENSIVE...I paid 225 plus shipping for the chess pieces then about 300 for the box with special mail away figures. That was two paychecks at the time but well worth it, keep in mind that was two years ago when these were a bit more plentiful. I see the sets once in a while now on eBay

I asked the poster ' Just as a general interest how much are you looking to find them for'

Their response was: i would pay at least $60 for the board and art book holder and probably $70 for the figures holder. if you had any of them i would totally give you a good offer in them :)

Ummm...good luck finding them for that price. I know I have seen people get lucky on the sets but never not that low. I have never seen the box + special kings go for under 100. Yeah I know the box is made out of cardboard but people know it can be quite rare. I've always wanted to make a real wooden box for my chess set with all the features of the cardboard one. I might look into getting that made one day.

This is my personal collection site showing my set: http://www.freewebs.com/patriciascollections/clampnokiseki.htm

I know I have a convention coming up but there are a couple things I have to take care of before I go, or even after. I have been actively searching for items from the Delicious Sweet line from Kamio. I currently own two items from the line, a pencil case and a wash cloth. Everytime I ran into the sticker sack, memo pad I didn’t have the funding. There seems to be a lot of interest in these items. I found a seller on ecrater selling two of the items on my list, the pencil and the sticker sack for actually responsible prices. The only problem is I noticed it was a new seller. I messaged her and she e-mailed me back super quickly saying that she had feedback on eBay. We e-mailed each other back and forth and the transaction came into a snag as ecrater does not allow combined shipping it just combines the total amount of shipping. So I will be getting a total for shipping later today as she checked on the postal website and got told 10.00 for basic shipping to Canada which I don’t belive, nor does she. I just paid the invoice which had awesomely low shipping..it was about two dollars. I found the memo pad for a decent price, there are some problems though, the seller has everything in the shop on hold and only ships to the USA. I’ll just keep a look out for it, I only need two items to make it a complete set, the pink dangly pencil and the memo pad. There are a few for sale but 8.00 for a used one or about 21 shipped for a new one.

The second thing I will have to pay for is this neat dress up doll sticker sheet I found on etsy. I asked the seller to put it on reserve as I know I am getting money this week. My plan is to scan in all the pieces, then make printable magnetic sheets.

I got one thing in this week…part one of my family’s chapters order. The odd part is I thought it would be the manga I ordered as Chapters sent me two e-mails saying that all the in stock dvds were temporarily out of stock for two weeks. So I get this heavy box today from Chapters, go downstairs to get the scissors and was surprised as the first thing was a DVD boxset, followed by all the in stock DVDs we ordered. I do have a tracking number for the manga so I’m hoping that maybe they mixed up or that they sent the package without giving me the tracking number.

I changed my address on paypal, thinking that is a part of the problems, I am having on slow shipping. It doesn’t make sense though, I’ll see if anything changes.

They add up!!!!

I always seem to find more online stores to order from...I found another called shopkawaii, there is a bag which will be prefect for school that I might buy.

There always seem to be so many places to try to buy from. There is this one store I found the top items of my kawaii wish list at, the odd part is they don't have any feedback. So I messaged the seller asking if she/he had feedback anywhere. I really hope I can get those items and even though the value is under 10 dollars I don't want to risk getting screwed.

Update #4

I have received four of the packages I was waiting for. I haven't gotten the package that should have been here already though >_<.

Pictures will be up after I take them.

This is what I got:

-Pokemon marbles
-CCS coasters
-Ditto and Articuno stamps
- Sailor Moon fabric

No mail this past week

Nothing at all...one would think one of my packages would have shown up by now.

I honestly think some random person is taking my mail but I just think it is slow mail.

I ordered a couple more things this past week:

- Pokemon stamps of Ditto and Articuno
- Sailor Moon doll to wear the Crisis outfit that has been packed away in a box for a year.
- CCS keychain for my bag for college
- Food Bento Dividers to make magnets
- Mamotte Lollipop pencil- one of my favourite mangas to buy items from but there isn't many items from it.

I found a store I'd love to make a huge order from, I must raise the funds ASAP!!!

Update #3

I haven't updated this in a long time so thus I am unsure of what I am waiting for in the mail. I really wanted to keep this blog as a way of keeping track of what I am waiting for.

From my last update what has arrived is:

Pokemon 10 postcard set- I saw this late at night on garagesalejapan and knew I wanted them. The art on them is adorable and really rather random. The seller agreed to hold them for me, which was quite nice. I will be getting more things to frame

Pokemon stamps- I really like buying on pkmncollectors as I get to see items I never knew existed. This person had the complete set of 150 stamps for sale so I picked out a few that I wanted. I hesitated on commenting so I missed out on Articuno but there is always next time. I'm getting: Moltres, Zapdos, Clefairy and Wigglytuff. I am going to use them to make Christmas ornanments.

I am still waiting on:

Disney Cuties fabric half yard- I spotted the same seller that I bought the first piece of fabric from selling her last half yard of a different cuties pattern. So I bought that. I don't know what I am going to do with half a yard but I know I'll find some use for it.

Kuroitenshi13's art prints- I have the frames all ready to go ^^.

Two eBay purchases- One is a CCS coaster set and the other is Sailor Moon fabric

Yami no Matseui setti- I had this on hold for a month and I just paid for it, I can't wait to get these.

Pokemon marbles- I am getting six of them, I'm going to try to incorporate them into some Christmas crafts.

CCS movie keychains- I was looking up CCS items on google and saw these in a big merch list. I'd never seen them before but I dully noted that I would like to get them one day. Two weeks later I was browsing my friends list late at night and a post on garagesalejapan was near the top, it was just put up so I looked to see what was in it. The keychains were in that post so I requested what shipping would be and then bought them. I'm not going to use them on a bag but for Christmas decorations on a mini tree. I'm glad I asked when I did as this person asked for them a day after me.

I think that is it at this moment.