Bargain Hunting

I am hoping to finish my Christmas shopping early this year and I started by getting the gift for close friends and my boyfriend's parents. I bought 6 sets of these postcards and I am going to get nice frames to frame them.

I am really not buying many expensive items online, however I do like purchasing smaller items (3-5 dollars) that catch my eye. My most expensive purchase lately was my wallet. I have been looking for a wallet for two months, so when I saw the perfect one I went for it.

I am waiting on the following things:

i) An Alice in Wonderland pencil, in purple my favourite colour.

ii) An Alice in Wonderland pencil case from eBay, which I have been eying for a while. Shaped as a shoe, with white canvas and silhouettes done in black and white of Alice and many other things from the story.

iii) Kawaiijapanshop order, two sticker sacks

iv) Xmas postcards, 6 sets

v) Charm to make a key chain for my school bag.

I have to stop myself from buying the last set from the Fairy Tale World stickers that I need as they are on sale. But, I have a budget I need to stick to. Anyways all those items were under 5 dollars except the postcards (16 dollars for 18 postcards) and the pencil case (9 dollars).

I was bidding on a game on eBay for my boyfriend. I actually forgot about it when I was out that night. Before I left for the night I raised my maximum bid to what I was absolutely willing to pay. I was outbid and I am completely fine with that. Someone else was willing to pay more then me and the total they had to pay was quite high. One day I'll find it for a good price. I always say when I loose an opportunity to buy something at a cheap price I eventually find a good deal on something else I am looking for.

Back to School

Have bought a few more things since I last updated.

i) Three packs of dress up doll stickers from a seller on eBay, despite expensive shipping, it came out to under three dollars a package. I usually pay such a premium for these stickers as they come from Japan, usually the price is 5-6 dollars a package. I had to bid on two packs as they were bid only but I won them for the starting bid of a .01 :P.

ii) Two gameboy colour games, Dragon Warrior 1 and 2 and a Monsters Dragon Warrior Game. This is the point in time I realized that I keep on missing out on the third one, all for the same price of $5. I am still on a hunt for the third one. A presistant hunt :D.

More items

i) A game from NIS that I could not find locally.

ii) A huge Janetstore store order, I can't believe how much dress up doll stickers I am ordering from this order, it is my biggest order in price.

You have ordered the following products:

pcs Product Article Nr. Price 1 x Kamio Girl 3D stickers 43287 4991277432877 $ 3.80 1 x Kamio Girl 3D stickers 43179 4991277431795 $ 3.80 1 x Kamio Girl 3D stickers 43288 4991277432884 $ 3.80 1 x Kamio Alice Fairy tale world passbook holder 4991277379370 $ 6.50

Sub-Total:$ 17.90

AIR:$ 5.33

Total:$ 23.23



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ou have ordered the following products:

pcs Product Article Nr. Price 1 x Kamio Girl stickers 43178 4991277431788 $ 3.80 1 x Kamio Girl 3D stickers 43286 4991277432860 $ 3.80 1 x Kamio Girls 3D stickers 43289 4991277432891 $ 3.80 1 x Kamio Girl 3D stickers 43176 4991277431764 $ 3.80

Sub-Total:$ 15.20

AIR:$ 4.67

Total:$ 19.87

There were these sets of dress up Doll stickers that have scenes to go with them, I decided rather then wait I'd just order them today as I know if I waited they might not have been there. I am hoping to get a combined invoice. Usually my orders are just below 20 but this is two orders. I also have another order ready for another month. Janetstore is really the place that I saw that had them all, I think there was another in this set if I remember correctly.

Update : I figured how much I had to pay as I added the two orders together, however Janet only charged me 41.00. I wonder if it was because I bought so much? I love how fast Janet works, already my order is processing. In CDN funds my order came out to 44 dollars and it was about 5.5 per item. Japankawaii had two of the ones I did buy and they were 5.65 but they were on sale for 40% off, however you had to buy them pay then get the discount. I find her shipping is quite high, recently I paid 4.15 for shipping, while at Janetstore for my recent orders I paid 4.67 and 5.33 for individual orders, I am not too sure how that worked out when I combined the orders. I calucated how much just the stickers would have cost with discount if they had been in stock and it would be 31.73 with shipping, although I would not be getting the Alice pass case that I ordered as well. I just don't like for her sales you have to pay before then you get your refund, the way Paypal works that if you pay by a bank account the money goes back to your paypal account not your bank, with a credit card it goes back there.

Stuff I am waiting for

i) Janetstore order : This was a huge purchase for me, I bought a lot of items from a line I like called Alice's Party. I bought the pencil case, and large and small pencil case. RECEIVED

ii) Japankawaiiorder #1 : These are numbered as I ordered quite a bit from her, this order contains two packs of stickers. RECEIVED

iii) emikomono on etsy : a nice pink Wizard of Oz fabric pouch for my dice bag or for my school bag. RECEIVED

iv) Japankawaii oder #2 : Two packs of fairy tale stickers. RECEIVED

v) BigKeeLey Store order : An Alice Washcloth from Crux I have been wanting. RECEIVED

vi) Delish Beads order : Some more of the heart cabouchons I ordered before. I want to make some clips and magnets.

vii) Japankawaiiya order #3 : A bag with alice and friends on and a a towel from kamio.

Summer is here!

I really am not spending all that much this summer but it doesn't seem to phase me. I have really figured out what I want sticker wise, I love fairy tale stickers and food with faces, all others are on a case by case basis. I currently am waiting for five things in the mail, an Alice Wonderland bag from a seller on Etsy, two packs of a newly released fairy tale sticker sack from one of my favourite kawaii sellers, a package from a seller on Etsy of two packs of dress up doll stickers + a small bag with chibis on it, the things to make hair clips and possibly magnets for presents, and another package containing stickers I have been wanting for three months, as well as an Alice sticker set that reminds of Victorian times. Most of these I did not pay much at all for them, most were under five dollaers, the only thing that cost more then 10 was the bag. The bag I purchased I have checked and checked to see if it was there, I finally had the funds and could afford to purchase. I think it will be my one big purchase this summer.

I am really buying much as shipping at times does not make it worth it for me. The stores I used to frequent I rarely shop at due to the amount I have to spend to buy something there. If I am spending 15 dollars to get three things of stickers there is something wrong. Most of the items I have bought recently did not have high shipping and they were not expensive. Stores like, Janetstore I would love to buy from but when I total everything up in my cart it just doesn't seem worth it in the end just to get a few items.

What I have been doing differently is creating a wantlist on my favourites on Etsy, whenever I see something I want under 'supplies' I favourite it, that way I have a reference so I can look on different web stores for it at a cheaper price. I even have found stuff on eBay cheaper. I have two sellers I swear by on eBay. One is from Japan (Glenns-something or other...) and has a great deal of the new items out there, his prices are about the same as most sticker sellers, his shipping can get quite high but he often has stuff I can only find there. I found him orginally as he had some icecream stickers that I did not purchase and he had some. I have done numerous purchases with him. The other seller is in Hong Kong (funnycastle88), she has a large variety of older stickers but gets in new items at times. The first item I bought from her was the Alice and Friends sticker sheet. After that I have bought many stickers from her, she has great prices and shipping.

Etsy, it is a different story. I really try to look around at different sellers but usually I default to Japankawaiiya as they have the variety of stickers I am looking for. Just a few months ago I found out about Kawaii Japan Shop, they have great prices on newly released stickers and are super nice to deal with. They also have great shipping prices, which are cheaper then most Japanese sellers I deal with.

I really love all the sellers I buy from <3. I am happy I am getting some stickers I have wanted a while.