Long time no post

I am looking at my blog and the last time I made a post was in May, it is now November.

Lots of happened since my last post, I have moved out and have a job. I do still buy stuff online. Here is what I am waiting for currently:

-Super Mario Sunshine (GC): I am missing my copy of this game so I just had to purchase a new copy.

- More Christmas sticker sacs from Kawaiijapanshop - I think I have two different orders coming. I made a gigantic order of around 15 stickers of which 13 of these were X-mas related. The two orders contain some of the pricier sacs.

- Etsy purchases : These stickers from (1 and 2) StephanieFizer and this Weather stamp set and Fairy Tale / X-mas stickers from HappyMemory.

- Buttons from an LJ shop, a grab bag of buttons and some hallow back buttons.

- Three games for Mike for Christmas: Online, is where I find good prices on games, even though I have to pay for shipping prices. He wanted these trilogy of games and it just happened that on LJ someone posted the first two for 10.00 plus shipping and then I found the third one from JJGames for 18.00 plus 3.00 for shipping.

- Screen protectors for my cell phone: I just got a new phone not even a month ago and the finger prints on the touch screen are driving me mad. So I went onto eBay and purchased a set of three protectors.

Now I am waiting to see what NIS will put on sale for their Black Friday sale.

Heavy on stuff!

I have been buying a lot in the past month as I recently have gotten a job. I bought stuff off Etsy, eBay, www.cuteststickers.com and from www.kawaiijapanshop.com. Most of the items I ordered were under 10 dollars, with a few exceptions of a three video games that I bought on eBay and my huge order from kawaiijapanshop. Here is a brief summary :

Etsy :

Weather magnet set by hownice : I love love button magnets and I also things with faces on it. As soon as I got it I ordered another set to give as a gift to my grandparents.

Harry Potter magnet set by mikiarts : I have had this on my favourites list since January so I finally decided to send a message to the seller asking if it was possible to make these into magnets. I hope the artist does continue the set, they are so adorable :).

Princess magnet set by mymimi : I remember seeing this set a few years ago, thought about buying it a few times but never pushed the buy button. I was randomly searching Etsy and found this set again, this time it had free shipping so I decided to go for it.

Lemon Co-ish Block sticker sheet from area1ufo1 : I am pretty sure I saw a picture of this sheet on Flickr a few years ago and never could find it. A few weeks ago I was browsing Etsy at night, was typing in random search terms and came across this sheet.

Kawaiijapanshop :

I made my biggest order from Miki yet, usually I only spend 3-6 dollars but this time a lot attracted me.

[Item]:Kawaii Cute Sticker Flakes Sack Idol Paper Doll Crux (74901)     
[Item]:Kawaii Cute Sticker Flakes Sack Princess Paper Doll Crux (74904)      
[Item]:Kawaii Cute Sticker Flakes Sack Fairy Tales Princess Paper Doll Crux (74902)      
[Item]:Kawaii Cute Sticker Flakes Sack Animal March Mind Wave (73684)     
[Item]:Macoto Japanese Retro Illustration Postcard Cute Girls *24      
[Item]:Kawaii Cute Sticker Flakes Sack Story of Children Crux (74896)     
[Item]:Kawaii Cute Lovely Animals Sticker Flakes Sack dix sept (96686)     

Cuteststickers.com:

I had never heard of this place, until I found them on Google looking for sticker dolls. I ordered 6 dress up doll sticker sheets.

eBay :

- Monster Kingdom : Jewel Summoner (PSP)
- Trinity Universe (PS3)
- Atelier Rorona (PS3)
- Magic Pengel and the Quest for Color (Ps2)

I also bought a cute Matryoshka shoulder bag from Glenns2634 that I have had in my watched list for a bit. I am thinking of buying one more to keep around in my car for shopping.

I am seriously tempted by this cute fabric I have found on Etsy....I hope it is still there when I get my first paycheck :).

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.

About favourites...

When ever I see something I like to buy but don't have the money at the time, I put it in my bookmarks list. I revisit these items every so often and sometimes purchase them if I have the funds at that moment. Usually when I buy something it is on first glance so this gives me an opportunity to think about something deeply.

I recently went through my list and found that one of the stickers sheets I wanted only had one left on eBay, I shouldn't have but I bought it.

It's sad, I have already planned out what I want to buy with my Christmas money, there are three prints I'd love. Two have been on my etsy fav list for months. My etsy list is a bit different, I favourite something before I buy it. Sometimes I will favourite something to have reference for it later.

Concerns...

This may be a bit boring but this is what this blog is intended for...

Still waiting for a bunch of stuff from etsy, this includes the following (from oldest to newest)

i) Another Japankawaiiya order: some dress up doll stickers, black air dry clay and yet another set of dress up doll stickers.

ii) Occupation girl dress up stickers

iii) Rare earth magnets..Lots of them!

iv) Icecream sticker sheet

v) Smiley food stickers

vi) Tin with smiley foods *I saw a picture of this tin a year ago and missed the deadline to order, I've never seen one since. I was browsing the person I bought the icecream sheet from and noticed they had bought that tin in may, when I got to the item page there was links to another one, so I ordered that. I'm so happy to finally get this memo tin*

vii) Happy food Sticker sack, Breakfast Food sticker sack and Alice and Friends sticker sack.

viii) Baby Crown play flower shop and Miracle Girls play fast food

ix) Crux Sweets Smile Sticker Sack *I find the picture for this when I was looking up stuff online, I couldn't find anyone on eBay, ecrater or LJ. So I decided to type the full name into etsy under supplies, after five pages I was ready to give up, then near the last page it was there. After quickly glancing over the sellers policies and the feedback I bought it*

x) Fairytale dolls letter set

xi) 2 Alice in Wonderland zipper pouches

xii) Jack and the Bean Stalk Zipper pouch

xiii) THIS PURSE *OMG..I love the fabric for this purse so when I saw it I just had to have it. It's almost the same size as my current purse*

xiv) Sticker Dress up Doll set *I've already missed this set once, so I found another person who was selling it. It's sooooooo cute*

xv) White Alice in Wonderland fabric *One of my favourite fabrics and after browsing I realized how sweet the white is, so I went all over etsy to figure out who had the better deal. It turned out the person I bought it from had the best deal*

xvi) Q-Lia favourites sticker sack *I saw this after I paid for another order from her, I asked the seller if they had any more. The response that she was getting more in, she messaged me today asking if i wanted a reserve listing for it*

From other sites I'm not waiting on much...the only real big thing I am waiting for is some Sailor Moon fabric from eBay, I decided to buy the yellow fabric as well. My plan is to make two bags if possible.

Taking a break...

Not ordering anything until I get everything in that I have ordered recently, I've recently went on a small spending spree on etsy buying supplies for Christmas presents (as well as some items for myself). I'm waiting for way too many from etsy (8 orders, WTF!?!), only one from eBay and a few from LJ. There's also a few from ecrater stores.

I have to go pick up a package from the mail later today, I think I know what it is ^^.

Left my camera at Mike's house so I can't take pictures of stuff I got when I was away.

<3

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 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.

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.

Stuff that came in the mail for the past week and a bit

My eraser making set came today:



I am using it to make magnets for family for Christmas. I bought this off a seller on etsy. There seems to be a larger variety of these out there, another one that I'd like to pick up is the doughnuts one.

Another etsy purchase was these bags, which I will use for dice bags. I find myself constantly looking at bags I can use for dice bags, I think right now I have five. I just have to get some more dice to fill them up, My only complaint with the bags is they close with ribbon. Still adorable though:





I bought a Pokemon Sinnoh starter keychain from a seller on pkmncollectors, I really like it a lot, it has a great spot on my bag:



I got three yards of Disney Cuties fabric to make pillows for Mike's parents for Christmas:



I got Mike for his birthday the Slayers lineart post card collection, I am giving him two for each special occasion.



These are the ones I am giving him for his birthday:





And these are what I am still waiting on:

- Two Sailor Moon art prints from a friend on LJ, one is a small poster of Eternal Moon Myu and the other is a small half page print with the princess and the prince.
- A small kawaii order from Rainbowcatz website. I bought another small drawstring bag and a washcloth. I am going to use the drawstring bag for another dice bag (I love having variety) and the washcloth I am probably going to frame. The washcloth is from one of my favourite kawaii lines, Delicous Sweets, I was quite pleased to find other items other then the pencil case. There is is a sticker sack, pencil and a memo pad I would love to buy. This is a kawaii store in Canada which means cheaper shipping for me. The shipping for my items were $1.55 and I only had bought $4.00 worth of items.
- Sailor Moon manga cover cost cards. This was a OMG never have seen this buy. There is two missing from the set but this will make beautiful art work for my future home.

Blog a go!

I have decided what this blog will be. It will be my blog to keep track of my online purchases as well as my reviews and pictures. I love buying online despite some of it's major flaws, like people scamming. It also gives me an area to bitch about selling pratices I see.

I have been buying online only for two years and have been scammed only twice. Both times I should have made a paypal despite. The first time it happened was when I didn't have my own paypal account, I was using my boyfriend's. I'd give him the money for whatever I wanted and he would tell the seller my address. I posted a WTB on a Livejournal community called otaku_wishlist asking for a copy of Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland manga. This one person responded saying they indeed had a copy, I looked at their feedback and it was all postive, so I told my boyfriend to send the money. After three weeks I had not received my book, I asked the seller if they had sent it, I got no response. Since I was so new to online buying and that everything had gone well with everything else I had bought, I held out that it would be coming in the mail. It never came, even though it was a small amount of 10 dollars, it still was a lot to me. I really wanted that book.

The second time happened in 2008, once again it was on a WTB post I made. I never received the item I bought. I kept on seeing the seller buying stuff from other people. I thought it would be alright to buy from this person as someone had bought something from them and they had received it. I had made some money from selling some unwanted items from my collection and that is how I paid for the item I was supposed to get.

There was a time I was very close to filing a dispute. I had bought an expensive-ish item on eBay, I paid right after the auction, waited three weeks and had no communication with the seller at all. I sent the seller a message saying that I wished to know when it had been shipped out so I could know when to expect it in the mail. A week later there was a notice in the mail saying I had to pick up something at the post office. I knew that everything I had ordered was small, so those would be in the mail box. I received a huge box at the post office, my item had just been thrown in, with no protection. I still left this person postive feedback but marked them down severely on their communication.

Those were the only three bad times when buying. I don't care if shipping takes a long time as long as the seller informs me and doesn't suddenly dissaper.

These are the things I am waiting for:

- 2 small drawstring bags with anime characters, going to use them for dice bags. They come filled with candy ^_^.
- An eraser making kit bought from JapanKawaiYa on Etsy. Makes A hamburger, fries and soda eraser. Going to use it to make magnets for family for Christmas. Will probably buy more clay to make more.
- Two Sailor Moon art prints from a friend on LJ, one is a small poster of Eternal Moon Myu and the other is a small half page print with the princess and the prince.
- A small kawaii order from Rainbowcatz website. I bought another small drawstring bag and a washcloth. I am going to use the drawstring bag for another dice bag (I love having variety) and the washcloth I am probably going to frame. The washcloth is from one of my favourite kawaii lines, Delicous Sweets, I was quite pleased to find other items other then the pencil case. There is is a sticker sack, pencil and a memo pad I would love to buy. This is a kawaii store in Canada which means cheaper shipping for me. The shipping for my items were $1.55 and I only had bought $4.00 worth of items.
- Sailor Moon manga cover cost cards. This was a OMG never have seen this buy. There is two missing from the set but this will make beautiful art work for my future home.

What I have received so far this week:

- Fabric to make pillows for my boyfriend's parent's Christmas presents.
- Pokemon Center Sinnoh Starter metal keychain for my bag for college.
- Boyfriend's present- Slayers lineart postcards.

I think if I hadn't gotten my own paypal account, I'd still be relying on my boyfriend which would hinder what I could buy online. I also have an eBay and Etsy account, both of those accounts are just over a year old. My newest buying account is on Chasethechuckwagon account, I signed up just to buy one game I had been looking for.