Hello kitty ceramic mug with lid:  $5 off Kijiji.

New in box!

I saw they're on aliexpress for over $20.

Mine is the one in the top middle.  It looks better from the back!

The ones with pictures look weird too.  I think a solid colour would have been better.

Hello kitty princess plush:  $5 off Varagesale

Seller's photo.  Research shows it's from 2005, but I couldn't find much info on her.

I just love all her pearls and her pretty crown.  The seller wanted $10 at first, but she lowered the price because it had some stains.

She looks kind of dingy even after a wash so I don't feel that excited about her.

Hello kitty plush backpack:  $12 off Varagesale

For some reason I thought this would be bigger.  It ended up being tiny in person!  Like 9 or 10 inches.

I saw similar ones that were 15-16 inches so I thought this would be the same.

I think this one's worth $5, so I wish I didn't pay that much!

It was new with tags and I saw the regular price was $19.50, so not much of a discount.

Oh well.  Live and learn!  At least it's cute.

Blip hello kitty safari doll:  $4

I bought this off of varagesale.  It was the first time I've used the site..I wish it was easier to search for things on there.

Mirrored side board:  $35 (RSP:  $700+)

I've wanted mirrored furniture for a long time, but it's always so pricey.  I saw someone selling this on craigslist for $50, but they were open to offers...I offered $35 and they accepted!

It's from Urban barn, and the retail price would have been at least $700.  I've seen them for more than that!

It does have some cracks but most are easy to hide.  I replaced the knobs with crystals.  I'm so happy with this!

I'd like more mirrored furniture, so hopefully I'll find more deals soon!

Chandelier:  $5

8 Wall sconces:  $1 each

All off craigslist.  I only wanted the chandelier, but the seller decided she didn't want to split up the lot.  Considering how cheap it was, I complied!

It actually ended up being a lot bigger than I thought, so I don't know if I can actually use the chandelier.

Still, it was such a great price!  I'm still surprised.  I've never seen any that cheap before, and they look pretty good still.

I was thinking I might use the sconces as hooks, but I'd take off all of those ugly lamp shades first.  Worst comes to worst, I'll just be out $13 if I donate everything.

Ceramic elephant plant stand:  $10

Got this off of Craigslist.  The seller stopped replying for a long while, and suddenly contacted me out of the blue....the other elephant I was looking to buy fell through, so I was happy to get this one.

It was bigger than I expected, so that made me really happy.  It's about 18 inches long and 17.5 inches tall, contrary to the 14 x 16 inches he quoted me.

This is the one I really wanted:

It's the most beautifully carved elephant stand I've seen so far!  But the seller said it was only about a foot long and a foot high, which is way smaller than I thought from the picture...it looked huge there!  I was intending to use it as a table, and that would have been too small.

They wanted $30, but it didn't feel worth it since it was kind of small.  I took a long time to make a decision, and they ended up deciding to keep it.

I wonder if it was actually bigger than they said!  They didn't have it in hand so they couldn't give me exact measurements.  Now I kind of wish I bought it, or at least saw it in person...it could have been the right size!

That one was like a work of art, whereas the one I got was kind of kitschy.  I am planning on painting it pink, and I do think it'll be really cute after...but I'll always wonder about that other one!

Funnily enough, I actually saw two elephant stands at Value Village today!  The first time I've ever seen them secondhand.  They were $25 each, and they had a London Drugs sticker on them.  I didn't want to pay that much for them, plus I'd rather have a vintage one.

They kind of looked like these ones, except brown and with trunks up.  Not the same sculpt, but a similar look:

It was an ok sculpt, certainly better than others I've seen....but I just didn't find it very charming.  It was a lot bigger than the other ones though - nearly two feet tall both ways!

Lalaloopsy littles/mini lot:  $24 for everything

I'm so into lalaloopsy littles right now, but I haven't deboxed any of mine because the packaging is  so perfect!  When I saw this lot of loose ones, I couldn't resist...even though I do have 3/4 of them.

The one I don't have, I've never seen in stores anywhere!  She's one of the first ones, so I didn't think I could find her otherwise.

Well, there is a silly hair version of her that has the exact same outfit and pet, but I like this version better.

The littles lot was $18, and the minis were $6.  She wanted $12 for the minis, but that kind of seemed like a ripoff.  I made her an offer and she accepted, otherwise I wouldn't have bought them.

The dolls are all in worse condition than I thought though, so that was a disappointment.  I could see the stains on Sprinkle's face, but the rest looked fine in pictures.

Well, in person they all have a ton of marks, some in noticeable places.  I cleaned up a lot of them, but they still look pretty used.  Considering that, I kind of wish they were a lot less, or that I didn't buy them at all!

But then I wouldn't have gone on a shopping trip and found all of those great things, so I guess it's a tradeoff.

I suppose I'll return my in box ones.  Well, 2 of them at least, the time has already passed for one of them!  

Funnily enough, once I get my return, I'll make back what I paid on this lot!  There's no point in keeping the boxed ones now that I have them loose.

Teacup Piggies - Jade and Ivory:  $7 for both

I found them on craigslist.  They ended up being in worse condition than expected...the seller said they were in excellent condition and rated them a 9/10.  Well, they both have weird red stains, so I would have rated them around a 6!

I'm annoyed, but the price was still decent considering.  These were older releases so I didn't think I could get them otherwise.  

I really had to go out of my way to pick them up, so I decided to make it a day of shopping.  That turned out pretty well!

It's just stupid that Ivory is exactly the same as Holly!  I really don't understand the point of giving them distinct names when the colours aren't.

Monster High 12 doll lot:  $60

From left to right:  Dawn of the Dance Cleo

                               Dawn of the Dance Draculaura

                               Dawn of the Dance Lagoona

                               Scaris Rochelle

                               Roller maze Ghoulia

                               Power Ghouls Frankie

                               Power Ghouls Torelei

                               Basic Meowlody

                               Basic Pursephone

                               CAM Vampire boy

                               CAM three eye girl

                               CAM Bee

There were only three dolls that I don't already have, but I really wanted loose versions of all of those cats.  These were collector owned and the seller was willing to meet in a place convenient for me, so it was a no-brainer!

These are in such great condition!  I'm tempted to only buy adult owned dolls from now on.  The difference is noticeable...these ones still have rubber bands attached (some even had plastic tags still on) and they just look a lot better in general.  As if I deboxed them myself!

At $5 a pop, these were such a steal.   Yay!  Even the doubles are upgrades.  I have no idea how he got bee girl's hair so silky, mine has horrible hair!

The seller was so neat and interesting.  He said he has 10,000 dolls!  I'll have to remember that anytime I start to think I have too many.

Romanesque belt:  $2 @ Dollarama

J.Lo - My glow 100 ml eau de toilette:  $20 @ Shoppers (RSP:  $78)

Anna Sui - Dolly girl 50 ml eau de toilette:  $10 (meet up)

Michel Germaine - Tattoo 100 ml eau de parfum:  $12.99 (RSP:  $70)

Had a great day!  I met someone to buy the Dolly girl perfume, and decided to do some shopping while I was out.  

The belt was the first thing I bought.  I love it!  It reminds me of something a warrior would wear...the buckle looks like a shield.  It's really sturdy and doesn't seem cheap at all, I was so surprised to find it there!  Now I'll have to check out the other ones.

The J.Lo perfume was the second thing I picked up.  I was totally shocked!  I just found out about this perfume about a week ago, and was thinking about buying a 30 ml bottle online for $20.

I'm glad I didn't.  I really didn't think I would find this locally, this perfume came out 4 years ago and I've never seen it sold here.  

It's like it was waiting there for me...there was just one bottle on the shelf!  It's really strange to see a 100 ml perfume on clearance, most of the time they're only 30 ml.  

I really only bought it because I love that bottle..but thankfully, it smells decent too.

I also picked up another bottle of tattoo since they've raised the price to $20.  I'm glad I managed to find one of the older ones that were cheaper.  I just hope it doesn't expire, but I couldn't resist.  It's such a great smelling perfume for an insane price.

Lady Gaga Fame perfume set (30 ml eau de parfum spray, 10 ml roll on, tattoo):  $15 (RSP:  $45)

I actually got this from someone locally.  She got it for $22.50, which is an amazing price!  Things hardly ever go that cheap here, especially not for decent perfumes.

Anyway, she only used a few sprays so it's practically new.  I like this perfume - I like the bottle and the fact that the liquid is black.  It's the only one of it's kind like that!

This time, I actually tried it on before I bought it...I got a sample a long time ago but never did anything with it.

Some parts are a bit generic, but some parts are distinct.  It actually smells pretty good, and the quality smells like a normal perfume of this cost...not a celebrity perfume.

The 30 ml bottle of this goes for $39 alone, so I'm happy with my deal.  I do see some cheaper deals online, but since there are fakes of this, I'd rather not risk it.

Anna Sui - Secret wish 75 ml EDT:  $5

That's funny...I actually paid the same price for a similar mini!  All I wanted was that bottle, the scent inside wasn't impressive.

It was the same case with this...I just wanted that bottle!  For $5, I thought it was a total steal, no matter how the actual perfume smelled.  The regular price was around $100, and there's at least half of it left!

One surprise...this one smells amazing!  Completely different from the other one, which was totally generic.  It actually smells a lot like Tattoo, which smells a lot like Light Blue.

The bottle is just as gorgeous as I expected!

Monster high lot of 7 dolls:  $25 for all

From left to right:

-Fearleading Ghoulia

-Fearleading Cleo

-Fearleading Draculara

-Gloom Beach Clawdeen

-Wave 1 Frankie

-Dawn of the dance Cleo

-Wave 1 Draculaura

The only dolls I needed from this lot were the fearleading ones, but since the price was so cheap I was willing to go through the hassle.  I normally drive to pick up these lots, but this time I had to take the bus.  

Some of the dolls were in worse shape than I expected, but I can't complain for the price.  I'm sure I can still make my money back by selling the extras....though I do feel like keeping them all!

I'm in love with that Ghoulia!  Otherwise, I don't know if I would have made the effort...there was so much walking!

122 Avon items:  $130 for everything

Yep, I went back for more!  Well, they delivered it to me this time, which was great.  I probably wouldn't have bought so much otherwise!

At first I picked around 30 bottles, but when they said they'd give me a lot price, I went all out.  I spent a week looking everywhere online, and bought everything I had even a passing interest in.

There's so much good stuff!  Mostly perfume bottles and jars, but also soap, boxes, and even some jewelry.

I'm glad I bought this lot.  It would have probably taken a lifetime to find this stuff secondhand...and I'm sure some wouldn't have shown up!

The seller included about ten surprises for me, so I was happy about that.  They even included the drawing cherub jewelry dish, which ended up being one of my favourites!  It's just so adorable.

I don't remember seeing it in my search.  Now I wonder if I might have missed something else great!  Avon just made way too much stuff, and there aren't any good resources online to see it all.

18 Avon bottles:  $34 for all

Hooray!  Thanks to a local collector, I got just about all of the bottles I wanted.

I never knew how adorable these bottles were!  When I found out, I wanted to buy them online...they were cheap enough, but shipping was always killer.  I posted a local ad hoping someone would reply, and thankfully they did!

The caterpillar bottle was free because one of the antennas broke off.

I originally wanted bottles to hold my perfume samples in, so I was only looking for small bottles.  To my surprise, most of these are huge!  I really didn't expect that, they looked so small and dainty in the photos.  Only the ones in the last picture are small enough for what I want.

Well, the second ones are ok, but it'll take a while to get enough to fill them.  They're twice as big as the ones in the third picture.

The first picture...forget about it!  They're regular size perfume bottles, some are even over 100ml!  But they were so pretty I had to have them.  I'm sure I'll find some use for them.

Actually, there were a ton of cute, tiny, bottles that would have worked great for what I wanted, but I didn't think they were worth $2 each.

They were just cut glass, they weren't very distinct.  Plus, they were so tiny, they only held around 5ml!

The ones above were unique, so I thought they were worth it even though they were small.

If the seller decides to sell the other tiny ones in reasonably priced lots, I'll come back for them!  I'm looking to pay about $.50 each for those ones.

It was a huge hassle to come get these, but it was worth it in the end.  Beats paying $20 (or more!) in shipping!

All of my pretties together:

On my makeshift tray.  It looks better than I thought, but it's a little small.  It'll do for now!

I'm tempted to buy some more (even doubles of some of the more awesome ones...I'm looking at you, snail!), but it was just such a huge hassle.  Plus, the seller already gave me a great deal on the bigger ones, I don't want to push my luck.

Monster high - lot of 13 dolls:  $75 (RSP:  $300)

From left to right:

-Dawn of the Dance Draculaura

-Dawn of the Dance Ghoulia

-Dead Tired Ghoulia

-Roller Maze Ghoulia

-Skull Shores Lagoona

-Wave 1 Lagoona

-Dawn of the Dance Frankie

-Wave 1 Frankie

-CAM sea monster

-Basic Operetta
-Dawn of the Dance Clawdeen
-Wave 1 Cleo
-Wave 1 Deuce

It also includes a bunch of journals, stands, and these random bits:

This lot was a nightmare!  It's my own fault for not asking about condition..if I knew they were this gross I would have never paid this much.

Even $50 would have been generous.  $75 was a ripoff!  $30 would have been more fair considering how bad they were.

The dolls were so dirty and gross, plus their hair was so tangled I thought they  might be ruined. 

Also, a bunch of them had yellow stains on them!  One of them was even missing parts, another was actually broken.

I originally bought the lot because I thought I could get it for free after selling a few.  Luckily I can still do that, but they're not worth as much as expected.  

Unfortunately two of them are still stained, but thankfully, most of them cleaned up beautifully with a lot of work.

There were only 4 dolls I didn't have, but there were 2 that I only had in box, so I was happy to get them loose.

I mainly wanted them for the DOTD dolls.  I love the Ghoulia!  She's the prettiest one I've seen.  Her and Draculaura go for pretty high even in this condition, so I probably wouldn't have gotten them otherwise.

Well, can't complain about free dolls anyway.  I hope it won't take too long to sell my doubles.

In the next lot I'm really hoping for a Gil or dolls from the Ghouls Rule line.  A lot of these lots have so many repeats!

Monster high lot of 11 dolls:  $75 (free after selling some stuff from the other lot) for everything (RSP:  Nearly $300!)

From left to right:

Toralei Stripe (yay!)
Dead Tired Lagoona Blue doll with Hydration Station
Sweet 1600 Clawd Wolf
Nefera
Gloom Beach Cleo
Gloom Beach Clawdeen
Gloom Beach Frankie
Gloom Beach Draculaura
Gloom Beach Ghoulia
Skull Shores Abbey
Basic Operetta
Draculaura's Sweet 1600 Roadster

It also came with this "scream team beauty locker" I forgot to put in the picture:

It's cute, but it's in pretty beat up condition.  It's already ripping at the top.  I wouldn't have wanted it otherwise, but now I use it to store my extra accessories.

I can't believe that retailed for $35!  There's still some stuff in there, but I don't know if I'd want to risk putting it on.

I think I'm burned out for a while.  Opportunities just kept on coming up, I couldn't say no!  I really wanted the hydration station since it doubles as a bubble lamp.  It's so cool on!

I also wanted Toralei, who normally goes for at least $60 loose.  Also Clawd, who's still selling for $34 plus tax at the lowest right now!

It was more than I wanted to pay, but I thought it was worth it.  I can't sell anything to make some money back, but I've wanted a lot of these for a while.

They're not complete though, too bad!  Almost all of them are missing their earrings for some reason, and some other little parts are missing.  Still, everything's mostly there, so it was a decent deal.

I thought the roadster was cool, but I wouldn't buy it alone. I'm glad I managed to get it in this lot though.

It's surprisingly cheap!  The plastic is so light and nothing works.  I wish it was better quality.

Maybe I'll luck out with a Gil in the next lot?  Here's hoping!

13 Monster high doll lot:

From left to right:

-Gift set Deuce Gorgon

-Gloom Beach Jackson Jekyll

-Holt Hyde (yes!)

-Forbidden love Clawd Wolf

-Forbidden love Draculaura 

-Basic 1st edition Spectra

-Basic 1st edition Abbey

-Gloom Beach Draculaura

-1st Wave Lagoona

-1st Wave Ghoulia
-Gift Set Cleo
-Gloom Beach Clawdeen
-Dawn of the Dance Frankie
 -Frankie's bed
-2 journals (Holt's and Frankie's)
-Novel
-Fortune

$60 (free after I sold my doubles!) for everything shown in the picture.There was even a Barbie and some Bratz stuff, including a My Scene Masquerade Madness car.

I really didn't think I would get this lot!  Holt alone is worth $100 in this condition, so I thought everyone else would be all over him.

I saw the ad half an hour after it was posted, but it was almost midnight when I saw it.  After a restless night, I finally learned the lot was mine in the morning!

Well, I had to overcome a lot of hurdles before it was actually mine.  I had an hour to get to the seller's house before they went out, otherwise I couldn't pick it up today.

It seemed easy enough, but it was in a city I'm not familiar with...I ended up getting lost!  There, and the way back, probably an hour total!  

I managed to catch them 10 minutes before they left, so thank God for that.  It's a fluke I managed to find it in the first place, thanks a lot google maps!

I'm just glad I managed to make it home..there are a lot of freeways/highways around that area, so I could have been reallly lost.

It came with so many accessories, I was amazed!  All of the pets below:

And all of these clothing/accessories:

All of the outfits were near complete!  I was really surprised, since this lot (unlike the others) was kid owned.  Even most or the earrings were there!

These were the outfits included:

Wave 1 fashion packs:

-Frankie Stein (Fearleading)
-Clawdeen Wolf (Soccer)
-Deuce Gorgon (Casketball)
-Lagoona Blue (Surfing)

Plus Abbey's wave 2 snowboarding fashion pack.

It took a while to put everyone back in their outfit, but it was worth it.  This is definitely the best deal I've gotten in person...after I sell my doubles, everything will have been free!  

This stuff would have cost me $400 new, and I'm pretty sure it'd be around that price used as well, since the boys are worth a lot now.

12 Monster high dolls - from left to right:

Basic Operetta

Wave 1 Ghoulia in Frankie's Maul outfit

Forbidden love Clawd

Forbidden love Draculaura

Gloom Beach Draculaura in Maul outfit

Sweet 1600 Draculaura wearing DOTD dress

Wave 1 Draculaura

Skull Shores Draculaura

Dawn of the Dance Frankie

Dawn of the Dance Clawdeen

Dawn of the Dance Cleo
Dawn of the Dance Lagoona

All 12 for $100, free after I sold my doubles!  If I bought them all new, they would have been around $360 with tax!

I did have half of these dolls, but I figured I could sell the doubles, making the ones I actually want free!

Here's hoping anyway.  I've posted them everywhere for reasonable eBay prices, but I might just have to resort to eBay to sell them.

These were a craigslist purchase.  I'm surprised things went ahead so fast..I contacted them less than twelve hours ago!