Non-Consumer Mish-Mash — Small Business Saturday & Unwelcome Blog Shenanigans

by Katy on November 25, 2013 · 14 comments

It’s time again for Non-Consumer Mish-Mash, where I write a little bit about this and a little bit about that.

Register Your American Express Card Now for Small Business Saturday!

If you have an American Express card, (I do, it’s linked to my Costco membership, and I get cash back every year!) you need to register it for their Small Business Saturday program. It’s very simple. They will reimburse $10 back to your card when you A) register your card, and then B) shop at registered small businesses on Saturday, November 30th. (However, they will only register a certain number of cards, so do this now!)

There’s nothing extra you need to do while shopping.

Last year I bought a gift certificate at the neighborhood art supply store where my son works, and 100% of it went to the business, and my son even got to use his employee discount!

There are zillions of participating businesses, which can be found here!

It’s free money that encourages Americans to step away from the mall and support their locally owned businesses!

So yeah, I like this program. (However, if you’re doing any big box shopping this holiday season, make sure to register for eBates to get cash back. Not shopping? You can still book your travel this way.)

Instagram Goodness and Backend Blog Shenanigans

You may have noticed that my blog has been less active than usual, and for that I apologize. I have been have frustrated beyond belief with all the programming kinks that the blog has been experiencing, which include:

  1. Comments timing out.
  2. Blog not showing up on blog readers.
  3. Graphics not displaying correctly.
  4. Probably some other stuff.

I am a wiz at writing the blog, I am whatever the opposite of “wiz” is when it comes to computer coding. I will get this figured out, but in the meantime please keep visiting the blog and commenting. I promise you it’s getting through!

Here’s a little slice-of-life photo collage from my Instagram account to make up for everything.

Instagram collage

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“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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A Busy and Frugal Analogy

by Katy on November 21, 2013 · 14 comments

I’ve kept myself extremely busy this week. Both with work, and also with a thousand piddly tasks and errands. Normally, I like to spread the busy-ness out, as I’m someone who needs some white space between my patterns. Instead I decided to do everything at once in order to get it all over with and earn some downtime.

Need an example? Here’s what I did yesterday:

  • Got both boys up and off to school. (They start at different times.)
  • Cleaned the kitchen.
  • Ordered my turkey from New Seasons Market.
  • Scanned and e-mailed a host family form that was due a few weeks ago.
  • Did two loads of laundry, one of which I hung on the clothesline.
  • Dropped two enormous bags of Costco dog food at my father’s house. (They don’t have a Costco membership, so we pick these up for his dog.)
  • Quickly stopped into his area Goodwill to search out any hidden Eames chairs. Left empty handed.
  • Stopped at the Nike Outlet to buy soccer socks for my younger son. (His club soccer league plays on a Nike field, and all other brands are forbidden. Of course, they were out of soccer socks.)
  • Stopped at the nearby Title Wave used library bookstore to scoop up any 10¢ Atomic Ranch magazines. I found one, as well as some vintage knitting booklets. (Total spent: 50¢. I will sell everything on eBay and in my Etsy store.
  • Went to the dentist for a scheduled cleaning.)
  • Picked up some over the counter medicine for my son at my hospital’s pharmacy. (Used my employee discount.)
  • Stopped at the pediatrician’s office to pick up a prescription for my son.
  • Returned a $8.29 file folder that I’d bought for my son. I found an unused one at my mother’s house, which she was happy to hand over.
  • Bought two big bags of groceries.
  • Brought groceries home and realized that I’d left the milks in the grocery cart.
  • Returned to the grocery store parking lot where the milks were miraculously still in the grocery cart.
  • Did not cry about the milk. Thought about it though.
  • Made dinner from scratch. (Shrimp and crab spring rolls.)
  • Picked my son up from Japanese tutoring, while also checking out some library cookbooks so my older son can learn to prepare meals before he’s off to college.

So yes, my day was busy.

I began to think about about how this style of extreme busy-ness is similar to frugality. With frugality you scrimp and save on the tiniest little thing so you later have the money for life’s important splurges. And with your hours in the day, you do as much as possible in a short period of time in order to later spend time on activities that bring you pleasure.

And today? I did spend the morning ticking items off my mental to-do list, but now I’m able to sit and write this blog, as well as meet up with a friend for coffee and writing talk.

Work now, play later. It works both for stuff you do and stuff you buy.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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Five Things That Make Me Happy And One Thing That’s Pissing Me Off

by Katy on November 18, 2013 · 34 comments

Beverly Cleary School

It’s time again for Five Things That Make Me Happy And One Thing That’s Pissing Me Off. Why add the “One Thing That’s Pissing Me Off?” Because I’m a realist, that’s why.

Five Things That Make Me Happy:

  1. I discovered that Pandora not only plays music, but comedians as well. I put in Jim Gaffigan’s name and have been laughing ever since. Many different comedians, all making me look completely insane, earbuds in place, doing dishes and laughing my evening away.
  2. I cooked two of The Pioneer Woman’s chicken pot pies last night and each and every one who sat at my table loved each and every bite. My onion aversive older son, my younger son’s why-isn’t-that-a-chicken-nugget friend and my exhausted husband, who’d just completed a fifteen-hour work shift. Pleasing so many different palates with a single dish is a rare feat. I’d serve this dish every freaking day if it didn’t call for 50-bajillion pounds of butter.
  3. I walked by my old middle school the other day and was greeted by a wonderful mosaic announcing the school’s new name, which is The Beverly Cleary School. Portland may be currently famous for hipsters, ironic beards and food carts, but when I was growing up, Portland was famous for Beezus, Ramona and Henry Huggins. I grew up a few blocks from Klickitat Street, and those books will always touch my heart.
  4. The leaves are finally done falling from my monstrous backyard maple tree. That means I am within sight of composting the millions of leaves through my curbside yard debris pickup. This may not sound like a big deal, but dealing with all these leaves is a huge pain in the tuchus each and every year.
  5. The addition of a pair of Dollar Tree reading glasses into my life means I’m reading again. I now realize my eyesight had been deteriorating so slightly and subtly and I didn’t even realize how unpleasant it had become to read. I now have a fat stack of library books just beckoning my name.

One Thing That’s Pissing Me Off:

  1. I overslept on Saturday and got my younger son work a half an hour late. He was extremely upset, and I just felt awful that his day had to start so stressfully.

Now your turn. What’s making you happy, and conversely what’s pissing you off? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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Goodwill, Badwill, Questionable-will — The Eyes Have It

by Katy on November 17, 2013 · 14 comments

Yesterday found me at loose ends away from the house for a few hours, which meant it was time to volunteer for the needy hit up a couple of Goodwills.

Although all I bought was a $2.99 box of Marimekko Unikko notecards and a 99¢ holiday gift for my mother, I could not help but notice a trend. A disturbing trend, A creepy trend.

The dolls, they see everything! And before you start discounting my observations as paranoid, I present to you the evidence:

This angel may be attempting a disguise, but I am not fooled. Her worried eyes tell a story that would chill you down to your very soul.

Mustached angel

The ever present wall of dolls may first appear to be all sweetness and innocence, but a closer look proves this to be an utter fallacy.

Do you see it?

A riot of dolls

Look closer:

Closeup dolls

And closer. I call him “Baby Edwardian Damian.”

Broken face doll

“Hey there, friend. Want to play a game? It’s a very special game I made up myself. But first, put on this blindfold and handcuffs.”

It’s no wonder his neighbor is crying:

Crying girl doll

Poor girl.

This gullible fellow agreed to play along, but he now knows to stay far, far away from the doll section. Do you see the road rash over his pink cheeks? Almost as if a certain doll rubbed his face back and forth across a concrete sidewalk:

Road rash doll face

He now knows to keep to himself:

Closer rash rash face

He really does.

Closeup road rash doll

It’s no wonder this clown chose to retreat into an inner world where he gets to straddle planet Earth while surrounded by clown-clouds.

Clown

Because sometimes fantasy is better than reality.

Then again, lit-from-within-marble-eyed-bear knew it all along.

Marble Eyed Bear

You just never know what you’ll come across at Goodwill.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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Etsy vs. eBay — My Etsy Store is Open For Business!

by Katy on November 15, 2013 · 20 comments

I have sold through eBay here and there through the years, and even had my own eBay store back in the day. (BTW, the “day” was 2005-6, so it’s been awhile.) And unlike many others, I think eBay has been good to me, as their worldwide customer base has allowed me to find buyers who were more than happy to bid up my thrifted finds.

But I just kept hearing about how much sellers prefer Etsy over eBay, so I decided to give it a try.

Having sold hundreds of items on eBay over the years, I was not intimidated by the process of putting together a listing, as what could be more complicated than eBay in 2005?! My only concern was being able to take professional enough photos using my iPhone, which is currently my only camera. (I dropped my digital camera this summer and have been happily making do ever since.)

Continuing on with my make it do mindset, I put together a completely functional photo studio using the back of a outgrown Transformers movie poster and bits of tape. I set it all up on the front porch to take advantage of the waning afternoon light. Here, see for yourself:

Etsy studio

Soccer cleats? Check. Watering can? Check. Table previously featured on the blog? Check.

Here’s how that photo turned out:

Dansk pot

I’ve noticed that a lot of Etsy sellers photograph their wares attractively styled, but I prefer a plain white background, as it’s easier to keep a consistent look. Plus, my goal was to photograph as many things as possible before I lost the light. So no fussy styling for me! Vanessa from Thriftcore often photographs her Etsy items with extra fun doo-dads, which is kind of fun, plus gives her smaller items a more substantial look.

I only got a chance to put six listings together before the laptop was appropriated by my son, who had homework to do.  (Homework trumps Etsy!) But my plan is to bust out another dozen or so listings today.

How does Etsy compare to eBay?

Etsy is only for selling handmade goods, supplies for handmade goods and vintage (20+ years old) items.

eBay is for selling almost everything else. (No weapons, explosive stuff, etc.)

Etsy charges 20¢ per 30-day period for a listing, and 3.5% when it sells.

eBay charges mostly nothing to list an item, but then charges an average of 12% when it sells.

Etsy has you set the price, no auctions.

eBay allows you to choose either an auction or fixed price. The auction option is great for items that have the potential to be bid up up nice and high. I once bought an armload of Sasha dolls for $4-$5 apiece, and quickly sold them on eBay for between $199 and $1000 apiece. I would never thought the one doll would sell for a thousand dollars, so it was better to have sold her through an auction. And let’s not dismiss that eBay has a much larger customer base, so your items have the potential to be bid up very high.

I may be wrong, but Etsy doesn’t seem to have a function to calculate postage based on weight the way that eBay does, so I may have overpriced my shipping as a result.

I recently put together two listings on eBay. One was for a fat stack of Atomic Ranch magazines, and the other was for a small antique alabaster bust. Although the bust sold for $96.75, and I think I paid $8 for her, I most likely would have done better listing her on Etsy and asking $150. However, the magazines would not have been eligible to be sold on Etsy, so I made the right choice to get them listed on eBay. (I sold for them for $63.05, after picking them up for a quarter apiece at the Title Wave used library book store.)

I still need to prettify my Etsy store, as well as write up a better store description, but for now it’s open for business.

I have written it before and I will continue to write it forever, but waiting to do something perfectly before you just do it is a very bad policy. Get over your hesitancy and just get going with life! (Unless it’s brain surgery, then please, do become an expert before you do that.) Is my Etsy store the cutest store with the most adorable photos, listing hundreds of items? Absolutely not! But it is open for business, and until I make my awesome thrifted finds available for purchase, no one can ever buy them.

Click HERE to visit my Etsy shop, which I am calling “NonConsumerAdvocate.” (Hey, gotta make it easy to find!)

Do you sell through eBay or Etsy? Please share your opinions in the comments section below.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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The Easiest DIY Project — Rejuvenating a Dry Cutting Board

by Katy on November 14, 2013 · 7 comments

I adore DIY projects! I love finding curbside finds and using nothing more than unicorns and baby sloths paint and creativity to transform something from trash into an idol-worthy object. I love the feeling that I took something destined for the landfill and transformed it into an something beautiful and functional. You know, like I did HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE. However, it’s a thousand time easier to do DIY projects in the summer months than the rest of the year. Why? Because:

  1. Fall, winter and spring are wet.
  2. Oregon gets 43 minutes of usable daylight.
  3. Smelly projects can be made inoffensive by the simple act of opening a window.
  4. Spray paint is great for a backyard project and grounds for divorce in the house.

So yeah . . . summer is better for DIY. However, I’ve been able to sneak a couple of minor DIY projects into my dark and damp Oregon days. Nothing that normal bloggers would feel are worthy of inclusion into their perfect life blogs; but I am Katy Wolk-Stanley, and I am far from perfect.

Today’s project was to rejuvenate my cutting boards. As a labor and delivery nurse, I am very familiar with mineral oil. (Don’t make me explain it to you!) And my drier-than-the-Israeli-Negev-desert boards were mocking me at every turn.

“Hey there, Katy. Is there any reason why we must sit here all dry and neglected? Is it that you don’t love us? Must you be such an awful human being?”

My cutting boards are jerks.

However, I had stopped into the pharmacy at work, where a bottle of mineral oil caught my eye. DIY supplies + an employee discount?! Hell, yes! Armed with my $3 bottle of mineral oil, I took out my cutting boards and got to work. First off was a light sanding, and making sure that the board was bone dry. (Don’t want to trap moisture in the board!) BTW, I used a scrap of cut up old T-shirt for the rubbing of the oil, which I simply tossed at the end. Dry board:

Cry cutting board

Mid-project:

Mid-project

And the completed oily-but-not-too-oily board:

Cutting Board

This DIY Project may seem like a no brainer, and really it is. But so often people do not take the steps to maintain their belongings, which means that they end up replacing things that should have lasted for years. Also, used wooden cutting boards are super easy to find in the second hand market. A quick sanding and a wipe down with mineral oil is all it takes to bring it back to life. And that bottle of mineral oil? It will last me until the end times.

I may not be able to spray paint in November, but I can still find satisfying little projects around the house.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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Non-Consumer Mish-Mash — Dreams and Moonshine

by Katy on November 13, 2013 · 4 comments

It’s time again for Non-Consumer Mish-Mash, where I write a little bit about this and a little bit about that.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

Livin’ The Dream, Dude

I have an interview up at the Center For a New American Dream, which is a longstanding voluntary simplicity organization. It’s titled “Living The Dream,” which is kind of funny, as I think of that phrase as the answer to a frat boy’s question of “how’s it goin”?”

Here’s a sneak peek:

“For me, ‘the good life’ means putting my energy toward what really matters in life. I really don’t give a rat’s hiney what ‘The Joneses’ are up to, and I take great pleasure in crafting a life for my family that is at once meaningful and personal. I often feel like I’m reinventing the wheel, but that’s okay because I never wanted another person’s idea of the wheel in the first place.”

Click HERE to read the full interview.

Sisters, Synagogues & Songs

For those who are looking to support my sisters, ( and really, why wouldn’t you be?) I have two opportunities.

My sister Jessica, lives in the Washington Heights neighborhood in NYC, and her synagogue is having an amazing rummage sale November 17th and 18th. (Sunday and Monday.) I know there are a number of estates that donated to the sale, so there will be fantastic vintage and household items. My sister went through our late great aunt and uncle’s schwanky Riverside Drive apartment for this sale, and they were in the foreign service and lived all over the world!

Here’s a link to the current Craigslist ad, and here are the details:

HEBREW TABERNACLE SYNAGOGUE

551 Fort Washington Ave. @185th Street (right across the street from the A train!)

Sunday, November 17th 10:00 am-3:00 pm
Monday, November 18th 10:00 am-3:00 pm

I can’t go, but maybe you can!

 

My sister Sara plays banjo in an amazing band called The Moonshine. My sister describes it as “An old time, folk band and rock and roll string band.” They play all over the Pacific Northwest, but they pretty much play each and every Monday night at 8:00 at The Elixir Lab at N.E. 28th and Alberta Street in Portland, Oregon. Unlike their other gigs, this one is FREE! (You should order a drink, but consumables are always a Compact exception! 😉 )

They play for hours, and you’ll want to get there at the beginning, as they have an amazing and harmonized sound check.

And who knows, maybe you’ll catch me in the audience!

I know the sizing of this video is totally off, but the normal way that I size videos is not working and I need to get my day going! Also, I am getting feedback that comments are taking a few times to go through. I am having the same experience from my end. I’m not sure what the problem is, but I’ll try address it in the next few days. Until then, please continue to comment, especially on the Homemade Living books giveaway!

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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Giveaway — All Four Ashley English “Homemade Living” Books!

by Katy on November 12, 2013 · 212 comments

Ashley English

This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Jennifer M. whose comment was randomly chosen to win the four Homemade Living books.

I have a very special treat for you, which is a giveaway for all four of Ashley English’s Homemade Living books!

All four books! (Okay, now I feel like I’m writing a late night infomercial.)

This is a terrific giveaway, as these books are not only rather attractive, but are actually useful and a great addition to your bookshelf. (I just referred to the Canning and Preserving one a few weeks ago when I was making applesauce.)

To enter to win these books, write your favorite recipe in the comments section. (It’s okay to just write the name of your favorite recipe!) I will randomly choose one winner Monday, November 18th at 9:oo P.M. PST. One entry per  person, U.S. residents only.

Good luck! And thank you so very much to Lark Books for providing the books for this giveaway!

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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Five Frugal Things — Monsters, Mixing Bowls & Money

by Katy on November 11, 2013 · 34 comments

Vintage mixing bowl

  1. I realized that everyone in my family secretly wanted to see the movie Monsters University, so I used the Redbox hold for pickup function to put the DVD on hold. I could have waited until we had a free code, but I figured that $1.25 to entertain a family of four was a pretty good deal. The movie was cute, and I can’t remember the last time that the four of us snuggled up and watched a movie together. It kind of felt like time traveling, as we spent countless hours spent watching Pixar movies when the boys were little. And $1.25 for time travel? Now that’s frugal!
  2. My son somehow signed up to referee four soccer games on Saturday. (Hooray for teens who earn their own savings and spending money!) And since there was a break in the middle of the day, I made sure to be smart about having to drive across town. So yeah, I stopped at the Goodwill near the soccer field. I found a few things to resell, including a $9.99 red Dansk enamel Kobenstyle casserole dish and a $12.99 Finel enamel roasting pan. I’ll put these up on eBay, and once again wonder if it’s time for me to open an Etsy store. I also bought a $3.99 large and wonderfully chunky vintage mixing bowl, which I’ll keep. Perfect for fruit, and I am already envisioning how great it will look filled with fluffy mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving.
  3. My mother has been in the hospital for a scheduled surgery, and I spent a big chunk of time there yesterday. I made sure to eat before leaving the house, and also packed myself some snacks for the day. I did bring my refillable ceramic travel mug, but when I went down to the cafeteria for a $1.25 coffee, they were closed. And by the time they were open again, I was about to leave anyway. I could have used the caffeine jolt, as I am not used to sitting still in a hospital environment, but I did without and saved a buck-twenty-five in the process.
  4. I have the most enormous maple tree in my backyard, which is great in hot weather, but a burden come the autumn months. Unlike many Americans, I choose a rake over the loud and smog producing leaf blower. A rake never needs gasoline, and can’t be accused of waking all the neighborhood’s sleeping babies. Rakes may take a bit longer and be categorized under “physical exertion,” but isn’t physical activity a good thing?
  5. I received my eBates rebate the other day. I used Priceline.com when booking last month’s plane tickets to NYC, and had clicked through from eBates and was rewarded with a $7.43 kickback. I had kind of forgotten about it, so the money was a lovely little surprise. If you’re doing any online shopping or traveling this holiday season, I recommend that you create an eBates account to take advantage of every savings opportunity.*

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“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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Non-Consumer Photo Essay — Imperfect Apples, Stairway Twins & Naughty Signage

by Katy on November 7, 2013 · 21 comments

It’s time for another Non-Consumer Photo Essay. Why? Because my Instagram account is fit to burst!

First off is the scratch and dent produce section at my local Fred Meyer grocery store. They had bags of Braeburn apples for $1 apiece. Sure, there were only three apples per bag, but it was still a better price than any of the other apples. The sizable apples each had a teeny tiny brown spot, not even a bruise,  so it was far from a sacrifice.

Used fruit

I was killing time at the library while my son finished up his Japanese tutoring, and this book caught my eye. Ashley English is married to a friend of mine from college, and I’m always happy to catch a glimpse of her books. This woman is an insanely prolific writer, and has published possibly 72.8 books over the past five years.

Good book, by the way.

Canning & Preserving

I also leafed through a huge coffee table book about classic Craftsman houses. This stairway photo grabbed my attention, as the stairway bore a great resemblance to my stairway.

Craftsman Stairway

See?

Of course I would never dare to paint our walls white, as my family seems to have a tendency to smear ourselves up and down the stairs. Seriously, the paint used to be a light color, and it was always filthy.

Entryway

We always wait until October 31st to carve our jack-o-lanterns, as the flesh will still be fresh enough to bake up for pumpkin puree on November 1st. That way we can eat pumpkin scones, muffins and pies all through the winter. (I always freeze in two-cup portions, as that is the general measurement for pumpkin pie recipes.)

Baked pumpkin

I picked up this great $1.99 vintage Taylor & NG tile trivet at Goodwill last week, and although the tile itself was in great condition, the wood was all dried out and sketchy. (People, do not put wood items through the dishwasher!) Luckily, a few minutes sanding the wood and two coats of my Ikea butcher block conditioner brought the wood back to life.

I’ll likely sell this item in my imaginary Etsy store, but until then, I’ll just hang out with it. (You know . . .  playing cards, chatting after hours and watching Buffy The Vampire Slayer.)

After I picked up my Fred Meyer apples, I walked through the second story parking level and could not help but notice this sign.

Read it!

Extra vagina

What does the sign say?

This is a perfect example of why hiring competent graphic designers is imperative in today’s media savvy world. Because yeah, I shared this photo on my Instagram, The Non-Consumer Advocate Facebook group and my personal Facebook page as well.

I’ll have to get back there when it isn’t pouring rain for a better picture. Too good to pass up. 😉

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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