I've sold a fair bit of silver in the past month or so. I sold a lot of odd-and-ends sterling jewelry. I sold a set of three sterling soup spoons. I sold a set of matching cufflinks and a tie pin. I'm a fan.
I bought the soup spoons with these knives. I couldn't believe that I actually found sterling spoons, as in, full size sterling silver spoons. I felt like I'd won the freakin' lottery. So when they weren't selling, I spent a couple hours really trying to figure out what the pattern was, since the pattern wasn't matching anything the manufacturer ever made in sterling. Eventually I was able to name the pattern, and that's when they sold. $150 for three spoons. Heavenly.
I'm off to a memorial service in the morning. My bff will be accompanying me for emotional support. I don't know what I'll be walking into, who I'll see from my past, who will be nasty (it's happened before). I'm right on the edge of feeling capable of staying in one solid adult-sized piece the whole time. I will likely be getting pan dulce for the road, with my favorite cafe con canela. Food is inextricably linked to my emotional health (thanks diabetes!). But really, food makes me feel capable in a deeper way than the provision of energy. Food gives me literal and figurative fuel for the journey. Isn't that weird, how something so primitive can become so inextricably linked to who we are?
Chew on that, yo.
I need to get into this silverware/jewelry research thing. This year I want to clear out a lot of duds and then really start to focus on selling only things with a fast turn around and removing the emotion from this to make more bank.
ReplyDeleteAs for the memorial service, good luck to thee. I stopped boredom/emotional eating but food is one of my favorite things in life, always gotta have it and it's always gotta be good. Hope no crazy drama happened.
Ah, the emotion. That's still hard for me to avoid. I actually think about you when I avoid emotional stuff, because your stuff is so great and unique! How funny that we do that. Maybe we should do what we want, maybe do what is best for us.
DeleteI'm still working on my purchasing habits. I think it's something that evolves over time, really. There's no way I could be doing what I do now, two years ago. I have such a richness of experience from all of my success and failure :)
When I stopped emotionally eating by deciding to enjoy everything I eat, life got so much better. I get the sense that you enjoy what you eat.