damn you elite ebay bidder

I don’t shop Ebay often, but I like it.  I find, everyone finds super crazy things that they never thought they would find.  Like apothecary jars and corsets and cars, oh my.  I’ve gotten some sweet stuff off Ebay.  Every single one of my NY Football Giants shirts is from Ebay, with the exception of one.  They are all vintage, soft and wonderful, impregnated with memories of Giants past, like the last time they won the Superbowl or when they were affectionately referred to as the Big Blue Wrecking Crew.  I wear them with pride and I do get the thrill of the hunt. 

Last year I spent the better part of 9 months searching for vintage Giants glasses for the Man.   Somehow I had discovered vintage NY Giants rocks glasses and made it my mission to find them and buy them, no matter the cost because they were going to be my crowning glory Christmas morning.  The kind of gift that shows your significant other that not only do you know them, but you are willing to waste countless hours on the hunt, and countless times being outbid because you LOVE THEM.  They were rare on Ebay and everytime I lost a bid, I’d be afraid they’d never come back.  But they did, a whole set of 10, in pristine conditions.  They were even shipped packed in newspaper from the 80’s.  They are way sweet and when I first spotted them, I had visions of the Man drinking a refreshing gin and tonic out of them in swanky high-Giants-society fashion.  My visions have come true.  These aren't our glasses, but are the same.  So freaking cool.

I limit my Ebaying to vintage Giants gear mostly.  If I try to expand I become overwhelmed with possibilities, akin to when I first learned to use the internet and just went to chat rooms because the world seemed so vast and dangerous and awe-inspiring.  Little did I know at the time (the time being a teenager) that chat rooms held the most danger – doesn’t anyone watch Dateline?

I have recently discovered that I can buy costume jewelry on Ebay.  No longer must I hit every single thrift store in Seattle and the surrounding boroughs to find a great piece of old, funky, totally unique jewelry.  My hunting spirit has been sparked and MyEbay is full of vintage necklaces and matching earrings, bracelets, pins and rings.  As I’ve previously posted, I HEART costume (actually, all) jewelry and wish to own an amount that would require a separate free-standing piece of furniture to hold it all.  And I’d open it frequently, admire my baubles and adjust my accoutrements to match my mood/panties/weather. 

I’ve only discovered costume jewelry on Ebay this week.  I have attempted to bid/purchase many items.  Well, three items.  I have FAILED miserably all three times.  I’m not a novice.  I can sneak in a bid at the last moment, stealing a prize right out from under someone else.  But I think I have stumbled upon a super elite type of Ebay bidder.  An Ebay bidder with a penchant for costume jewelry.  It’s happened TWICE.  TODAY.  That’s right.  I have failed twice in one day.  I am sad.  And I say DAMN YOU EBAY BIDDER!