Craig and his list

So last week, Josh and I spent a lot of time cleaning and organizing this house.  We donated a bunch of stuff, threw some stuff away, and I had an idea that maybe we should sell some stuff too.  I took some of my teacher stuff to a consignment store and then thought that maybe we should put some things on Craig's List.  I have a Vera Bradley bag that still has the tags on it, some Cherished Teddies, a stroller, and Josh has a bunch of his collectibles that we thought we might be able to make some money on.  (All that stuff is still for sale if anyone is interest.....)

Then I decided that maybe we should sell our crib/furniture set.  We bought it when I was pregnant with Alyse and I liked it, but I never really loved it.  I thought that downsizing may be good.  So we discussed a price and I put it on Craig's list to see what would happen.

The next morning I woke up to an email saying that someone was interested in buying the furniture.  Ruth - the lady emailing me - said that she wanted to get it as soon as possible.  We emailed back and forth and she said that she was going to get a certified check made out to me.  I went and cleaned out all of Breeley's clothes and the rest of the stuff that was in the multiple drawers.  A little while later I saw that she emailed me again.  She told me that she would need a driver to come and pick up the furniture so she was going to get me a check for $3,800.  She asked me to please cash that check, take out the cost of the furniture, and then give the $3,000+ to the driver to pay for pick up cost and insurance.  Ummm NO!  I am not going to cash your $3000 check!  I'm not stupid!  I know that check is going to be bad and I am going to be out a furniture set and almost $4000.  No No!  I've seen Teen Mom when that one girl fell for that.  So I emailed back quickly and said, "No sale!"  I was pretty upset about it, but Saturday I got another email that was real this time.  Last night a nice couple came and bought my babies furniture and paid cash. 

So, Breeley had a little bit of a room make over.  Nothing big or expensive, just a cheap crib and new dresser.

Here is what it looked like before.