Man I struggle to understand the structure of my blog..I mean the technology of it and I have total Dooce envy who just had an article written about her blog in the NY Times ! She has awesome dogs Chuck and Coco, awesome taste and flair and a life that allows her and her husband to work from home and make kick-ass money from advertisers. So far this pathetic messy blog averages $0.50 in revenue per day from Adsense (totally dodgy ads about Russian girls, bizarre face cream and losing 10lbs in a week). Freedomwife is like a microscopic ugly failure of a toad next to Heather Armstrong’s glittery succesful Comet like blog. Maybe if I had a new husband to fix my blog? Nah I like my husband (today).

So a few posts ago I mentioned I was recycling part of my wardrobe out on Ebay. Well I sold for $450.00 in the last month. It doesn’t pay for Botox but it pays for a massage, dinner, vodka martinis, lip-fusion lip-gloss and possibly a Revolve clothing shopping spree.

So I sold my Da-nang Koi fish pants for $30.00. My James jeans for $35.00. Surprisingly I even sold these horrible adidas black socks for $2.00 (anything to get rid of them). Most surprisingly I sold some used adidas shoes, adidas t-shirts and a cop. copine dress.

It is so gratifying to send all this crap out and get money for it on paypal and it’s pretty cool to watch the bidding and see which items draws the most interest.

This week I am selling a Peak Performance polo, 10 pregnancy test strips  (pee sticks) and a bridal bustier that I bought on Ebay and immediately hated when it took me 15 minutes to hook the eye hooks and get it on.

The best undies ever are Hanky Panky thongs that I always buy on Ebay. You can get them for as little as $12.00 while in real life they are $22.00. These fab itsy-bitsy Lacy thongs are one size fits all and seriously are the best, most comfortable underwear I’ve ever bought. If you don’t believe me I bet you’ll believe Paris Hilton or the Gossip Girls…all wearing the same landing gear.

Hanky Panky

Ebay

Using it is like having  a deluxe mini-facial. Following the detailed instructions provided, you first massage the cleanser onto your face and neck in a 7-step routine which stimulates the lymphatic nodes to drain areas of congestion and eliminate toxins. Next, you soak the supplied muslin cloth in hot water, wring it out, and hold over the entire face for 5 seconds. This bit you repeat 3 times, so you’ve got a succession of hot compresses softening the skin and activating the essential oils. Then, you use the cloth to exfoliate and remove all traces of make-up and cleanser before rinsing it in cold water and using as a cold compress. There’s no need for a toner or astringent afterwards, and no need for moisturiser if your skin is oily.

It all sounds wildly complicated and time consuming, but honest to God it’s not. After a couple of uses, you could perform the lymphatic massage in your sleep, and the whole ritual now takes me just 3 minutes flat.

On the down side it is crazily expensive: a 100ml tub is £48 or $100. It should easily see you through 6 months of daily cleansing.

Here is where Ebay is my saviour! I recently ran out of my fabulous Eve Lom cleanser and I don’t live anywhere near civilization (only facial cleanser available would be supermarket crap). So I searched for Eve Lom on  Ebay and came up with a few results…and I bid on a few and lost a few auctions. I started to find that sellers of Eve Lom that were not based in the UK were not getting as good results. I guess because Eve Lom really has only reached cult status in the UK. So I saved my search for Eve Lom and when there was finally a seller in Germany that popped up I placed a max bid for USD50.00…and I got it! For half price. I’m delighted.

So to save time…if you know what you want on  Ebay, save your search and find what you need (want) immediately. I’m now saving searches for Theory Tank tops, Tiffany frogs, Hublot watches and Alinghi bikinis.

I just love these shoes! It is the  sexy Shaunte platform wedge by Matiko. Totally ideal for beach season in the Hamptons. Wear them on the train, wear them on the jitney, wear them around town or even in Kentucky (ok this is getting obnoxious)! They are $120 on the  CoutureCandy site. You can  Save $10 at CoutureCandy by clicking  this  link . Yum.