Degas Print Barter

So I FINALLY decided to get my act together and post my latest trade, which happened a couple weeks ago. The newest item:

A 24"x 30" print of a Degas painting framed in what I believe is cherry wood.



Here's an image I found of the painting:



This print would be lovely in a living room or a girl's bedroom.

Thanks to my wonderful Seminary teacher, Sister Ashley Carter for her trade. She donated the office chairs to Deseret Industries, basically a church-run Goodwill. Although they were comfy, we were happy to get them out of the way and hopefully to somebody who needs them.

Office Chairs Barter

Trade Number Two is a success! Check out what I got for the bottle of mustard:



Do me a favor in ignoring the cluttered garage.



Thanks a million bajillion to Diane Koh for her generous barter of two office chairs! Despite the cheezy fabric, they are basically brand new! Dad figures they could sell together for $50 at a garage sale. But he's a salesman. Of course he's going to overprice things =)

You know you want them!!

Oh, and my economics teacher sat me down to have a little chat about the "rules." So I'll relay them to you:

1. Keep it "Pinewoodian." At Pinewood we like to think of ourselves as well-rounded, insightful and critically-thinking, self-motivated, clear-communicating, respectful individuals of character (seriously. how preppy is that?). So if your offer does not live up to our standards it is a NO GO!
2. The school and the parentals have complete VETO power.
3. If I get any strange offers (including but not limited to: virginity, body parts, and one's soul) I will REPORT YOU! To whom I have no idea yet...

And... ya. Thanks for humoring me with this silly project everybody!!!

Yellow Mustard Barter...

Trading has commenced! Thanks very much to the wonderful Hayley Atwood for the generous offer of a bottle of mustard for the bobby pin.



So. A bottle of mustard. Traditional Yellow Mustard...



Today is Super Bowl Sunday and we're having a semi-large party at my house. So I'm attempting to keep the mustard safe and away from anybody's mouth. But anyways...

You know you want to trade for it!

Another Use...

In case anybody was still doubting the usefulness of a simple bobby pin, take my recent dilemma:

In preparing a dessert for Super Bowl Sunday tomorrow I opened up a carton of whipping cream all the way, not realizing I only needed half of it. What do you do when you need to seal and store an open carton of cream?



This isn't THE bobby pin. THE bobby pin is in a much more sterile environment, being psyched out for a big trade tomorrow.

Anybody want to help a desperate Economics student??

Hello world. I would like you to join me in a project. Experiment, really. Well, maybe more of an amusement.

For Econ we watched a news report of a Canadian man who bartered his way up from one red paper clip to a house. People traded him better stuff for what he offered originally as a gimmick, but later wanted to partake of his celebrity status. This guy's website is oneredpaperclip.com. Take a look--it's a great story!

My teacher, Mr. Loeffler, said we could try the same thing for our semester project.

So here I am with my offer: a bobby pin.

What could I get for a blonde bobby pin? I know sometimes I wish I had a bobby pin for the occasional mid-day hairstyle switch. Or suppose it rains (I know, unlikely in California these days) and your bangs frizz up. I know I would do almost anything to have a bobby pin to put them up.

People get desperate. And they'll do desperate things. Like, I don't know, trade me a pen for the bobby pin. You never know.

My hope is to make good trades and work my way up into a market where what I have is actually worth something. But I've got to start small. Bobby pin small.

So I've thrown this out there. I hope to link to friends' blogs and have them see this. I'm also going to post this link to my facebook page.

Any offers??