Yes, I know that it is August 27th.  Halloween planning has officially  started in my house!   My wonderful and crazy husband Jason (pictured in the mask) is busy searching ebay and craigslist to find the most outrageous thing he could be.    He recently purchased a full Sleestak costume off ebay.  I guess he just could not give up on his childhood love of Land of the Lost.  Actually from what he told me last night, there are three of these heads in our garage at this very moment.  You see, my crazy husband Jason does not just have one of anything.  He has at least two if not three of everything he owns.  This is just how he is programed.  A bit of a hoarder but has lots of cool stuff.  You could almost call his collections “eye candy”.  

I think Jason just likes to purchase things, play with them for a while and then sell them for two if not three times what he bought them for.  It is like a game for him that is actually profitable.  I don’t know how he does it but he does it all the time.  

I seriously doubt he will end up wearing this on Halloween this year.  He hates wearing a mask and would much rather wear makeup.

We have been married for almost three wonderful years now.  I think the first month we were married I asked my crazy husband if he would be willing to part with his cherished bowl of beer tabs.  You would have thought  I was asking him to cut off two fingers from his right hand!  There was no way that he was going to allow me to throw away his prized collection that represents  years of dedicated Coors Light consumption.  Seriously? 

I decided it was best to choose my battles wisely because even after only a month of being married, I knew that my wonderful crazy husband does not like to give up things from his bachelor years.  I do get it.  I don’t like it, but I get it.

While sitting in the backyard this afternoon I thought it would be a good idea to get a detailed photo gallery of Jason’s treasures.  The shark above is 8 feet long and hangs on our patio. 

Yes people, every single one of these things pictured below is currently at our house in our backyard and frontyard.   The pictures however do not show that most of these things are LIFE SIZED!!!!!  Jason got a fascination with life sized items about a year ago and this is the result!!!!!

www.ebay.com

www.craigslist.net

My crazy husband Jason is known for buying and selling pool slides, especially during the summer months.  He has actually sold this particular slide (pictured above) not just once but twice.

Jason originally bought the slide for $200 on craigslist.  He was so proud of his most recent find, bragging to me that it was 12 feet tall – one of the tallest pool slides made.  He went on and on about how people will be looking for this type of slide and will pay top dollar because they are not generally easy to find – and who wouldn’t want a huge slide for their pool time adventures? 

All I could see was a huge blue slide taking up room in my back yard.  I was having trouble seeing the value in this item.  

He picked it up, handed over $200 cash, came home and relisted it immediately.  A production company called about 30 minutes after it had been listed.  The guy he sold it to was so excited to have found this slide because he had been searching for one just like this for weeks.  It sold for $600 to the production company that day.  That was a $400 profit!  The sale transaction included a deal.  If the production company did not need it after they completed their film shoot, they would sell it back to my husband for $200.

 About a week passed after the first transaction.  My husband contacted the buyer of the slide and asked if they were done with it and ready to sell it back to him.    The guys who bought it were more than happy to stick to the deal and sell it back to him for $200.  However, the slide that my husband picked up from the buyer was a much different slide than the one that he had sold them.  The slide had been completely refurbished, patched, sanded, painted and looked just like brand new.  

Jason listed the slide for sale again but this time the price was $800.  He immediately got calls and ultimately ended up selling it for $750.  That was a $550 profit. 

All in all, my crazy (yet brilliant and handsome) husband made $950 from picking up a slide twice and listing it on craigslist.

Kind of hard to complain about that – you know?