Small things make me happy, especially when i can sell or trade things on Craig's List.

Quite some time ago, I bought a case of Fancy Feast cat food at Costco. But the little kitty didn't like it; she really prefers her dry food.

I thought i'd try to trade my 19 cans of Fancy Feast for a bag of dry food. First, one woman expressed interest but eventually dropped out. Then i reposted. Another woman expressed interest and said she didn't have a bag of dry food at home, but could go to the store to get me one and asked me what brand. I told her any brand, really, my cat's not too fussy and i gave her my number to schedule the trade. She never called, and i figured it was becus at some point it dawned on her that she wasn't really saving much, especially if she had to go to the store to buy a bag of catfood.

Then a 3rd person, this time a man, responded, and we didn, finally accomplish the tradeoff, although he, too, said he'd have to go buy the bag of dry food. I had priced the little tins of Fancy Feast and saw they could be purchased for as little as .55 a can, so that's about $10.45 worth of canned food. So when he asked me what kind of dry food i wanted, i asked for a bag of Iams, Hairball Remedy.

I was actually surprised that he showed up. He had left the receipt in the bottom of the bag and i saw that he paid $7.99 for it. So you could say he made a $2 profit, but of course, he had to drive to my house and to the store. (There were no other items listed on the store receipt.) So WHY DID HE DO THIS?

I just don't get it. I guess some people just like the idea of trading, but this was not a pure trade since he went to the store. It just wouldn't have seemed worth it to me for such a small item.

Well, whatever, i'm happy; i managed to turn something that had become worthless to me into something that will feed my cat for about a month.

Tomorrow (day off!) i'm driving an hour north with friend H. to check out some public botanical gardens. I was there about 15 years ago and have been wanting to do this sort of thing all summer. Reminds me, i have to recharge my camera batteries.