Yesterday was an extremely long day for me. In a Nutshell, my work day started with a 7:00 a.m. Workforce Development breakfast in Elgin, Illinois and ended with my attendance at the Harold J. Washington literary award dinner at the Union League in Chicago.
Of course, my actual day ended hours later than the dinner did, since I had to hustle back to the train station and catch a Metra train back to suburbia where I live an hour out of the city. It also started earlier than 7:00 a.m., since by that time I was wearing my suit and at a location over half an hour away from my home.
In between the breakfast meeting and the $275 dinner that I enjoyed (but not $275 worth of enjoyment), I had a very busy and perhaps even a productive day at my place of employment. I had two meetings and returned about eight phone calls. I even said No to granting incentives to businesses twice yesterday, first to a hair salon that is relocating and later to a long-time law firm in the community. Who would want to incentivize a hair salon or law firm? One needs not be an economic development professional to know that.
Every time that I have a breakfast meeting in Elgin, about once every quarter, I make sure to stop by the Fisher Nut outlet at the John B. Sanfalippo facility, where many of the country's nuts are processed and shipped from.
For me, perusing the aisles is like being a kid in a candy store or, in my case, a mensch in a nut store.
I go in thinking about purchasing four, five or maybe even six packages of nuts. Yesterday, I left with thirteen.
Thinking throughout the day and night about writing a post about it, I came to realize that I could most likely make a little extra scratch by re-selling some, since I purchased several bags in the clearance section of the outlet store for a buck or two that one would normally find in the grocery store for three or four times that amount.
But there are a lot of buts.
Some of these bags have expiration dates next month, so a purchaser would have to buy it, I would have to ship it right away, and then the purchaser would have to eat them almost immediately. Also, for me to resell a $2 bag of nuts for $4 or $5 and then ship it and get dinked for all the fees that eBay and PayPal charge might get me an extra dollar if I am lucky. It really does not seem worth the time and effort.
Finding a six-pack of cinnamon almonds for sale on Amazon for $28 (with free shipping) after purchasing single packs for a buck a piece makes me reconsider a little bit. However, I do not have an Amazon seller account.
But check out the huge amount of nuts that I purchased yesterday, all for only $18 including tax.
Perhaps I should stop by there during the Christmas season when they sell large bags of "Christmas mix" for three bucks each and that retail for three to four times that amount in stores to see if I can sell a few on eBay. It is at least worth considering. If they do not sell, I can do like I did last year before I had considered doing so and leave a few out at work, hand a few out to our neighbors and eat the rest.
When I returned home, I told my family that I went a little nuts. Get it? Ha ha! They all groaned, and then proceeded to tear open and devour some of the nuts.
Good thing that we have twelve more bags of 'em.
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| The crowd at the award dinner last night at Union League Chicago. |
In between the breakfast meeting and the $275 dinner that I enjoyed (but not $275 worth of enjoyment), I had a very busy and perhaps even a productive day at my place of employment. I had two meetings and returned about eight phone calls. I even said No to granting incentives to businesses twice yesterday, first to a hair salon that is relocating and later to a long-time law firm in the community. Who would want to incentivize a hair salon or law firm? One needs not be an economic development professional to know that.
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I go in thinking about purchasing four, five or maybe even six packages of nuts. Yesterday, I left with thirteen.
Thinking throughout the day and night about writing a post about it, I came to realize that I could most likely make a little extra scratch by re-selling some, since I purchased several bags in the clearance section of the outlet store for a buck or two that one would normally find in the grocery store for three or four times that amount.
But there are a lot of buts.
Some of these bags have expiration dates next month, so a purchaser would have to buy it, I would have to ship it right away, and then the purchaser would have to eat them almost immediately. Also, for me to resell a $2 bag of nuts for $4 or $5 and then ship it and get dinked for all the fees that eBay and PayPal charge might get me an extra dollar if I am lucky. It really does not seem worth the time and effort.
Finding a six-pack of cinnamon almonds for sale on Amazon for $28 (with free shipping) after purchasing single packs for a buck a piece makes me reconsider a little bit. However, I do not have an Amazon seller account.
But check out the huge amount of nuts that I purchased yesterday, all for only $18 including tax.
Perhaps I should stop by there during the Christmas season when they sell large bags of "Christmas mix" for three bucks each and that retail for three to four times that amount in stores to see if I can sell a few on eBay. It is at least worth considering. If they do not sell, I can do like I did last year before I had considered doing so and leave a few out at work, hand a few out to our neighbors and eat the rest.
When I returned home, I told my family that I went a little nuts. Get it? Ha ha! They all groaned, and then proceeded to tear open and devour some of the nuts.
Good thing that we have twelve more bags of 'em.
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