Note to self: if it's a hot item on eBay, save yourself some drama and just Buy It Now

Normally I hate eBay snipers, except of course when I'm sniping myself =P  In this case, I had bid early, but I got greedy.  The starting price for this lovely victorian ruffled blouse was $16.99.  The Buy It Now price was something like $19.99.  Of course, I decided to put in a regular bid on it, hoping to get the item for less than the Buy it Now price.  Stupid, stupid.

Of course someone outbid me less than an hour before the auction ended.  Luckily I was watching it with eagle eyes and was able to go back and bid up.  But I was outbid again.  And again.  Whoever had outbid me had set the relatively high max bid price of $25.  I breathed deeply, consulted both Sushmita and Jimmy, and went ahead and bid $26 with 30 seconds to spare.

I thought I had it in the bag.  Then, some b*tch comes out of the woodwork and proceeds to dash my hopes to the ground by bidding $27 and taking the shirt right out from under my nose.  Lesson learned.