Today we’re learning all about Anna!  I’m so glad we were finally able to work this out, too, because Anna and I had some real communication problems getting the Q & A done!  It was worth the wait, though, and I’m including every detail because I enjoyed reading it so much that I know you will, too!

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25 Things about Anna

1. I was born in Barcelona, Spain
2. I have lived in the USA since 1988
3. My entire family (besides DH and kids) is still in Spain
4. My fav color is red
5. I love spaghetti
6. I love to run. Started running 6 years ago
7. I am very competitive. I don’t like to lose
8. I am a person of routine. I like to do things in order and on a schedule
9. I like to take naps and sleep in when I can
10. I am a hard worker. Always go the extra mile. I can’t do anything half way
11. I get jealous of what other people has
12. I would like to be rich and live in a big house and not worry about money
13. I love to cook. I would loved to have gone to cooking school
14. I don’t like chocolate ice cream or shakes. Strawberry is my favorite
15. I eat fruit for dessert after my meals. At least 2 a day
16. I can multitask like nobody can
17. I throw up if I eat hamburger or meat balls. This has happened since I was 5
18. I get very stressed out when things don’t go the right way
19. I only wash my hair every other day
20. I used to smoke when I was in Spain (started at 16)
21. I love to sing aloud but can’t carry a tune. I usually sing in my car by myself
22. I drink red wine and spiced rum/diet
23. I like being by myself
24. I am funny
25. I hate cold weather

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What’s in my purse?

wallet full of credit cards – of course you have to have them all!

No cash – if I have it, I spend it

A small notebook full of reminders, hot items to look for, phone numbers…

Chapstick and lipstick

Cell. Car keys. Gum. Pencil. Pen.

Ibuprofen for when I can’t take it anymore

eBay checkbook. Personal checkbook. Daily planner full of kids activities.

Envelope full of eBay/Amazon receipts for the month.

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Real name: Anna

Stork id: lucy4girls

How long have you been a member of HCTS? Since May 2008

How did you hear about us? Saw it on somebody’s About Me page. Can’t remember who but I wish I did now.

What was the first thing you ever sold online? Creative Memories stuff
What was your most profitable sale? Got a Care Bear plate for .10, sold for $25 on auction. Not the most profitable but the craziest.
What’s the worst thing you ever sold? A huge lot of Rescue Heroes. Shipping was a PIA and it was expensive. Plus it wasn’t even mine. I sold it for a friend.
Fess up – Most embarrassing shopping moment! I love to shop. I don’t like it when the clerk at TRU asksme about the 2 carts full of toys. You must have a lot of kids? What are you going to do with all those toys?
Toy sellers – crazy people or ‘hey why are you calling me crazy?’ I never understood the toy selling people but once I got hooked into it I totally get it.  It is so thrilling to find ‘the one’. I have only been selling toys for a couple years and I am not even a veteran but I can totally tell from year to year how much more I learn and how much more I make.
Where are you from? Barcelona, Spain
Tell us about your family My husband Tom of 17 years, my oldest daughter Ariana – 13, my youngest daughter Alexandra (Ali) – 10. Bella and Lucy (dogs), Crash and Oreo (cats), Milkdud and Skittles (bunnies).
What kind of car do you drive? Jeep Liberty

What’s your go-to last minute dinner? Subway
Are you tidy or messy? I like organization but lately I am not very good at it

A spender or a saver? Definitely a spender. Isn’t every woman?

Favorite vacation spot? I live in the midwest so anywhere warm and of course I LOVE Spain!

What holiday traditions do you have? We have a ‘tapas’ dinner Christmas Eve just the kids and DH and I. When we go to Spain we do ‘tio, tio’ which in short is just a decorated log with a blanket, the kids are supposed to be nice and take care of it in December and on Christmas Eve they hit it with a stick and sing a song and they get small presents under the blanket.

Christmas cookies – homemade or store bought? Always homemade but sometimes I do buy the dough (shhhh)

Favorite book - Once a Runner

The one TV show you never miss – Survivor and The Amazing Race

Hobbies: don’t have a lot of time. Reading and Running.

What would we be surprised to learn about you? I failed my sophmore year HS (Spain) because I never went to class-had to do it over. Then my Dad told me that he was very disappointed in me and I failed him.  I was a straight A student after that.

What song is guaranteed to make you get up and dance? If I have had a couple drinks, just about any song!

If you could only wear one outfit for the rest of your life, what would it be? At home would be jeans and a comfy sweatshirt. In public jeans and a t-shirt.

If you were doing a ‘favorite things’ giveaway (a la Oprah), what would you include? A family vacation for 7 days to an all-inclusive resort

If you hadn’t married your spouse, where would you be right now? I always wanted a husband so probably with somebody else.

If your life story were made into a movie, who would play you? Angelina Jolie? Just kidding. Maybe Meg Ryan.

If you could talk to John Donahoe (CEO of eBay), what would you like to discuss/say to him? Please make buyers aware of how hard sellers work. Help them understand the rules of not paying, giving undeserving low stars, and making them understand the power of good communication. Good sellers with good customer service will try to work with an unsatisfied buyer.

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