First-time ebay user

I'm a new ebay user. God help me. I just signed up the other day after I decided that I wanted a sewing machine. I placed my first bid. Bidding closes in 46 minutes. I'm a nervous wreck. It started out at $9.99 and I'm up to $26.01. My maximum bid is $35.

I guess it would be helpful to know more about the item. It's a sewing machine. An old Kenmore sewing machine. I place it around 1987. Why would I want an older one? Those things are tanks! They are all metal, so there's none of this plastic junk that is passed off as the "new and improved" models just because some of them have electronic functions and LCD screens. I want an old school sewing machine that's going to last. (But I do have a newer refurbished back up model on Overstock.com that I can order in a heartbeat if this one falls through.)

At the same time I'm fearful that I'm going to win it and it's going to be worthless. But this seller has lots of good ratings and I have seven days to return it if it's not to my liking.

Breath. Breath. Breath. 40 minutes!!!!!

I want it, so I'm freaking out hoping to win the bidding. If I win the bidding, I'm going to be freaking out until I get it since I won't know if it's worthwhile. Too. Much. Analyzing.

I also looked on Craigslist. There seems to be a lot of good options there as well, but the problem I run into there is that I don't know anything about sewing machines (a woman I work with helped me pick out the ebay find and the back up model...she actually ordered two of the back up model since it's only $19.99) and usually the people selling them don't know anything about them either. A lot of the sellers received the sewing machines as hand-me-downs, inherited them and/or have had them sitting in the attic for years and have never used them. Thus, when I ask questions they can't answer them. Sigh. 33 minutes.

Time for a glass of wine. 23 minutes.

Real Housewives of D.C. starts tonight. Too bad I don't have cable. Maybe I'll go force my neighbor, Matt, to watch it. 11 minutes.

2 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WON I WON I WON!!!!!!!!

And I figured out how to pay. Even better. :) My winning bid was $26.01, but with crazy shipping costs, it totalled $42.02. Now let's hope I fall in love with it when it arrives!