The concept of pretirement is worthy of more investigation. I coined the term 'pretirement' to explain our experiment with pre-retiring abroad. Because I am an obsessive planner, I had to discover all of the pros and cons of retiring abroad before we took the final plunge into the retirement pool.

Our pretirement year abroad prepared us for many of the obstacles we would encounter in living abroad permanently. Recently, I asked my expat friend, Bobby, "What should I do with all of the stuff I've collected?"  His response was, "Sell it all! When I moved, I shipped over 1500 pounds of household items that I thought I couldn't live without. Now, they are either rotten (because of the high humidity in the tropics), ruined, or they have been stolen." Living in a tropical, third world country for a year, I understood exactly what he was saying.

After browsing through my treasures, what do you do when you find something you would like to purchase? Go to Contact Us in the top menu for more information. Presently, mygypsytoes.com only serves customers in the local area. "Ahh, but what do I do if I'm not local?", you ask. Email me and we'll work out a payment and shipping plan.