Sounds like you are having lots of fun!
And Craig's list can either be a gold mine or a good laugh. Like grandma's old Singer for $1500.
Or when we were looking for bulk glassware to use for candle making and the lady advertised "lots of glass" and when we called it was 9 pieces! However we did find some from a retiring crafter who had 3000 pieces of just what we were looking for.