‘Beverly Hills: 90210′ sweetheart turned doting mom, Tori Spelling, is no stranger to multitasking. Her daily agenda includes balancing a family, a reality show, a jewelry line and a children’s clothing line … and along the way, she found the time to pen two best-selling books. It seemed only natural when the constantly on-the-go mother of two paired up with eBay’s Mobile Boutique at Hollywood & Highland. While finishing up some holiday shopping, Tori sat down with PopEater to dish on how becoming a mom has changed her, what to expect from the next season of ‘Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood’ and what Christmas at the Spelling mansion was really like (Hint: there’s no snow machine, despite what you may have heard).
Tori’s best purchase on eBay: Oh my goodness. Well, I’ve been an avid eBay fan probably, gosh, for like 15 years! Literally, I love eBay. Now that I’m a mom, it’s taken on a whole new meaning because it’s so much easier. I don’t have the time to go out. I don’t believe in the word no, that you can’t find something. If it’s sold out somewhere, it’s the popular big ticket item, you can find it on eBay. I go to eBay for literally everything. I’m a big vintage person, I love antiques, so I have a lot of collectibles. I’m also a big party planner and decorator so I’ve added a lot of things from eBay to what I call my ‘party arsenal.’
On her eBay bidding style: I used to be really competitive, I’m talking back in the Beanie Baby days. No joke, I used to be that person, when Beanie Babies were all the rage, I was on there at every second. I used to have my laptop and I’d be on the set of ’90210′ and I would literally be like ‘that person can’t outbid me!’ Now I’m a mom, I’m not competitive. If there’s something I want, I go bid and if it’s not meant to be, it’s not meant to be.
On searching for her own jewelry line, Tori Spelling Collection, on eBay: It’s on there all the time! It’s funny. It’s good because I love HSN and I love eBay, so it’s great, my stuff is selling on HSN and it’s selling on eBay. Two for the price of one!
On holiday shopping for her son, Liam, age 2:
He’s asking for everything now. He’s getting to that age that with commercials, everything that comes on, he’s like ‘I want that! I like that! I want that! Get that for me!’ He’s really into monsters. eBay’s really cool because he’s really big into monsters and cars. I kind of gauged from that since he’s into monsters and cars … so Transformers. I was like, ‘OK, I’m gonna have a little fun with this. I’m gonna go retro.’ So then I went on eBay and they have retro Transformers.
On rumors of ‘snow on Christmas morning’ at the Spelling mansion: A snow machine on Christmas morning would have been awesome if it had been real. That never happened. The game of telephone is a dangerous game. Maybe that came from me saying my dad had brought in bags of ice on our little side lawn he put on to make it snow.
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