I found myself asking the question What is a Mystery Box in the early spring of 2026. What in the world are these people opening, out of a box they ordered in the mail, and have no idea what is inside? Well, it was along about May that I was so intrigued that I ordered my first box. Note I obviously did not do enough research because this was a pretty bad box, with no unclaimed packages, in fact none of it was in a package. I was disappointed, but I hung in there and kept watching videos and reading expert advice. Witch put us where we are today.
Tonya and I have both lived relatively safe and secure lives, actually that is a lie, we have done some pretty uncalled for things, but we never hurt anyone, just ourselves. So, for us to decide in our 50's that we need a change is way out of the comfort zone. But we freaking need a change!! The same old story every day is not working for us. In fact, we have done a complete 360, cause we really don't like people, or making new friends, or leaving the house. So this business of packing Mystery Boxes is WAY OUT OF THE SAFE ZONE. I used to like making friends and meeting new people, what happened? Rude, stupid, fake, just ugly happened. 50 was the magic number for my give a damn to wrinkle up, I guess. Really, it was when I stared to wrinkle, all my physical qualities started south, my hair was leaving and not coming back as fast, and these moments of hell fire began to consume my innards, and I for sure I knew I am not doing this sitting down. My solution was to start a Mystery Box company and change the norm. So, what does any good friend do? You talk your best friend into doing it with you. She loves me y’all.
Tonya is a Junkin, bargain finding, cheap Queen. She finds the best deals on crap that we never knew we needed. The truth be told we do not need it but dang that is a good deal. She is our purchaser, and she too has the same freaking symptoms that I do, but she is medicated, I am not! I figure lets concentrate on our strengths and let our husbands tell us if we are wrong. Yea right, we have both been married for over 30 years and both Jeff and Rusty just let us! We have manic ideas and y’all when I tell you they are both GOLDEN, I am not lying. We are blessed with amazing husbands, and we know it.
It did not take me long to convince Tonya to join in on the crazy. She watched my videos and videos of people unboxing and before I knew it she was in! BOTH FEET! Hot dang, after about a month we came up with a name and plan. Here we are doing it, as Jessica would say, we are doing it.
Southern Fun Haul was created, and we are working daily to find and source the best liquidation we can so that we can share our love for Mystery with y’all. We are working our day jobs and now we have a night job. We do not have plans to slow down, I think we are getting stronger both mentally and physically, and getting really close to Jesus, cause we are praying a lot. YA'LL some of this business is real sketch. Another story for another time. We hope to find new friends and I know we will make enemies along the way, but we have a path and we are sticking to it!
Ya'll have a great day.
Melinda and Tonya
Southern Fun Haul