How to make some quick cash (and then almost immediately spend it)

First, get married.
Second, get divorced.
Third, hold on to old wedding ring (and a few other misc gold pieces) for over a decade because you have no idea what else to do with it.
Forth, get sucked into the "cash for gold" commercials and go check out reviews on Google.
Fifth, go to best reviewed place "just to see what they might give me...."
Sixth, walk out with several hundred more than I was thinking..... Holy cow, did that just happen?!?

Next.... put stuff on Craigslist that people might buy. Include your Christmas tree, which is already up and decorated - that's ok, you just bought another one for next year that is pre-lit and bigger. Sell stuff and profit.

How to spend the quick cash

First, wait til the day after Christmas sales.
Second, climb into the car with your professional shopper of a MIL.
Third, score all sorts of things, including ziplocks, foil, misc table stuff and Christmas decor at a fraction of the cost.

Oh.. and if you are feeling really responsible - put some towards paying down debt.