diff --git a/ebay_api_test.py b/ebay_api_test.py
index 16b5fe0..95e3697 100644
--- a/ebay_api_test.py
+++ b/ebay_api_test.py
@@ -7,14 +7,17 @@ import pandas as p
 
 with open('cat_list.txt') as jf:
     cat_list = json.load(jf)
-finding_service = ['findItemsAdvanced', 'findCompletedItems', 'findItemsByKeywords', 'findItemsIneBayStores', 'findItemsByCategory', 'findItemsByProduct'] # list(set(re.findall(r'find\w+', response.text)))
+finding_service = ['findItemsAdvanced', 'findCompletedItems', 'findItemsByKeywords', 'findItemsIneBayStores', 'findItemsByCategory', 'findItemsByProduct']
+
 pageNumber = list(range(1,101))
+
 # departments = ["3034","93427"]
-item_results_list = []
-for categoryID in cat_list:
+
+itemid_results_list = []
+for categoryID in cat_list[0:2]:
     params = {
         "OPERATION-NAME":finding_service[4],
-        "SECURITY-APPNAME":"scottbea-xlister-PRD-6796e0ff6-14862949", 
+        "SECURITY-APPNAME":"scottbea-xlister-PRD-6796e0ff6-14862949",
         "SERVICE-VERSION":"1.13.0",
         "RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT":"JSON",
         "categoryId":categoryID ,
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ for categoryID in cat_list:
         }
     # extract item id here for piping into shopping_test.py
 
-    response = requests.get("https://svcs.ebay.com/services/search/FindingService/v1", params=params) # 
+    response = requests.get("https://svcs.ebay.com/services/search/FindingService/v1", params=params)
     data = response.json()
     pretty_data = json.dumps(data, indent=2)
 # can use pandas.json_normalize(custom dict cobbled from respons.json())
diff --git a/shopping_test.py b/shopping_test.py
index 904d5a4..fa7ccc8 100644
--- a/shopping_test.py
+++ b/shopping_test.py
@@ -24,4 +24,9 @@ for nvl_dict in nvl:
     values.append(nvl_dict['Value'])
 nvl_dict = dict(zip(names, values))
 data.update(nvl_dict)
+df = pd.json_normalize(data)
+df.to_csv('big_data.csv')
 
+# to append items to the pandas dataframe/csv, use var = df.append(json/dict, ignore_index=True)
+# you will have to redefine var as a new dataframe everytime, too for some reason (I'm wondering
+# if this is a bug?).