I feel like I never mentioned the awesome vintage Samsonite train case I got a few months ago.
I also may not have mentioned the little purple owl figurine I bought at the Music is Art Festival this summer. He means business, and so of course I took him to work and put him on my computer. He glares at me, sometimes smiles at me, while I do what I do. I named him Julius. This is Mealy Monster's Etsy site - Mealy Monster Land. I kind of wish I could afford to buy all of her stuff.
At least a zombie or two.
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I know that the holiday season isn't supposed to be just about the gifts, but I love giving. I really enjoy thinking about what someone will like, and while I don't spend a lot of money, I do put in a lot of effort. I did all of my online shopping in the first week of December, to make sure that everything got here on time, and I have been frustrated at every turn.
The US Postal Service held on to two packages, even after I asked them TWICE to redeliver, and mis-sent a third package to who knows where... which, of course, delayed my receiving it.
DHL had no tracking information at all for one package, just a note on their site saying that they were having problems tracking "several" domestic packages (I'm assuming that means ALL domestic packages).
One company didn't even bother sending out my package. I sent a friendly e-mail asking if it had been shipped, and they immediately issued me a refund. I ordered the same item from Amazon.com and paid extra for two-day shipping. UPS said that the package was delivered to the "side door" on Thursday, so I came home all excited... and found nothing. We have a lot of snow lying around, and I could easily see that no one had been near the side door - no footprints.
I looked at the UPS website, and the best I could do was claim the value of the item, and then MAYBE I might receive a payment for it in 10 days. I contacted Amazon, and they said that sometimes the shipper will mark a package as delivered when it is nowhere near ready to be delivered.
I think I got the package today - apparently two-day shipping will actually take four days.
I know, these are total first-world country problems, and I am now that annoying chick who doesn't know how good she has it, being able to shop online for frivolous things in the first place. But I have been so stressed out and frustrated over this! At one point, I seriously thought that I'd have to tell almost everybody I was buying for that one of their presents hadn't arrived.
And still, I am ready to celebrate the holidays with my family. I have more shopping to do on Tuesday, and then the wrapping, and then I'm heading down to Familyland on Wednesday night. Izaak is turning 11 on Friday (ELEVEN, I can't believe it!), and then we're in the thick of it!
Can't wait.
I was , of course, tempted to go with the ubiquitous aqua, but this blue spoke to me. It is lovely, and in very good condition, and it holds all of my make-up (not a small feat). Before this, I had a "train case" from Caboodles - the outside was nice and sturdy, but the inside was all cardboard. The inside of the lovely Samsonite train case is a lovely, pearly ivory plastic, which won't tear and dump my lip glosses into my eye shadows. No more Caboodles for me!
I also may not have mentioned the little purple owl figurine I bought at the Music is Art Festival this summer. He means business, and so of course I took him to work and put him on my computer. He glares at me, sometimes smiles at me, while I do what I do. I named him Julius. This is Mealy Monster's Etsy site - Mealy Monster Land. I kind of wish I could afford to buy all of her stuff.
At least a zombie or two.
*~*~*~*~*
I know that the holiday season isn't supposed to be just about the gifts, but I love giving. I really enjoy thinking about what someone will like, and while I don't spend a lot of money, I do put in a lot of effort. I did all of my online shopping in the first week of December, to make sure that everything got here on time, and I have been frustrated at every turn.
The US Postal Service held on to two packages, even after I asked them TWICE to redeliver, and mis-sent a third package to who knows where... which, of course, delayed my receiving it.
DHL had no tracking information at all for one package, just a note on their site saying that they were having problems tracking "several" domestic packages (I'm assuming that means ALL domestic packages).
One company didn't even bother sending out my package. I sent a friendly e-mail asking if it had been shipped, and they immediately issued me a refund. I ordered the same item from Amazon.com and paid extra for two-day shipping. UPS said that the package was delivered to the "side door" on Thursday, so I came home all excited... and found nothing. We have a lot of snow lying around, and I could easily see that no one had been near the side door - no footprints.
I looked at the UPS website, and the best I could do was claim the value of the item, and then MAYBE I might receive a payment for it in 10 days. I contacted Amazon, and they said that sometimes the shipper will mark a package as delivered when it is nowhere near ready to be delivered.
I think I got the package today - apparently two-day shipping will actually take four days.
I know, these are total first-world country problems, and I am now that annoying chick who doesn't know how good she has it, being able to shop online for frivolous things in the first place. But I have been so stressed out and frustrated over this! At one point, I seriously thought that I'd have to tell almost everybody I was buying for that one of their presents hadn't arrived.
And still, I am ready to celebrate the holidays with my family. I have more shopping to do on Tuesday, and then the wrapping, and then I'm heading down to Familyland on Wednesday night. Izaak is turning 11 on Friday (ELEVEN, I can't believe it!), and then we're in the thick of it!
Can't wait.
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