Are you kidding me???

Two nights ago I went to the gym and since I didn't have my card on me I brought in my license in my gym bag. Then I didn't even need it the guy just let me in.

Yesterday I went to exchange a NEW bed set that had a spot on it when I opened it and realized I didn't' have my ID cause I left it in my gym bag at home.

No worries I did an exchange here the day before and they didn't' need my ID. I go in get my new bed set and what do they ask for? My freaking ID. I tell them that I didn't need it the other day (of course I was a smart ass. She said it wouldn't let her go any further in the computer and I said "Oh it changes day to day? Cause yesterday it let you."). And they tell me that if you return something within 24 hours you need ID, if it's later than that you don't. WTF! Explain that to me. So I say "fine I'll be back in a couple of hours when it will be more than 24 hours" and she says to wait till tomorrow and it won't ask so I said "I will have my ID tomorrow, that doesn't help me now and you said 24 hrs. so that's when I'll be back". Now of course I wasn't going back again in a couple of hours but they pissed me off.

Then I asked if they could hold the bed set till I get back and she has the freaking nerve to tell me she doesn't have the room. So I flipped a little and said something like she can't freaking do an EVEN exchange for me when I have my receipt and now she can't even hold it for a couple of hours??? So she held it. lol.

Sheesh, where is the customer service??? When I left I said to myself, out loud, "Stupid woman" and Abby says "Mommy that's a bad word" and I said "That's a bad lady". lol.

Then I went to Famous Footwear to exchange Josh's sneakers for a 1/2 size different and they freaking don't have that shoe at this location. He looks it up and says sorry it's not available for home delivery either and I'll have to travel over an hour away cause that's the only store that has it. And when I asked he said no he can't have them transferred here for me. Why the hell not? Don't act like I'm crazy for asking. We transfer stuff store to store for customers all the time. It's called good customer service.

Then I wanted to run to the mall and exchange some NY&C stuff I have and I know they need ID so I couldn't even do that. Uggg.

So annoyed.

4 hours later I had picked Jordon up from school and taken Abby to dance and since we were out decided to go and get the bed set since I now had my license on me.

I get there.....the woman pretends she didn't know who the hell I was.....I tell her.....she does the exchange......AND DIDN'T EVEN NEED MY FREAKING ID THIS TIME!!!!

Enough said!

~ Nicole

Christmas 2006, part 2.

Read Part 1

It's Christmas Eve and I have to be to work by 11am, and I only work till 5pm. Which normally I'd be overjoyed since I've never had that great of hours on Christmas Eve before. BUT....there was one last gift I needed to get my daughter so I needed to run to two Targets (in case the first didn't have it) and they closed at 6pm. Cutting it close.

But I was determined to have a great day. I wasn't going to let anyone bring my mood down. And it worked. Shoot, I need to try this positive thinking thing more often, lol.

Let me tell you one of the funniest things that happened right before I left though. It is 5:35 and I'm hoping to sneak out a little early when this Chinese guy walks in. So I greet him and see if he needs help (I don't think he understood a word I said but that's neither here nor there, lol). Well not even 3 min. later this black guy walks in (normally I don't state color and all but it plays into the story) his first question is what's our return policy? Well I can tell this is going to be promising, so I tell him. I am now trying to stay with my customer will answering this other guys questions cause for some reason I am all alone up front in the store. A few minutes later the woman I don't like comes up and I ask her to take the black guy so I can finish with my customer.

Not even 5 min. later I hear this being YELLED in our store among all the customers "Somebody get over here! I want someone else to help me. Get this woman away from me, I don't want her help. I don't want her anywhere near me."

LMAO! Yup, the woman I don't like was doing what she always does. She was judging because of color and appearance and wasn't' letting the guy hold the merchandise he was looking at. And he made a scene! I ended up helping him and all was fine. He pulled out a wad of cash so large and then the other woman was wishing she hadn't treated him the way she did.

Karma's a Bitch! She's also the one that jipped me in the polyanna. lol.

It is now 5:15pm and I am leaving, so much for getting out early. I dash over to Target and they have one pair of boots left in Abby's size....with no box and scratches on the front! Decisions decisions....I grab the boots figuring I can exchange them after Christmas but at least she can have them to open.

As luck would have it though I got to the second Target at 5:50pm and decide to check and see if I would have any better luck...they had them! Yeay! I was so excited.

I dashed home grabbed Josh and some presents and was off to my family party....

~ Nicole

Christmas 2006, part 1

The Christmas post.....lol. Well you plan and shop and cook for it and it's all over now. How was your Christmas everyone??? Mine? FUN! No fighting, or none that I remember so it couldn't have been that bad. lol...

Christmas Eve Eve (Saturday) I got my first Christmas present. Me Josh and my BIL went out together to finish up our shopping. After we were done my BIL took us out for drinks and said it was his gift to us. So we ate drank and were merry. lol.

We went to this place called Cheeseburger in Paradise. I had never been there before, anyone ever heard of it? Well it was sooooo nice. It reminded me of Margaritaville in Vegas. And that's exactly what I had. Some of the best freaking margaritas EVER! It was a layered drink with all different flavors and it was sooo yummy!

After we had some drinks and food we decided to go to the mall and shop some more. Now mind you I thought the mall closed at 11pm, but my BIL told me it was open till midnight. So we were on our way (it took all the drinks for me to get the guys to the mall). The mall is not far from where we were, maybe1/4 of a mile, not even I'm sure.

So when we were walking to the car I said that we should walk. Of course the guys looked at me like I was nuts so I said fine I'd walk alone. It is now 10:45pm. What? It was a nice night and I was hot. They obviously didn't think I'd do it and went to the car. I did do it. lol. I half ran and half walked and by the time they wasted driving next to me and trying to get me in the car and messing around, and parking I caught up to them before the mall entrance.

We get in the mall and it's now, 10:53pm and we find out it does in fact close at 11pm. But what the hell we're all a little extra happy from our drinks so we go off to our stores to be the annoying customers that walk in right before you pull the gate down. Yes I know I hate these customers. lol. 10 minutes later we are walking out with Jordon's sneakers, and my BIL bought a build a bear. lol.

Now I was going to go right through till the day after Christmas but this got kinda long so I'm just going to post it all it sections. So tune in for the rest in a bit....


~ Nicole

LOL, a weird ending to my night.

Okay real quick let me share this.

For about a year now there has been a Walgreens right on my way home from work, like a minute from my house. Usually if I need anything, milk, girl stuff, anything, I'll make a pit stop after work.

There is always the same guy at the register. He always remembers me and is very nice. Answering any questions I have etc. He has never hit on me and has always been polite.

Well tonight I go in and ask if there are any sales on wrapping paper. So he goes to find out and then shows me where it all is. While I'm looking he comments that he likes my shoes (Steve madden slipper sequined type). I said thanks and he said that he thinks they look really good when girls where them. I just said that they were really comfy and I loved them.

I still at this point didn't think it was any more than polite conversation. But just as he was saying that another guy that worked there was leaving for the night.

I went about my business and while I was getting rung up he asked if I was done my shopping and I said how I was mostly done but my son was so hard. He's all 'Oh you have a kid?' and I said 'Yup, two my daughter is three and my son five.' Then went on and on about boys being difficult to shop for.

STILL OBLIVIOUS TO ANY FLIRTATION. I must have been really tiered. lol.

Just as he's about done he says 'so are you with your boyfriend or something?' Me, all confused, 'excuse me?' him, 'are you with anyone?' me (glancing at my wedding ring and engagement ring on my LEFT ring finger) 'ummm, I'm married for 6 years now' him, 'oh your married?' me 'yup'.

Now even though right there I can tell he was interested I still wasn't annoyed with him. Yeah it was a dumb question, I was wearing a wedding set, but he was very polite and not degrading at all.

The phone rang before he could say anymore and THIS shocked me. All I could hear was his side of the convo of course. This is how it went.
"No I wasn't hitting on her."
"I was paying her a compliment"
"You got something to say about it come back here."
"You waited till you left"
"Mind your business"
"I wasn't hitting on her!"
And then he hung up the phone.

His co-worker called him back to ream him about complimenting me on my shoes! OMG I was dying. So I just said thanks Merry Christmas and left.

Ha ha. So that was a nice way to finish off my night. Too funny. Poor guy.


~ Nicole

Almost time....

My friend posted this to me on my myspace page. lol. I thought it was pretty cute.

The time is getting closer. I have today and tomorrow to finish any last minute shopping. Just a few more things for the kids and we're good.

How bout you? Are you done or are you going to be out on Christmas Eve driving yourself nuts?

My holiday kinda starts today. Josh is off of work, so I don't' have to do the kid thing all alone today. Weew, that is a break in and of itself. lol.

Well okay, I don't have much to say this morning. So everyone have a great weekend. And a Merry Christmas if I don't talk to you again by then. Which I doubt very much will happen, cause I'm addicted. lol.

~ Nicole

11 hours!

That is how long I worked today. Is that freaking crazy or what? I went in at 12pm and didn't get out till after 11pm. It is Sunday, there is no reason the mall should be open that late. And it wasn't even busy in the least bit.

Anyway...

Josh and I finished (mostly) our Christmas shopping this weekend. I just have to get Abby a pair of earrings, and boots, and Jordon a Jacket, pants and shirt. And Jordon might get one more toy. Oh and my BIL, but he's just getting a gift card. So how bout all of you? Finished up? Just starting?

I know this is short but hey it is 12:30 in the morning! Cut a girl some slack. I'll try and get some more up later. I have work stories, and you'll just all have to deal with it till after the holidays. Cause I'm sure to have more and more till Christmas.

~ Nicole

Dear Holiday Shoppers,

This is a jewelery store, we sell high end merchandise (for the most part). Do not come in and ask if we sell baby phat earrings, or name plates, or engagement rings with your names on the OUTSIDE of the ring, or spinning rings. If that is what you are looking for go to the corner of any major city and ask the guy standing on the corner wearing the trench coat, he'll be able to help you I'm sure.

Do not come into the store on the weekend we are having a three day sale that features a 1 cttw ring for $199 and wonder why there are inclusions in the diamonds. IT IS A HUNDRED AND NINTY NINE DOLLARS FOR ONE CARAT OF DIAMONDS, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?????

Do not come in to the store and huff and puff for 20 min while nobody is available to help you cause we're all with other customers and then when someone is available to you ask us to clean your jewelry. It is Christmas time. CLEAN YOUR OWN DAMN JEWELERY!

Do not ask when I am ringing up your $1,000 sale or more if we have a box and if you can have one. Do you really think I am going to ring you up then just drop your purchase in your hands with no box??? Are you really that dumb????

DO NOT come into the store spend an hour of my time looking at merchandise, get my card with all the information on it for the piece you want, then come back when I am not there and not show my card and there for screw me out of a sale. Have some freaking common sense! I work off commission, how rude is that!


Please please do not ask every time I take a piece of jewelry out if the "white" stones are diamonds! YES YES they are! We do not sell fake diamonds, any "white" stones are going to be diamonds.


When I ask if you need any help don't say "No" and the second I turn around say "Oh but I do have a question...." Let me explain something, if you have a question that essentially means you do in fact need my help.

I've worked in Jewelry for 4 years now. Please don't come in and try to act like you know exactly what you are talking about meanwhile mispronounce every damn word out of your mouth.

When I say the price is 1999 why would you assume that I am saying $19.99???? You are looking at DIAMONDS!!!! Do you really think that is what I am saying? Lets try again....$1,999.00. Good job.

Don't come in on Christmas Eve two hours before we close look around for a half hour then say you are just looking! Do you know what day it is????

Sincerely,
Your sales person

~ Nicole

Just for the record.

I am not a crazy person! Sometime between now and Monday Holly may be posting a blog saying some wacky things about me, but I swear, I'm not crazy. Yes I may have been a little over excited about finding J.R.Ward's Lover Awakened at Walmart but again, I'm not crazy! I swear. Yes I *might* have yelled (just a bit, and quietly) when I saw it on the shelf, and done a little jump (really it was barely noticeable) but again, I'm not crazy. And even though I argued with the guy in Borders Express because he had 8 copies in the back and wouldn't sell me one since it's not the release date, I'm not crazy. And lastly even though tomorrow I will be going back to Borders Express and showing the stupid guy the book that I did get even tough it isn't the release date yet. I'M NOT CRAZY! So there.....