I keep getting calls for someone they know doesn’t live here - she used to live 2 houses down. The collection agency must think I have potential as a free-lance leg breaker or something (“Just go over and strangle her dog, do us a solid, willya?”)
If I had the money, I would have 
As an ebay seller, I make it very clear I do not accept returns for any reason. This seller not only accepts returns, she has a nicely stated policy which encourages me to buy without being able to try 
It did feel wrong to buy both with the express intention of returning my second choice, so I’ve bought the purple. But as I wasn’t able to see the quality of the fabric and try it on for size first in real life, if it’s not suitable, I will be returning it. Hopefully ebayUK has some way to do this without hurting her standing!
True.
No, she’s one of my best mummy-pals, and does know me better than that. And I should know her well enough to know why she’s so concerned - when she was recovering from chemotherapy for cancer, another neighbour showed up at her house with an ill kid and sat there till 10 o’clock at night, so I can accept the non-rational bit of her brain is screaming “Don’t bring let her bring germs round here!” at her, although rationally she (hopefully) knows I’m not that inconsiderate.
I think I’m past my sulk now thanks - and yes, little one wasn’t well enough today anyway, I’ve cancelled tomorrows playdates too, and I’m having worried thoughts about nursery on Monday. Have I mentioned I hate being stuck in the house yet?!
Typical - every one else has preferred the purple, I buy the purple and THEN someone posts preferring the burgundy
Todays mini rant - yet another day stuck in the house with contagious child, having to constantly remind myself that all the things I can think of to do aren’t possible, since I’m being a responsible grown-up and not spreading this virus, dammit.
I hope you don’t catch it, Cinnamon Imp. I got it from my daughter and day-um. That was one freaky ride.
My finger and toenails grew back eventually.
Extremely petty rant brought on by reading too many 50 Shades of Stupidity reviews over the last few days:
Everyone keeps saying “I could write a better book than that!” So why don’t you? Channel your outrage into a word processing file instead of an internet posting venue and find out how hard writing is. Then complain.
Signed, the person who’s been working on a short story for two weeks and so has permission to grouse based on her own rules.
I’m sure I’m fighting something off, I had to go and have a two hour nap this afternoon (thank you dear fiance, best V-Day present ever) but really hope I avoid it. Nail loss does not sound fun 
Sing it, sister.
This goes against eBays ToS, they will simply give the refund for you if a buyer sez a item is defective or “not as described” and returns it.
I simply dont buy from sellers who say that however, knowing that they will give me a hard time, and I’ll have to neg them if i get a defective item.
Just making you aware that there’s really no such thing. eBay’s Buyer Protection policy over-rides a seller’s policy. They’ll force you to take a return; at the very least they’ll refund the buyer at your expense if a case is found in their favor.
Because it takes a long time and quality is no guarantee of economic success, especially if the bar is set as low as 50 shades.
Ugh. Fell asleep on the couch after work. Had an intense dream. Woke up a couple hours later and was convinced I had lost my entire day off by sleeping through it. For a few minutes, I thought I had slept an entire 24 hours. Bizarre, and really disorienting. Going back to bed now, it will be like having two days off.
Because might not make it ,also means, might make it
If she was still ill, and not going anyway, you had to tell her this regardless of the “dis-invite”
I’ve occasionally done a variant of that, where I’ll fall into a deep sleep at some unusual time of day, and then wake up and look at the time on a clock, and not be sure if it’s AM or PM.
I have to say I prefer the burgundy. The contrast between the front panel and the rest is nice.
Yes husband, please enumerate the MANY things that ONLY YOU do around the house. Pick up dog poop (under protest, no less), bring home money, take 30 minutes on the toilet, run marathons, make your own doctor’s appointments, and make beer. Don’t you DARE try to pretend that there is anything else in this house or for this family that falls under your exclusive bailiwick.
This is the second time I’ve seen someone use the word “bailiwick” on the internet in under ten minutes.
Are you the same person? It was a different message board.
Woke up this morning, puzzled that after all the snow that fell last night, so little of it was on the street and sidewalk. Where was it?
On my front porch, that’s where. Nothing like opening the door (in single digit weather) to find that out.
Nope!
More 50 Shades fun!
A teacher in a school near me handed out a 50 Shades of Grey word search assignment. To middle school students.
What the hell? Maybe it was a staff joke that got handed out accidentally?
Done both of these. Back when I lived in Norfolk VA I lived in the back half of a cinderblock duplex. There were 2 of those odd windows that are narrow slits high up on the wall [luckily one was just big enough to slide a small air conditioner into!] and the entire place was under these huge pine trees, so it was fairly dim all day anyway. I was working overnights as a security guard, and had to turn my LED alarm clock to 24 hour style because I would wake up at 11 and no know if it was 11 am, and I could crash for another 10 hours, or if it were 11 pm and I was in danger of being late to work. :smack:
I made the mistake of signing up for Girl Scout Cookie chair for my daughter’s Brownie Troop. Good Og, it has been a nightmare! There have been stupid problems from the get-go, but the latest just takes the cake.
The Troops have signed up for cookie booth locations. The booth location in front of the Vons supermarket is the best in the county, so the slots for this weekend were filled up (our Troop had one). Friday, we get an email from the Cookie Coordinator saying that Vons had let the Campfire Girls extend their sale (apparently they sell stuff too - who knew?) and if we wanted to sell cookies there we could, but we would have to move over to the neighboring businesses in the shopping center.
So first off we are pissed that Vons has kicked us out at the last minute after everything had been already scheduled. The Troop leaders thought it would be weird to have two competing groups selling in near proximity, so all of the Girl Scout Troops moved their sales to other stores. We moved to the Ralphs across town for today, and the cookie sales were pretty darn sucky for a Sunday in front on a grocery store.
The kicker was when I got an email from one of the Troop leaders saying that she had been by Vons three times today and there were no Campfire Girls anywhere in sight. headdesk
passes around virtual Thin Mints and Caramel DeLites to everyone