Sears is stupid. Why are boys suits, sizes 8-20 on sale for 30% off, but the suits sizes 7 and under are full price? Same suit, different sizes. And of course, my son was too small for the 8, so we had to buy a 7. One overpriced boys suit, a pair of dress socks, and a shirt and tie later, and he’s ready for 1st Communion tomorrow morning.

I called one of our creditors this week to make a payment on some furniture we purchased. The due date was this week, and I knew that if I called it in, it would be done faster than mailing it.

Issue #1 - you can’t make an online payment for this company unless you have a savings account at the bank that does the financing.

Issue #2 - when I called to make a payment over the phone, I was told there would be a $15 fee for doing so. Not a rush payment, or a late payment, just a payment!

Why make things so difficult for people? Why do I need to jump through hoops to make a payment? What’s up with the extra fees? Get with the technology people, and add some online and phone payment options for your customers!

When did concert t-shirts get to be expensive? Last night was the first time ever where I paid more for a t-shirt than I did for the ticket. (Ok, ok, I’m not counting the Guns N Roses show where my ticket was free). Tank tops for the Gwen Stefani concert were $30, and t-shirts were $40. Forget albums sales and ticket sales - the real money is made in the merchandising!

We ordered bedroom furniture for my oldest back in January. At the time, the chair for the desk was out of stock. We were told it would arrive in March.

March came and went. We called, and were told it would be in sometime during April.

Well, it’s April now. No chair. I’ve called a few times, and we keep getting told one more week, one more week! I’m irritated now. I need the chair to match the set, and RTG has had my cash for 3 months! We’ve been told Monday now. We’ll see. If it doesn’t happen, I may end up bitching so loud that I get the chair for free!

(How do you sell a bedroom set, and have every piece in stock except the chair?)

I really hate it when stores don’t carry the same merchandise at all of their locations. Especially all of the locations in one area. I understand when a Target in Ohio carries snow shovels, and one in Florida doesn’t. But my husband was in a Target near his job last week and saw something he liked (an outfit, for me). I couldn’t find it online, so we went to our local store together. No dice. It wasn’t a clearance outfit, in fact, there was a whole rack in the store he was in. Why isn’t it in a store 20 miles away? I used to work at Target, and the plan-o-grams from store to store weren’t that different!

Where are my shoes?

Skechers is getting a nasty-gram from me when my shoes finally get here. I ordered them over a WEEK and a half ago. WTH? I’ve never had an order take this long from Skechers. If I knew their free shipping would be so slow, I would have paid for expedited shipping.

I just checked on the shipping status of my new Skechers, and I’m a bit disappointed in the turn around time. I ordered the shoes on Wednesday, and nothing was done with my order on Thursday, or Friday. The status today (Monday) says they’ll be pulled to mail today.

Uhh…ok, so why wasn’t the order worked on Thursday or Friday? I love Skechers, but c’mon!

A few of my friends online were talking about change jars this weekend…some people use pretty glass bottles, some people use old pretzel containers (ha!). My husband was using an old coffee can. VERY attractive in our bedroom on the pretty new furniture! For Christmas, I bought him a fancy change jar at an outlet mall about 2 hours from here, in the Samsonite store. Not exactly cheap at $20, but it promised to count the change as you put it through the slot, and it provided a digital readout of the total.

As long as you don’t mind your count being WAY off, it’s great. It counts pennies as dimes and nickels as quarters. It’s attractive, but useless if you want to know how much change you’ve got. I can’t return it because I didn’t save the receipt, and the store I bought it from is 2 hours away. I’d waste more thna $20 in gas getting there and back!

I’m on the lookout now for one of those big glass jugs for his change.

What I wouldn’t give for a working camera phone right now. This morning, I was skimming through the February 2007 issue of Glamour at the dentist’s office, and I couldn’t help but notice an ad for Diesel jeans. The model had on a pair of high waisted jeans that came up right under her chest…she looked like Grandpa Simpson.

Now, I don’t know about you, but I just got used to wearing low rise jeans. I’m not about to switch back! If that’s where fashion is headed, I’m going to be out of fashion, once again.

(I’ll be hanging over here in my tight jeans with the pegged ankles, white Keds, and a Benetton sweatshirt.)

When my husband and I were at the mall last week, I noticed some clothes in the window of Ann Taylor that caught me eye - it was a really pretty display of clothes in black and white (black is one of my favorite colors to wear) and since we were short on time, I decided to check it out online once I got home.

Let me say first that I really like how the Ann Taylor website is laid out - because they sort their clothes by “collections”, it was really easy to find exactly what I saw in the store window. But holy moly - the prices! The skirt I liked was $98, and the shirt was $68. I’m not a total cheapskate, but I can’t bring myself to spend over $150 on a single, casual outfit for myself. Would you?

I ordered a bathing suit online at Victoria’s Secret a few weeks ago, and it’s since arrived, been tried on, and was then repacked to get mailed back. I ordered MY sizes according to all of the other bathing suits I own, but the top was to big, and the bottom….beyond skimpy. I’m not a prude, and I’m all for showing off my tanned rear on the beach, but this…cheeks and crack were hanging out in a major way. Definitely not happening!

Buying bathing suits online from Victoria’s Secret is hit or miss for me. I have one I bought there several years ago that I’d still be wearing if the clasp on the back hadn’t cracked. This latest one was definitely a miss, as in how can you miss my hiney hanging out of it?

Well, well, well. When Britney isn’t driving around with a baby on her lap, or marrying beneath her, or being photographed going barefoot in a gas station rest room, she’s apparently doing drugs. Yes folks, the oh-so-classy Miss Spears…err…Federline, has not only shaved her head, she’s entered drug rehab. No doubt she’ll be rubbing elbows with the likes of other Hollywood celebs in rebah - Lindsay Lohan for one?

On topic, has anyone purchased her perfume? Does it smell like red bull and cheetos?

I love Edy’s Ice Cream. Great selection of flavors (like Spumoni and Thin Mint!) and I can usually get the half gallons on sale.

That said, I HATE the container design. Once you get down to the point where there’s about 1/3 of the ice cream left, you have to dig deep into that tall container, and I always end up with ice cream all over my hand. Am I just messy? Or is the tall container a nuisance for everyone?

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We did really good at Old Navy last night. It’s the only place I can get jeans that fit for 2 of my kids - gotta love that adjustable waist! The kids jeans were all 2 pairs for $25 and we got a few on clearance for $10 also. Lots of stuff in the store was half off - sweaters, hats, scarves, gloves, etc. I got the boy several long sleeved shirts for less than $5.

My package from my Victoria’s Secret shopping spree came earlier this week, but I just got to open it up and take a look.

I got the free black satin slippers, and they’re all fuzzy on the inside. Definitely warm and toasty. For future reference, their sizes run small, as I wear an 8 and the ones I got are barely big enough.

Plaid jammies - warm and toasty! I’m saving them for our skiing trip next week. It’s too warm here in Florida right now for flannel jammies. They did come in a matching flannel bag too, which is pretty cute.

The free cami is very nice - I got it in black, of course. Goes with everything!

And last but not least, I got 2 other freebies. A very nicely done up gift box with 6 different VS perfumes in it. That will go to my sister to go along with the VS gift certificate we got her. I also got a nice gift set of VS lotions, and that will go to my mom. For freebies, they are really nice - I was impressed!

Oh, and I also got an additional little surprise from VS this week via my husband, who brought me new panties home from Chicago. He got me the Body By Victoria low rise string bikini - super comfy! I’m hoping Santa brings me some more of those.

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I need to preface this entry with a disclaimer. I LOVE Target. I used to work there (uhh..I didn’t love it so much then) and I shop there several times a month. I drive 20 minutes to get to a brand new Super Target, and it’s worth the trip. In fact, I love Target so much that I even blog about Target on the Target Culture blog. I have things frm Target all over my house, and I wear clothes from Target - so do my kids and my husband.

That said, this rooster feather Christmas tree is the most god awful thing I’ve ever seen.I’d gladly pay $39.99 just to buy one and BURN it, knowing that I saved someone else from making a huge decorating faux pas. Seriously. A Christmas tree, with rooster feathers. Who in their right minds would buy that and put it on display in their home? And if you act now, you can get the coordinating wreath and garland. You know, in case you’ve got a chicken coop to decorate this year.

Definitely a home decorating DON’T!

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My husband brought home some Sealy sheets from JCPenney a few months back. At first, I loved them. They have these cool stretchy side panels made of a cotton/spandex blend. We have a king sized bed, and more than once, we’ve put the fitted sheet on the wrong way, and not discovered it til we went to put down the other 2 corners. With these stretchy side panels, it was really easy to tell how the fitted sheet should go on. I also loved how the sheets felt - they’re only a 330 thread count, but they felt like a much higher thread count sheet. We have a pillowtop mattress, and these sheets were also able to accomodate its height. Lastly, they’re a pretty green sage color, that my husband picked out all by himself!

Fast forward to now…after a few months of using the sheets, they’re starting to pill. I’ve never had any sheets that started to pill, and I can’t stand how it feels. The sheets weren’t exactly cheap, at $70 for the set, on sale, and I’m disappointed that they didn’t hold up. Thumbs down on these sheets!

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