If It Has Wheels Or Balls

"Got er done"

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If it has wheels or balls 
you're gonna have trouble with it.

Begin with DD getting new laptop as grad present.

Fed Ex tries to deliver but she is not there

 to sign because of her new job and very long hours.

She calls and arranges for it to be sent 

to Queens for her to pick up on Saturday.

INSTEAD

They have her drivers license info so they send it...

 HERE?

In what universe does that make sense?

I am just leaving house this a.m to go to 

_ _ _

jcp

yeah yeah

to pick up second pair of glasses that came in

when Fed Ex comes by.

Oh NO!

I explain the situation.

He says it'll be faster if he takes it with him,

and she should call ASAP, to make arrangements.

DD cannot get phone calls at work, 

so I quickly text her, leave her 

voicemail with tracking # etc

and assume all is well.

I head out to run long list of errands for class tomorrow.

Frantic text from DD.

They are returning with Box.

Her Dad will come pick it up,

she's got him involved now, since he purchased for her,

and could I please go home and wait.

A few hours later I get email.

Her Dad has decided to overnight it to her.

Sent her ( not me, dumb a--) the shipping label, 

which then she has to forward to me,

and I am to wait some more and sign for box then

reroute via new shipping label.

That was nearly 5 hours ago.

Still no Fed Ex.

It has wheels, he has balls.

Trouble with it.

I know you are sick of hearing BUT,

while picking up glasses,

JCP has POP UP Shop

with glasses for $149.00 with FREE no line bifocals

Holy Moly I wish they had these last week,

though I am thrilled with pairs I did get.

Only through this Sunday. 

Unbelievably GREAT frames,

several hundred to choose from

TRUST me - go check it out...

if you need glasses.

oh, and as I have told a few other gals 

who also loved Bella..

Bella will be getting a sister coffee maker 

since I sold a couple more totes. WoOt!

now a moratorium on jcp

promise

pinkie swear?

Bella, Banners and Lulu

Bella

Isn't she lovely?

My 23 year old crock pot

passed on 3 days ago.

Both her arms had come off 

about a year ago,

and when I took her off the pantry shelf

 on Tuesday, her knob broke off.

I figured I could still manage with a pair of pliers....

Then yesterday I went to JCP

 to pick up my new eye wear,

and yes, they yell

"Suzan" now when I enter...

and I saw her, 

Bella.

On Sale

in 8 colors, no less.

And only 5 dollars more than the plain silver

Hamilton Beech I was going to buy as a replacement.  

Does anyone other than me assign gender

to inanimate objects? 

Of course Bella's gender was predetermined.

Seriously, isn't she grand?

I don't buy anything other than food 

these days, so the clothes I found last week, 

and the new glasses, and Bella are it for me

for the year.

I am thrilled with these items,

just thrilled. I touch and handle them as if 

they are precious gifts, as they truly are.

So many folks have so much less than I.

I am so very grateful.

I carefully examine and ponder each purchase.

I give most things a "ride in my cart"

before putting them back.

I'm serious.

If you are the eye in the sky in a store,

you would become suspicious as I weigh 

the purpose, price and necessity of each item.

I have been known to stand in front of a display of purses,

and handle and inspect dozens,

taking 30-40 minutes to select just the right bag.

Meanwhile I finished up my last pennant garland sample.

Ready for my Spring class this Saturday.

There are six more pennants to this banner.

They will hang above this set, 

once I get them strung tonight.

I made this one to keep.

I used some of my favorite papers.

I will sell off the other 3 samples after class.

I have 2 studio banners and 1 Bloom and Grow

Let me know if you're interested.

Now meet

LULU

Remember the polka dot purse I mentioned in a previous post?

Yes, this is one of purses I pondered for 40 minutes in JCP.

I do seem to be obsessed with polka dots of late.

Even in the banner!

The bow front purse is the one that I wanted,

but when I returned and stood there

and tried out half a dozen polka dot bags,

I decided this one would hold my camera better

as it was wider, and it was half off at $20.00

LULU 

you make my heart sing.

I got to thinking about what I  just said about

polka dots.

This obsession goes WAY BACK 

(Oh yes my hair was once much lighter)

Check out those shoulder pads!

I think this was one of the last years Ben was shorter than me.

Seems I dressed us up in PD's a lot.

They're happy things, these dots...

the notes I had on back of the pic were

"mom, take my picture"

She used to do that quite a bit around this age,

and she is just touching Gadget 

with her toes, not kicking her.

Sweet Gadget

best rescue dog ever

This sweet girl is graduating from college

with honors.

This lovely woman was just hired as a PA

(production assistant)

on a feature film starring

Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy.

I could just bust a button

on my polka dot blouse. 

Yep, one of the pieces I bought last week

  at JCP!

JCP Fan

JCP

Growing up in the 50's - 60's

there were not a lot of big stores to shop in.

In my neck of the woods,

there was Sears, JC Penny, Murphys and Monkey Wards.

Families seemed to divide themselves into

the Sears families and the Penny's families.

People rarely frequented both.

We were of the Sears clan.

I think because my Dad was such

a Craftsman fan, as am I.

So it is no surprise that I had not set foot in

a JC Penny store in nearly 30 years,

(Sears, maybe a handful).

Target was my home.

Needing new glasses, I had 

ventured into the mall on Monday.

I am as foreign to a mall,

 as honey boo boo is to good manners.
What made me turn into JCP is a mystery.

Perhaps it was because I have been following

 the ousting of JCP leader Mr. Johnson, 

and the MS lawsuit, who knows, but turn I did.

Straight in to one of the nicest

shopping experiences I have had in years!

Designer style in nearly every dept,

and at fabulous prices.
I could give a hoot about a name, but quality
and good design, always a plus.

Bright, beautiful, organized displays are everywhere
 Liz Claiborne, Betsy Johnson,

Michael Graves, Conran, Jonathan Adler,

Nicole Miller and more.

I wandered the store for over an hour,

 and walked out with a bag of clothes,

and I NEVER buy clothes.

I found dozens of things in 

each department that I loved.

I was waited on by a lovely gal Josephine,

who checked me out on the spot with a hand held.

I caught myself just smiling and humming,

and was headed down to customer service to leave a good 

review for Josephine when I was approached

on the escalator by a nice man
 commenting that I seemed to be having a good day.
 Turns out he is a manager.

We stood and chatted a few minutes and I raved about the

store and told him I would be back.

Which I was....

The NEXT day!

That night I saw a pop up ad for JCP

eye wear for 2 for 99.00 (bifocal extra)

I had shopped Lens Crafters the day before and found

400.00 for a single pair of bifocals a bit too much.

(and that was 40% off!)

Back to JCP where Cheryl 

spent an hour helping me select TWO pair of

fabulous, just what I wanted, 

even better quality lenses than LC,

 at get this...

100.00 less!

So Johnson may be out,

I hear it had a lot to do with couponing,

(they have brought them back),

but he did something really right,

because I have not been this excited about anything

since the spin mop and TJ's cookie dough spread.

This morning I saw a great new tv ad about how 

JCP has changed and they got some things wrong,

and some things right, but come to visit.

No kidding my friends.

Go visit.

Check out the sequin docksiders for 14.00.

The LULU polka dot bowed clutch for under 40.00.

and uh, did I mention an entire Sephora 

smack in the middle of the store? 

uh oh, I think I need to go back.

Looking for Z?

Try JCP