Those are my new
Yankee Candle samps that I am using for Mixology as of now. Festive! They are having a 30% off your entire purchase ending tomorrow. Use
code FF211 online or print
this coupon for stores. Can you believe they are already coming out w/their
new spring fragrances!?
This weekend I need to decorate. Instead, what do I do? I go shopping. Today was more craft shopping w/my mom but I also put away & organized a lot of my gifts that I received throughout the week. Out of all the stuff I snatched up for Black Friday, the only thing I am still waiting on is my package from
Me Bath! That's what I get for free shipping though everything else I ordered on the same day, earlier, or even LATER was already received by Friday. Even my
Lush UK order! I already received that!!
So that start, this is everything I got in my package:
Don't mind the cat tower to the left & to my Betties & friends, don't inspect the photo too closely because there are some gifts in their for you. Maybe later I will make a post w/everything I got but this is probably the best order I have ever had w/them as far as shipping & receiving. So I saved close to $170 by placing the order through the UK & not through NA & most the bombs & melts are put in biodegradable plastic now! Only a few bombs were still crushed in the package & 1 bubble bar, the
Superstar, as it was one of few not wrapped up. Still all salvageable. Last year a bunch of bombs came crushed & the stupid post woman was all complaining because "powder" was coming from the package. I had to go to the post after hours to pick it up & they even called my home phone because they were "concerned" about the package. Ugh.
Now I also placed an order with
Sephora. I hate crowds & could have went into their store but I usually can get everything I want online & w/what I end up spending it always ends up being free shipping. So, why leave my house & have to deal w/the bah-humbugs of shopping. Oh you know they are out there, especially on Black Friday!!
Here are some things I got:
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| Everything else. |
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| Milton wants to inspect the stash & get pets. |
A lot of perfume samples that I will soon inspect & if I really can't handle something I'll usually give it away. I can be pretty particular about my scents. Mostly strong florals is what I cannot handle. Like today when we went to this craft fair at this school, this one older woman was doused in some strong smelling floral perfume & I got a whiff of it & ended up sneezing almost the entire time I was there it was so strong! Even some perfumes I like & own I end up sneezing a few times when I 1st apply it but then my nose usually settles down. I'm a sucker for good scents.
I also really like how the
Tarte sugar exfoliator top comes w/a mirror on it. I actually didn't know the base held it closed, so when I opened it I got the surprise. Cute!
Now I also got 6 wonderful smelling, small tumbler candles from
Yankee Candle as 2 ended up being free but they are all gifts so I am not going to post any pics of them on here.
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Today was a kind of amusing day. I went to
Barnes & Noble because my "secret santa" for our work exchange wanted a book. Well, there were 3 things listed.
- James Patterson Books (new)
- iTunes Gift Card
- Irish Hat
Ok. So I have NO clue what an Irish hat is, & I would rather support reading a good novel than wasting $ on electronic songs where if your hard drive that they are on crashes you could lose everything. I see a brand new novel by James Patterson but the list said book(S) & the new novel is close to $30 which is double the amount we are supposed to spend. To make the matter worse, I got my own supervisor! So I see the new, new novel but there are a million other novels by him & I'm getting confused because he didn't list the name of the book & put the "s" after the word book. So the secret is out because I texted him & yelled at him for being too vague in his list & he texted back laughing at me telling me it is the new book & that he has all the others, & since it's not a secret anymore I told him I'd save the paper wrapping it. Ha! I did find it for our limit on
Amazon & ended up getting a the newest Keane CD for myself which got me free shipping. Got it to all work out.
Speaking of
Amazon, I placed an order w/them the other week & received all my items all at the same time except 1 particular thing that I was getting for myself & also for a gift. 2 of 1 item, so there is no confusion. I checked online & the missing item said it was in stock & under my order it advised the order was placed & that was that. I sent them a simple "What's up with that?" e-mail & w/in 24 hours I had a response apologizing & they gave me a free upgrade to 1 day shipping. Needless to say the item is on its way & I should have it Monday. They didn't even need to upgrade the shipping & I still would have been fine as long as they got the order going but it was great customer service online! Very happy.
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More good customer service came from
Keurig this week. Things have been hectic & I got my Keurig about a year ago as a giveaway from work. Now I have been having a bunch of on/off trouble with the machine here & there. It filling up cups too little or not enough on the settings I selected. Once it wasn't even dispensing water & the program screen locked up. Usually these always ended up correcting themselves & didn't happen all that often.
But last week Chris & I were sitting on our couch watching TV & all of a sudden we heard the Keurig machine start going & we can hear the water flushing out of the machine. So we quickly go into the kitchen & unplug the machine. Later we try plugging it back in again & the program screen is completely blank. It has been broken ever since. So I'm hoping again it may just correct itself & wait a few days, still nothing. Start doing some research online & there are a ton of problems w/the machines being reported.
I'll be honest, I would never buy a Keurig. I find the K-Cups to be very wasteful on the environment & I can wait a few minutes to heat up a little water if I really want something. I'm thinking the product may not be under warranty anymore considering it was most likely purchased over a year ago & since I got it from my job I don't have the receipt.
So I decided to call them & advise of what was going on & do some troubleshooting. The guy I got on the phone was very professional & friendly. Had me do a few things that I probably already did a bunch of times before I called, he checked the serial # & said it was under warranty so they are shipping me a new one. All I have to do is pay to send back some part that was in the old one as proof that I had the machine. No problem.
I didn't think it was going to be easy. I thought they were going to make me ship them the whole machine, or take it somewhere to be fixed. That's what happened w/my Cannon camera that had a defect. I had to mail them the camera & then they mailed it back to me. I was ready to be frustrated but everything is working out well.
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I hope to get back to posting some more daily baths & product reviews soon. Done for now!
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| Milton enjoying the crinkly paper from my shipments. |
