I am going to play "Polyanna" and say how blessed I am that I have NOT had many days like this, but I seriously don't know if I could survive another...
First, I had to go get my license renewed. Nothing like reminding a person they are about to be a year older. The picture was HORRIBLE (of course) and the fee had gone up $5. Since DH's birthday is in April, he took the day off so we could go together and ended up costing us $10 more. Nothing huge, but it's the principle.
Then we find out that the insurance company made a "boo-boo" last April with a bill and we owe $50 to the hospital. Just another piece of bamboo under the fingernail.
We drop off my van to get new brake pads at Sears. When we get there they have NO record of us calling the day befor and making an appt. So, DH goes through EXACTLY what he wants. New brake pads on the rear brakes...NOTHING MORE!
Next, grocery shopping (my favorite...just behind getting a Brazilian wax). We head to the Super Wal*Mart. After the annoying empty shelves and non-existence employees when you need help and the missing price stickers (running to the price finder of which there are only FOUR in the entire store and the closest one didn't work!) then we finally make it to the register. I have dealt with rude people before, but this experience has made me say I will NEVER go in ANY Wal*Mart again. I was accused of stealing! Yep, I get all my groceries rung up (over $100) and hand them TWO coupons (one was $1 off 2 boxes of Reese Puff Cereal and the other was 70¢ off Yogurt Cheerios) and the cashier turns on her blinking light. The "red vest" approaches and tells me that those coupons are fraudulent. I told her that I got them online at
DH reminded me that we still needed to get gas so we went across the street to fill up. A mere $55 to fill up his truck... Then he goes inside to pay and when he comes out and is driving off I hear something strange. I asked, "Did you hit somebody?" Then we look behind us and see that there is a long hose dragging behind the truck. Yep, he had driven off without taking the nozzle thingy out of the gas thingy! He gets out and takes it inside where they MAKE HIM PAY FOR A NEW ONE!
I felt faint at this point. We finally get home and Sears calls to tell us that they are finishing turning my rotors. What the hell does that even mean??? I told DH and he hit the roof. He grabbed the phone and yells, "I told y'all EXACTLY what I wanted and blah, blah, blah!"
We had told the boys that we would take them out to dinner tonight and we had invited our oldest DS (who lives on his own now) and his girlfriend. So we went by and picked them up then headed to the restaurant. I have to say that we had the best service we have had at any restaurant in a long time. VERY pleasant experience.
Then we get home and I tell DH that I WANT a drink! He reminds me that we don't have any mixers because we still hadn't actually made it out of a store with groceries. No juice, coke, nothing. A full liquor cabinet and nothing to drink. Let me add a side note here: I do NOT endorse drowning one's troubles in alcohol. I drink VERY rarely and ONE is my limit because my tolerance is so low, but my neck was so tight I think you could have bounced a quarter off it. It literally hurts from tensing it so long. So, DH comes up with an excellence idea... Caramel Apple Shots! I am now feeling no pain, but still angry about my VERY expensive day.
Too bad I didn't have a camera when that hose thingy was dragging along behind us. I have to admit I would have laughed if I didn't think DH would have made me walk home! Of course, that was BEFORE I realized how much a hose thingy costs!
Thanks for listening to me rant.
Cecelia