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The Bermuda Triangle of Wichita
Posted on November 20, 2011 by Ching under Life, Shopping.
This has been a crazy week for losing stuff. Thankfully, lost items were eventually found. It’s been really weird, though. I feel like I’m in the Bermuda Triangle or at least my stuff is…
Brian and I remembered to pick up his clothes from the cleaners on Monday night, but we forgot to pick up my clothes from the tailor on Tuesday night. I think it’s because we were dead set on working out, after having skipped the gym on Monday to run errands. So on Wednesday, we decided that we would pick up my clothes over our lunch hour. This way, we could go straight to the gym from work without having to make a side trip. (We wouldn’t be able to pick up my clothes after working out because then the place would be closed.) I really didn’t think it would be a problem picking up my clothes during lunch since I figured that we would be at the shop five minutes, tops. No such luck.
For a while there I thought that Alterations by Sarah had lost my clothes because the girl couldn’t find them. I would have been really mad too, because the two skirts I brought to them were my favorites. Thus, the need for tailoring. The other clothes that I didn’t really care too much about, I’d already taken to mom’s. These were skirts I actually wanted to keep. The pants were a brand new pair of suit pants from J.Crew that I had just purchased. I hadn’t even worn them yet. They’re supposed to be 2P, but they were still too long. What can I say? I’m a midget.
After over half an hour of waiting at the shop and watching another customer pick up their tailoring and leave and listening to her call their other location in desperation, it turns out that she just didn’t know what she was looking for. She kept insisting that one of the skirts that I had dropped off was brown. Of course, she couldn’t find them. Neither of the two skirts I dropped off were brown. I wish that she would have just come right out and asked me what my garments looked like because then I could have described them to her and, thus, saved us all valuable time. Why are people too stubborn and proud to ask for help? After I told her what the skirts looked like, she found them without any problems. Although, when she was checking us out, she still insisted that the patterned skirt was brownish in color. The only explanation Brian had after we left is that she is probably colorblind and has no idea that she is. “Although I’m colorblind and I can tell those are black,” Brian added. I told Brian that if she’s colorblind then she needs to find another job because she has no business working for an alterations shop. There was no reason that it should take almost an hour to look for something. The thought of them losing my stuff really freaked me out. That, and the fact that their front desk person may or may not be colorblind just doesn’t instill a lot of confidence in me so I’ll never ever go back there again. I did get a couple of good recommendations from my friends on Facebook.
Quick Stitch
550 North Rock Road
Wichita, KS 67206
(316) 630-0074Rigo Suave Creations
9918 East Mount Vernon
Wichita, KS 67207
(316) 691-8720
Personally, I think I will probably use Quick Stitch in the future. Brian was really pleased with how his suit alterations turned out. Our friends Jay and Stephanie have also had work done there and have both been really pleased. It’s also conveniently located in the Northeast part of town, which is our comfort zone. Vanessa says Rigo is really good so that may be worth checking out, too. Just whatever you do, don’t go to Alterations by Sarah, unless you want to be traumatized.
Speaking of traumatic experiences, that’s nothing compared to what the US Postal Service put me through this week. A package that I had purchased from eBay was supposed to have been delivered at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, but I never got it. The tracking information on their web site said that it was delivered. I checked with our leasing office after work on Thursday and first thing in the morning on Friday and they didn’t have it. (I wasn’t feeling well so I went ahead and took a day of vacation. I don’t like using sick leave when I can avoid it. I figured I would use the vacation day to run some errands and deal with the post office to figure out what happened to my package.) At this point, I was really worried that my package was stolen.
When I called the post office, the rep told me that I would hear from the supervisor either later in the day or first thing the next day. I ran my errands and waited for a call all day on Friday: nothing. By the time I went to the gym around 9:00 am this morning, I still hadn’t heard from the post office. Right before Zumba, I asked Brian to please call the post office to follow up on my missing package. I’m not sure what he told them, but my package was delivered around noon today. We just happened to be home from the gym and getting ready to go to the movies. Apparently, the mail carrier put it in the box for 1305. I’m not sure how because the correct unit number was clearly marked on the box. Anyway, I’m not sure what happens when the incorrect recipient decides to keep the package (not that the people in 1305 would do anything like that) but I’m glad that I don’t have to find out. It was quite an ordeal just getting the post office to look for my missing package; I can’t imagine the amount of hassle I’d have to go through to get them to replace it.
The one thing I learned from this experience is that you shouldn’t wait too long to contact your local post office when you realize that your package is lost or “misdelivered” as they like to refer to it. If you call within a couple of days then there is a great chance that the mail carrier will remember what happened to the package. If you wait a week or longer then they are a lot less likely to recall what they did with the package, let alone what it looks like. It’s a lot like abductions in that sense, I guess. After 48 hours, the trail gets cold. At any rate, I really hope that our mail carrier starts paying better attention because I’ve got a few more packages coming and I really don’t want to go through this again. =P
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Ugh – Story of My Life
Posted on September 10, 2011 by Ching under Shopping.
We thought we got a good deal when we got 20 LifeWaters at Target for .99 cents each the other day. Until we went to Dillons and found them for .88 cents each. Ugh.
Why didn’t anyone warn me?!
So if you’re buying LifeWater this week, do not buy them at Target. Buy them at Dillons! The prices should be good until Tuesday or Wednesday. You’re welcome.
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Brian in His New Jeans
Posted on September 7, 2011 by Ching under Shopping.
Is it just me or did Brian look super sexy in his new jeans yesterday?
P.S. I’m thinking of changing this blog’s slogan to “Couples who workout together, stay together.” What do you guys think? 😉
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My New Tiny Shorts
Posted on September 3, 2011 by Ching under Shopping.
I almost bought these shorts on Amazon last month. I’m so glad I didn’t because I got them for free at Kohl’s last night. I remembered that I had $20 in Kohl’s cash from the shopping that Brian did a couple of weeks ago. They were to expire on September 5 though, so we needed to hurry up and use them. Brian and I decided to stop by there on Friday after my personal training appointment with John.
I really didn’t want to buy anything. I just wanted to use the $20, so that it didn’t go to waste. As luck would have it, I found these Soffe mesh tiny shorts for only $9.99 so I decided to get two of them — one red and one white (I wanted some black ones too, but they were completely sold out of all the black ones except for sizes L and XL).
I usually don’t shop at Kohl’s, but the store is growing on me. I ♥ ♥ ♥ getting free stuff! We thought we’d have to pay $1.27 in taxes but, as Brian started to pull out his wallet, the cashier (who was super nice, btw) said we didn’t have to pay anything because they apply the coupon to the pre-tax total. SCORE!
I normally wear size S so I was a little worried because Brian talked me into getting the XS ones. They were completely out of S sizes in all of the colors. My only options were to get M or XS. Brian said the M size would be too big for me. I hesitated, but took his advice in the end. We both figured that even if the XS doesn’t fit now, I’ll probably shrink into it in a matter of weeks. I immediately tried them on when I got home and guess what… They fit perfect! I’m so glad I listened to Brian! 🙂
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Guess What
Posted on August 22, 2011 by Ching under Shopping.
My belts fit me again! Woot!
Speaking of… Brian was wondering why I didn’t buy any clothes at Kohl’s on Saturday. Well, for one, we spent way too much already. We did pretty good, though. $100 usually only gets Brian a pair of pants and a shirt at Express, if that. At Kohl’s your money goes a long way. Brian got two long-sleeved dress shirts, one short-sleeved button down shirt, and a nice pair of dress pants.
I told him that I didn’t need to buy clothes because we were going to my mom and dad’s the next day. I was dropping off some of my larger clothes in exchange for smaller ones. I was hoping that she still had some of my old clothes that I had taken over there when I got too big to fit in them. I never really bought trendy stuff, so most of my old clothes are still wearable. Anyway, as luck would have it, she had some of my old stuff and her own stuff that she no longer wanted. I left with five pairs of dress pants. Score!
In the meantime, I can keep wearing jeans to work until September 2 since we’re doing some fundraising at work. When my time’s up, I’ve got some dress pants that fit. Then come November, Brian and I can do our real shopping. FTW!
I’m so glad that mom kept a lot of clothes that I’d taken over there over the years. She saved me a ton. Thanks, mom!
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