We had to call the police!

Let me tell you about my day yesterday. It was horrible. I am still trying to get rid of whatever is still lingering in my body. I've had a terrible sore throat and cough as well as body aches. Sucks.

Anyway, I really wanted to get out of the house because I was starting to go stir crazy. Alan and I remembered that we had received a gift card for Christmas from my Mom to Subway so we decided to go grab a quick bite to eat.

We arrive at a Subway sandwich shop that's not too far from where we live and go on inside to place our orders. We both got $5 footlongs even though I can't possibly eat it all, but I can save it for later. We asked for the combo so we could also have chips and a beverage. The cashier rings up our food order and tells us the total will be $15.12. Perfect. Our gift card was for $15.00 so we handed her the gift card plus 12 cents in change.

She swiped the gift card and could read that there was indeed $15 on the card and that the card was valid. She said that although the card is valid that she wouldn't be able to accept the gift card at this time.

WHAT? WHY NOT?

She said her credit card machine was offline. OK, fine, your credit card machine is temporarily offline. What does that have to do with our gift card? You just told me that it is valid. Our order cost was $15.12. Keep the darn gift card plus our 12 cents and give us our sandwiches. It's not like we are trying to steal from you. I tried to explain that she's already seen that our card is valid and that it's just like cash. Alan pulls out his wallet and begins to give her money and I said no way Jose. What ever happened to good old fashioned customer service? She's just going to end up throwing our sandwiches away. No one else would want our order.

We ended up going to a different Subway location a bit further from where we live, but with much better customer service. Thankfully.

Do you think our day got better from here on out?

Nope.

We ran a couple of more errands and I told Alan I was wearing out. I still wasn't feeling the best in the world. However, I wanted to make one more stop to Half Price Books. Alan decided to wait in the truck while I went inside to look around. I wasn't in there long, maybe 10 minutes. I purchased one book and started out the door to find where Alan had parked.

As I'm checking both ways before I cross the parking lot, I see my husband talking to someone through their passenger side window. I thought it was someone he knew from work or a friend he hadn't seen in awhile. The closer I get to the vehicle, I notice that my husband does not look happy. Then I hear the woman behind the vehicle screaming at my husband. What the hell?

I said what is going on? Alan says this woman hit our truck while she was backing out and took off. She has no idea Alan was sitting in the vehicle. Alan immediately got out of the truck and chased her down. Later, he tells me that he didn't have time to assess any damages because he needed to get her license plate.

She said she didn't hit our car and peeled out. Alan held up his phone to take a picture of her license plate but he has a new phone and quite honestly he wasn't sure how to take the darn picture. At that point, he tells me to remember her plates. She comes whirling back around into the parking lot and starts screaming at us because she saw Alan attempting to take a picture of her SUV. Guilty much lady?

She said if we take a picture of her car, then she wants to take a picture of ours. We were finally able to check out the back of the truck and thank goodness there wasn't any damage. She kept saying that she was a good person and I said, "Well, you may be a good person but you backed into our vehicle and took off not knowing if you left us with any damage or not."

After a few rounds of he said/she said, we finally left the parking lot; however, I had a bad feeling about that lady and felt like we needed to call the police and report it. If she's hitting peoples cars and taking off, then she could do it again and now she had our license plates. I didn't want her to have another accident and then blame it on us. You can never be too careful you know?

All in all, nothing really horrible happened yesterday except bad customer service and an abundance of rudeness.

Pet Peeves

A few days ago, my friends Lindsay and Jamie blogged about their pet peeves. I thought I would post my own pet peeves and join in on the fun. :)

Everybody has pet peeves. Here are some of mine.





























~People who stand too close to me in the check out line at the grocery store. Seriously, when I can hear you breathing, it's time to take a step back. Also, please stop watching me put in my pin number. Give me some space.



~When people misspell something that should've been learned in grade school.
For example:
Know the difference between they're, their and there
And it's of course NOT of coarse
(And, I know you're not supposed to start a sentence with the word AND)


~People who hum or whistle. This seriously bothers me.



~Dropping by our home without calling first. I think it's rude.



~Braggers. There's a fine line between tooting your own horn and being annoying.



~When I'm at the nail salon getting my nails done and they say...
"You Need Pedicure!"
Maybe I do, but I am just here for my nails today.



~I hate getting hounded when I walk into a retail store. Bath and Body Works is the worst about this.

More Happy Mail

I received a couple more happy mail packages and wanted to share them with you.

First of all, Meg sent me these amazing stickers for my collection. Can I just tell you how much I love Meg? She and I have grown so close and I honestly don't know what I would do without her. We even talk on the phone now and I usually don't go a day without conversing with her in some fashion. LOVE HER!!! Thank you, Meg! I love these stickers!


Check them out!
























I also received a very cool package from Haley today. She sent me a Valentines themed goodie package and it is very much appreciated! Thank you sweet Haley! You definitely brightened up my day! Look at the goodies she sent me!
























I love Happy Mail! I am also looking forward to my new happy mail partners Jamie from Houston and Sonja! Woohoo!

100th post and Happy Mail

I can not believe this is my 100th post! WOW! I am thinking I should have a giveaway for my 100th post. I'll have to come up with something great! In the meantime, check out some of my incredible happy mail from Jamie and Carol...


Jamie and I have become really good friends and I'm so thankful for her! She found these stickers and pins while out shopping and instantly thought of me. How sweet!
I LOVE them so much.



























Carol sent me an amazing happy mail package full of Strawberry Shortcake goodness! Carol is so incredibly talented and I feel so blessed to have her as a friend. Thank you, Carol!! This package included the following:
Strawberry Shortcake Candle
Crocheted Strawberries (check out the chocolate dipped one)
Crochet Hello Kitty Doll
Crocheted Lipstick Caddy complete with a tube of Chapstick
Pretty ribbon
Strawberry Whoppers candy




Check it out...the little doll kept falling over, but you can still see the cuteness!




























Thank you ladies! I love everything and YOU!

Wayback Wednesday

It's that time again, it's Wayback Wednesday! You know you love it!










































































































































































Have a great day!!!

Happy Mail and Happy Anniversary

Well, this has been one fantastic weekend with my husband! We celebrated our first anniversary yesterday and it was a great day! We went to Kirklands and I picked out a painting and Alan bought it for me. It's beautiful and has golds and aquas in it to match our master bathroom and reads..."I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me..."

We had a lovely dinner at Saltgrass Steakhouse and we ate some of our delicious wedding cake. We were so busy at our wedding reception that we didn't get a chance to eat a whole piece of cake that day, so thank goodness for the tradition of eating wedding cake on your first anniversary. Mom had it in her freezer and brought it to me a few weeks ago. I put it in my freezer and took it out Sunday morning, and it really was good. I was skeptical at first, but we really enjoyed it and we had fun reminiscing about our special day.


I got some wonderful happy mail today from my good friends Lindsay and Meg. I have made such wonderful friends through my blog and these 2 girls are favorites of mine!

Lindsay made me my very own treasure box in my 2 favorite colors...red and green. Yes, I know they are Christmas colors, but they are my favorite anyway. Plus, it will look really cute as a Christmas decoration this holiday season! She hand painted it and even included some of my favorite candy. Thank you, Lindsay!!! I love it so much! I had a hard time getting a good picture, but here's what the top of the treasure box looks like...


























My friend Meg knows that I collect stickers and she surprised me today with several sheets of scratch and sniff stickers! I absolutely love them! Stickers are the way to my heart! :) Thank you, Meg! I love them and YOU! Check these out...





























I am a very lucky girl to have such an amazing husband and such wonderful friends in my life! Thank you again sweet friends!

Flashback Friday

Happy Happy Friday to all of my awesome friends! Here's a little flashback fun for everyone!











































































































































Have a great weekend!