Just bought myself a Christmas present, er I mean, my husband just bought me a Christmas present he just doesn’t know it yet.
SanDisk Sansa e260 4GB media player from woot for $49.99.
Yes, it’s a refurb. Do I care? Not at that price.
So, Zune and iPod, please take a seat. I’ll see how this works out.
Tis the season to be dancing around in my pj’s with my new mp3/video/radio player!
Working on Saturdays in jeans, sweatshirts, baseball hats and tennis shoes aren’t all that it’s chalked up to be.
I still had to get up at 6, be in at 7 and regardless of my attire, I’m still freakin’ working.
This morning my husband heads off to watch the Panthers vs the Falcons in complimentary box seats, so what do I do? Go shopping! Unfortunatly, it wasn’t at Macy’s, it was just a run to WalMart. I get my pillows and mascara and other random oddities you can’t pass up while walking the aisles and as I head back to my car I decided I needed to make a trip to Target. Because, honestly I love Target and I was sans-child so I was really just ready to browse totally unnecessary things and see what holiday stuff was up.
I hop in my car, drive across town (5 miles, about a 10 minutes drive) to Target and reach for my purse, which is normally stashed in my passenger seat. Which is not there. I run to the back of my car because I might have absent-mindedly tossed it in the trunk with the rest of my bags, but it’s not there either. I preceed to freak out. Big time. I realized I must have left my purse in my shopping cart while unloading bags and somehow forgotten it when returning my cart to the cart-caralle. And then it really hits me. I have almost $4000.00 (yes, thousand) worth of Euros in my wallet that I was supposed to get exchanged and deposited into our account on Friday, but never did.
So, I did what any normal person would. Haul ass back to WalMart. Only, I didn’t make it. I made it half way back before getting pulled over by the local police for going 80 in a 45. I pulled over immedietly, and as I was already in tears, I somehow rambled out, “please, I’ll pay whatever the fine, but could you follow me to WalMart where I’ve left my purse in the cart with almost $4000 in my wallet”. The cop followed me and we went to the WalMart customer service desk and I identified my purse. The first thing I do after they turn my purse back over is to check my wallet. Everything is there. Money, credit cards, lip balm. Ok. Whew, crisses averted.
Oh wait, I still had this cop here because well, I was totally speeding. So, as we leave WalMart, I thank him and I tell him again that I am willing to pay whatever fine there is, as I haven’t had a ticket in probably 10 years and frankly to know that I got that lump of money back makes whatever I owe, worth it. Then he does something I would have never expected. Ever. He tells me “well, what do you say if I give you a seat belt ticket and a warning for the speeding, because if I were in your position, I’d be speeding, too”. I’m floored, and I thank him profusely and I ask him where would I go pay this, because if it was in spartanburg county, he says I can just mail it in and I’m like, “but I work at the county so I can easily just go an pay it” and the officer just starts laughing, saying something like “this just keeps getting better”. Then he turns to me and says, “how about this, how about I take your license for a second and I’ll give you a warning and we’ll call it done and over.
Holy schnikeys.
I managed to not only recover my $4K, reduce my 80mph in a 40mph to a $25 seatbelt ticket, but then turn around and reduce THAT to a warning.
That’s it, I’m going out in torn up jeans, t-shirts and Georgia bulldog hats more often, because if it wasn’t the outfit.. well hell, I don’t know what it was.
At least this Friday in my office! What’s better than being able to wear your favorite boots, your favorite jeans, a good cup of coffee and Work It, Mom! blogs!
Besides not having to work and being able to do above mentioned at home, in your pajamas.
But since I choose to reside in a house with electricity and running water, I suppose I need to make an income and well, honestly after the week I’ve had I deserve to kick my feet up.
And I will be staying in hell for the next few months.
Stay tuned.
