It came! It finally
came! The holiday order arrived. (Let’s just say I found a new way to sweat the
details of the holiday season.)
At first, I thought
I was pretty smart about it. Making my way to the checkout area of a local Old
Navy store a couple of weeks ago, I was surprised to count 31 shoppers ahead of
me. No way!
I laid out my
intended purchases on a sale table and snapped a photo with my cell phone. Then
I put the stuff back and went home to order it all online. In the process, I
found a 30% off code. So that was handy. And they offered free shipping. Ding! Bonus!
I scratched three people
off my Christmas list in one flurry and began waiting for the packages to
arrive.
Two weeks later (I
believe I mentioned that, but it bears repeating.), I waded through the
merchant’s online customer service holiday quagmire, listening to horrendous
canned music and hoping to pinpoint the expected delivery dates for the now-split
shipments.
The cheery, but not
particularly plugged-in, phone rep (once I finally landed a live person on the
line) parroted the shipping information I had already personally tracked
online. He promised my stuff would arrive by December 24th.
That didn’t comfort
me much, as several items were due for a December 20th celebration.
That’s pretty much why I ordered them on “December Freaking 8th.”
That conversation took place last
night. Today, a large parcel arrived. Most of the items were included. Still,
short of a big brown truck or a team of reindeer making an overnight stop at my
house tonight, a certain sweet little girl may be receiving a darling new dress
for New Year’s … or Valentine’s Day … or … or ….
Despite the
shipping delays, I am grateful for online ordering and home delivery, especially as I am sporting a
dandy little arm cast for this holiday season. It’s nice that I don’t have to
load up the sleigh in shopping mall parking lots.
Now, if I could
just find some nimble elves to help this one-armed Santa with the gift wrapping.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays
from Delightfully Amiss.
Images:
Vintage/public domain artwork
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