B.f.f.
Posted 04-17-2007 at 07:30 AM by mycoupons
Monday night, 10:00. I am sad. My best friend in the whole entire universe has packed her bags and is leaving on a jet plane early tomorrow morning.
On Thursday, Philadelphia Ginger arrived with Herr's potato chips in tow. Ginger was smart enough this time to cut a small hole in the bags of chips to let out the air out before she transported them.
She learned this lesson the hard way. When she last visited me in December, she carried two family size bags of chips on board with her. Two hours into the flight, thirty-five thousand feet over Atlanta, the bags popped like cannons and exploded sour cream and onion all over the cabin.
Ginger said the sound from the explosion was loud enough to make people onboard scream. She wanted to crawl under her seat with embarrassment. When she deplaned, I met her with excited anticipation. She handed me two deflated, three quarter empty bags of chips.
According to Ginger, chips went flying everywhere. I am sure Southwest is still vacuuming up the crumbs. If you fly Southwest, check your seat back pockets for crumbs. If you find them, think of me.
Ginger and I have enjoyed five days of buffoonery and laughs. I can honestly say that my face hurts from laughing. Of course, with me around, most things are funny, but when you add Ginger to Cici you get comedy gold.
We have caused a ruckus in many eating establishments across my county, and were asked to leave the mall.
I feel somewhat sorry for the teenage Burger King drive-thru cashier, but let's face the facts here; handing her monopoly money to pay for our order WAS funny.
Of course, most of the stories from our long weekend are not fit for public posting, as MyCoupons IS a family site, but I will share a true gem.
Yesterday, we decided to visit my favorite store, Goldman and Woodstein's. You may have them in you area, under the name Goodwill. Going to the Goodwill is something I try to do weekly, as I usually find something worth buying.
Ginger, dressed in her Prada shoes felt like the proverbial fish out of water, but tried to put on her best face. She followed me around the store with her hands in the pockets of her $200 slacks; lest she touch any thrift store germs.
When I found a Blue's Clues toy for my son marked $4, I was so excited. I turned it on, but it didn't work. I took it to the front, and asked the sales clerk how I could test the toy before purchasing it.
She informed me that they had no way to test the merchandise, but offered me the good news, toys were 50% off!
When I pointed out that at $2 the toy was indeed a good deal, yet if it didn't work, would be a bad purchase, she informed me I could purchase batteries at the rack at the back of the store.
I inquired about the return policy, and was told that electronics were sold as is, and were not returnable.
Here's where things got ugly. I asked how much batteries were and was floored to learn they were $4 for an eight pack. FOUR DOLLARS!
Since it was half priced toy day, we were now looking at a hefty mark-up on the price of the toy, just to purchase batteries to test it.
Something about this situation appeared fishy, and Ginger asked the clerk what kind of battery trafficking racket they were running here.
As if we were in a cartoon, a light bulb came on over my head. I grabbed Ginger by the
purse strap and headed towards the tool department. I found a flat head and a Phillips head screwdriver and carried them back to the toy department.
Once there, I unscrewed the battery compartment from the back of the Blue's Clue's toy and removed the defunct batteries. I then searched through the other toys until I came across a singing Elmo doll. I unscrewed Elmo's battery cover and removed HIS batteries.
I then pulled the old switcheroo, and put Elmo's batteries in Blue. Instantly, the sound of Steve singing 'Here's the mail, it never fails, makes me want to wag my tail,' filled the air.
I was victorious! I fought the Goodwill, and I won!
As we were checking out, the clerk reminded me that the toy was not returnable if it didn't work.
In timing that could never be duplicated, Ginger reached over, pressed a button on the toy and we laughed our tushies off as Steve belted out 'Thanks for doing your part; you sure are smart......we can do anything, we want to do!'
Out I walked with my $2 toy. I asked Ginger if she wanted to go to dinner, and she insisted I take her home for a shower.
That was a little over twenty-four hours ago. The toy has since had the batteries removed from it, because I swear if I heard the song one more time, I was going to snap.
I hope YOU have a bestest friend out there. They sure make life more bearable.
Until we meet again,
Cici
Cici@MyCoupons.com
P.S. I am having some dental work done today (Tuesday) and will most likely be passed out in a Vicodin coma for the rest of the day. There will be no blog tomorrow as I recover. Please check back Thursday morning!
On Thursday, Philadelphia Ginger arrived with Herr's potato chips in tow. Ginger was smart enough this time to cut a small hole in the bags of chips to let out the air out before she transported them.
She learned this lesson the hard way. When she last visited me in December, she carried two family size bags of chips on board with her. Two hours into the flight, thirty-five thousand feet over Atlanta, the bags popped like cannons and exploded sour cream and onion all over the cabin.
Ginger said the sound from the explosion was loud enough to make people onboard scream. She wanted to crawl under her seat with embarrassment. When she deplaned, I met her with excited anticipation. She handed me two deflated, three quarter empty bags of chips.
According to Ginger, chips went flying everywhere. I am sure Southwest is still vacuuming up the crumbs. If you fly Southwest, check your seat back pockets for crumbs. If you find them, think of me.
Ginger and I have enjoyed five days of buffoonery and laughs. I can honestly say that my face hurts from laughing. Of course, with me around, most things are funny, but when you add Ginger to Cici you get comedy gold.
We have caused a ruckus in many eating establishments across my county, and were asked to leave the mall.
I feel somewhat sorry for the teenage Burger King drive-thru cashier, but let's face the facts here; handing her monopoly money to pay for our order WAS funny.
Of course, most of the stories from our long weekend are not fit for public posting, as MyCoupons IS a family site, but I will share a true gem.
Yesterday, we decided to visit my favorite store, Goldman and Woodstein's. You may have them in you area, under the name Goodwill. Going to the Goodwill is something I try to do weekly, as I usually find something worth buying.
Ginger, dressed in her Prada shoes felt like the proverbial fish out of water, but tried to put on her best face. She followed me around the store with her hands in the pockets of her $200 slacks; lest she touch any thrift store germs.
When I found a Blue's Clues toy for my son marked $4, I was so excited. I turned it on, but it didn't work. I took it to the front, and asked the sales clerk how I could test the toy before purchasing it.
She informed me that they had no way to test the merchandise, but offered me the good news, toys were 50% off!
When I pointed out that at $2 the toy was indeed a good deal, yet if it didn't work, would be a bad purchase, she informed me I could purchase batteries at the rack at the back of the store.
I inquired about the return policy, and was told that electronics were sold as is, and were not returnable.
Here's where things got ugly. I asked how much batteries were and was floored to learn they were $4 for an eight pack. FOUR DOLLARS!
Since it was half priced toy day, we were now looking at a hefty mark-up on the price of the toy, just to purchase batteries to test it.
Something about this situation appeared fishy, and Ginger asked the clerk what kind of battery trafficking racket they were running here.
As if we were in a cartoon, a light bulb came on over my head. I grabbed Ginger by the
purse strap and headed towards the tool department. I found a flat head and a Phillips head screwdriver and carried them back to the toy department.
Once there, I unscrewed the battery compartment from the back of the Blue's Clue's toy and removed the defunct batteries. I then searched through the other toys until I came across a singing Elmo doll. I unscrewed Elmo's battery cover and removed HIS batteries.
I then pulled the old switcheroo, and put Elmo's batteries in Blue. Instantly, the sound of Steve singing 'Here's the mail, it never fails, makes me want to wag my tail,' filled the air.
I was victorious! I fought the Goodwill, and I won!
As we were checking out, the clerk reminded me that the toy was not returnable if it didn't work.
In timing that could never be duplicated, Ginger reached over, pressed a button on the toy and we laughed our tushies off as Steve belted out 'Thanks for doing your part; you sure are smart......we can do anything, we want to do!'
Out I walked with my $2 toy. I asked Ginger if she wanted to go to dinner, and she insisted I take her home for a shower.
That was a little over twenty-four hours ago. The toy has since had the batteries removed from it, because I swear if I heard the song one more time, I was going to snap.
I hope YOU have a bestest friend out there. They sure make life more bearable.
Until we meet again,
Cici
Cici@MyCoupons.com
P.S. I am having some dental work done today (Tuesday) and will most likely be passed out in a Vicodin coma for the rest of the day. There will be no blog tomorrow as I recover. Please check back Thursday morning!
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