Archive for September, 2008

People are gross.

A customer returned a pumpkin-shaped soup tureen to Shopgirl’s home decorating store. “I changed my mind; I just didn’t like it,” she said.
After the lady left, the sales associate who processed the return noticed that the tureen still had traces of the customer’s soup. Yes, the lady used it and then returned it. Without even [...]

Published by angelawd on September 27th, 2008 tagged Adventures of Shopgirl | 3 Comments »

Don’t go to the doctor with your husband.

Yesterday the Big Guy went to the doctor with me to get the results of some recent tests, so that he could hold my hand if she said I had Lupus or Rheumatoid Arthritis.
What? I didn’t mention those things, you say? Yeah, that’s when I signed off last week.
But hey, don’t cry for me [...]

Published by angelawd on September 25th, 2008 tagged Life With the Big Guy, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Peppermint Schnapps - because I have nothing appropriate to say.

I told this story at a church dinner last fall.
When I was sixteen, my friend Cindy and I were best buds and sat next to each other in the hierarchy of marching band seating. I, in fact, was LAST CLARINET which meant I sat right next to first drummer - Cindy. Wait, I didn’t mean [...]

Published by angelawd on September 24th, 2008 tagged Don't read this Mom, My Ex-Life | 5 Comments »

The Adventures of Shopgirl

I’ve just finished my first week of servitude at the home decorating store, and I’ve learned a number of things. I’ve learned no less than 47 ways to ring up a customer sale, though by the end of that training I was ready to bludgeon the cash register with one of the wooden Buddha statues [...]

Published by angelawd on September 22nd, 2008 tagged Adventures of Shopgirl | 5 Comments »

Drowning

I have more going on than I can cope with right now. I’m going to be offline for a bit. I’ll start posting again when I can. I will miss you, online friends.

Published by angelawd on September 18th, 2008 tagged Blogging | 3 Comments »