The Walk of Shame

As I slipped my shoes on and closed the front door behind me, a thought of shame came across my mind. Ugh, what was I doing? I felt a rush of embarrassment flush my face red and could feel people looking at me. What were they thinking?

"Yes, Hi, I have a return".

Making a return may be one of the most nerve-wracking things I've ever done. Somehow, walking into the store with a bag makes me feel like a criminal. All of the employees look you up top to bottom, annoyed at your very presence, almost as if they know you're about to waste moments in their precious day and back up their check-out lines. I haphazardly scurried my way to the return line and waited patiently to be beckoned forward by the angry looking brunette.

"NEXT."

After checking around to make sure she was talking to me, fearing a harsh verbal whipping if I stepped forward when it wasn't really my turn, I slowly walked up to the register. She eyed my bag and sarcastically guessed "return?" in a scathing voice that would frighten small children.
"Yeah, sorry."
I felt the apology coming out of my mouth before I could stop it.
Shit, now I looked vulnerable and like I stole things. Great.
"Do you have a receipt?"
Of course I didn't because I never ever keep my receipts.
"No, sorry I don't."
Shit, another accidental apology.
That remark actually made the brunette make eye contact with me for the first time.
"You don't have a receipt for any of these dresses?"
"No, I bought them for a wedding and didn't end up wearing any of them."
"Did you wear them?"
"No, the tags are still on."
Sigh. I was making myself look like a thief when I really hadn't done anything wrong.
The brunette raised her eyebrows heavily and pursed her lips together, like she was thinking the same thing; I was a thief.
"Well you're only going get whatever price the items are now since you don't have your receipt."
At this point it was too late to turn back. I didn't have a choice. I was mortified.
"Yeah, that's fine."


5 minutes later, a gift card for $7.53 (even though the dresses had cost me over $50) and entirely depleted of my pride - I walked out of the store. After all of that humiliation, was it really worth it to return those things? And I would have to say yes, yes it was. I mean, think about it, how many times have you purchased something, it didn't fit, wasn't your style, was damaged or maybe purchased food that went bad too quickly and never returned it? Those things add up.

There was a time where I would rather die than return something. It was so embarrassing and I just didn't want to deal with the time and effort of returning it. Now that I'm older, I'm finding that every penny counts. If I added up all of the money that I had spent on things that should have been returned, it would be a shameful amount. That's why now I do it whenever I need to. I walk the walk of shame right into those stores and get my money back, every time. #yolo #savemoney

Why Periods Suck

When you cry over dropping something on the floor:

When you cry because you hit a red light:

When you cry at everything for absolutely no reason:

When you gain 5-10 pounds of water weight and are so bloated people ask if you're pregnant:

Zits. You look like you're 15 again:

You want to eat anything and everything:

Your boobs hurt. Your vagina hurts. Your stomach hurts:

Let's face it, pads feel like giant diapers that you can never sit comfortably in:

It always comes unexpectedly when you least expect it:

Guys crack the "I don't trust anything that bleeds for a week & doesn't die" joke. All the time:

Reasons Why Growing Up In The 90's Was Awesome

Let's face it, the world is waaaay different place than it was in the 90's. Nowadays kids have cellphones, watch R-rated movies and are even having sex at the age of 13. It makes me think that growing up in the 90's was definitely all that and a bag of chips! Here are some reasons why growing up in the 90's was the BEST time in history!

The slang: in the 90's the slang was definitely pretty fun. Do any of these words ring a bell? "All that", "As if!", "Bangin'", "Beeotch", "Bling-Bling", "The Bomb", "Dude", "Dope" "Mofo", "Phat" and last but not least "Psyche".

The music: Jessica Simpson, Biggie Smalls, Nirvana, No Doubt, N'SYNC, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore, Shania Twain. Oh and who could forget the song birds Mariah, Whitney and Celine Dion. No matter what  genre, music was just downright amazing, if not even a little embarrassing at times.

The sports: the 90's brings to mind one name " Michael Jordan". He was the absolute star of the 90's in terms of sports. Tiger Woods was a close second and then there was of course Mark McGquire, Sammy Sosa and Wayne Gretsky (I went to highschool with his kid BTW). This was a time of real men who were sports heroes and who were able to become famous off their numbers, not by committing crimes or beating up their girlfriends on elevator cameras.

The toys: Do you remember Lisa Frank EVERYTHING?! Slap bracelets with weird little cartoons on them? Or what about yo-yo's! Beanie-Babies were by far a thing of the 90's with fanatics buying every little furry bean-stuffed animal they could get their hands on.

And last but not least, growing up in the 90's! Do you remember when kids actually played outside with all of the other neighborhood kids; rode bikes, played baseball and traded pokemon cards? Ahh it was the world before everyone was glued to their cell-phones and before kids had to grow up too fast. Hopefully someday these days will make a comeback :)

The Best Things In The World

When you wake up after a night of hard partying & you still have your wallet and phone:

When you hit all green lights while you're driving:

When you get to the restaurant JUST in time for Happy Hour:

When someone brings in cookies, cake or donuts into work unexpectedly:

When you find money that you didn't even know you had:

When you wake up early in the morning and realize you still have time to sleep:

When you get to stretch your body after being in the car for hours:

When your boss leaves early for the day:

When you drop your new cellphone on the ground and it doesn't shatter the screen:

Fitting into your old skinny jeans again:

That moment at a bar when everyone starts singing together:

Things You Just Don't Do To Your Server

Don't ever shake your empty glass at us. (Yes, we're aware it's empty because we watched you chug the entire thing down while taking your order).

Don't ever touch any part of us to get our attention.

Don't ever interrupt our greeting. Chances are, it's mandatory that we tell you our name & read our specials. Trust me, we wouldn't make this up.

Don't ever tip us poorly because your steak was over or under done, we didn't cook it.

Don't keep us at your table for 15 minutes telling us your entire life story. Yes, we like to converse, but we aren't your personal psychiatrist.

Don't send us back to the kitchen 5 separate times for condiments or boxes for your table:

Don't tell us it's your birthday for a free dessert if it isn't really your birthday:

Don't ask us to "hook you up". We aren't going to risk getting fired to get you a scoop of free ice cream.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, don't ever think that we don't like your or our jobs! The service industry is a great place and fun area to work in! Love ya ;)

DIY (Do It Yourself) Race Medal Holder

Hey everyone! This is a DIY I've been wanting to do for quite some time and have only recently gotten around to it. I've been browsing different medal holders I wanted to purchase and have been thinking about different designs. In the end I decided to make my own instead of purchasing one! It was way less expensive, more unique and I had a lot of fun with this project!

This is the finished project!

The materials I used were all purchased from Michael's. The back board is made of wood and was the most expensive part of making this. Normally it costs $16.99 BUT I actually used a 40% off coupon that Michael's offers online to get it down to about $9.00. I purchased a 12 pack of metal clips found in the stationary area for $3.99 as well as some black pop up plastic stickers with gems called "thickers dazzle". I also got some cork letters to write my "cute" display message. Lastly, I purchased a pack of wood block numbers, a black sharpie to color those letters in & used the hot glue gun I have at home already (great investment if you're new to DIY projects).

I took the blue and white designed card stock paper, cut it with a razor blade and put it on the smaller of the 2 boards with the glue gun. Then I glued the cork letters on with the hot glue gun as well.

 

After putting the gray cardstock on the larger of the two boards, I put white cardstock on the small oval pieces of wood and attached the black numbers. I wanted it to look like the bumper stickers with the miles on them that you see often. The most common public funs are 5Ks, 10Ks, 13.1 miles and 26.2 miles. I attached the metal clips as the things to hold the ribbons of the medals.

With some added touches, here it is! I did decide to add a sparkly brooch to the top to make it a little bit more girlie. :) It took me less than 2 hours and it was really fun to create! Now I don't have to settle on a typical medal holder that anyone can have!