Thursday, July 14, 2005
Photos are a scam!A couple of weeks ago, a local department store had an advertisement for a one day only photo session for $10 and you got a free 8x10 photo. The props and clothes were cute. Tuxedos, violins, etc. So, my mom jumped on the chance to get more pictures of LittleMan. (We don't have any wall decoration except for pictures of him and my college diploma and our walls are almost full!) So, I agreed, but told her that I wasn't going to order any pictures. I figured that they turned out cute and last night was our appointment to view the pictures. So, LittleMan, LuckyHusband, and myself loaded up to go look and politely decline. Well, my mom wanted to buy and offered to split a package with me. The smallest package was $59.99, so I agreed. By the time the shipping, handling, and tax were added it was $75.00!!! WTF???
I think that's how all of these photo places and home based businesses scam you. I know that you can order a $5 spatula from Pampered Chef and your final bill is like $17.00 by the time all the fees are added. What is that all about? Handling fee? For you to take it out of a box and put it in a bag? Please...I'll go to Target and "handle" it myself. But, anyway, back to the subject at hand. I think that picture places are a scam. They make you feel like garbage that those precious pictures of your little one looking at the ceiling, looking at the floor, and mashing his face into an expression that would make a Chinese pug recognize him as one of her own, are going to go in the trash because you didn't buy them. What a crock!!
That's why I love the photographer that normally takes LittleMan's pictures because they aren't too expensive and you view them on a CD or the internet and pick what you want. No "priceless" pics of your little one going in the trash. JC Penney's has even resorted to the level of printing extras in hopes of you buying them when you come to pick up the picutures. And, yes, I've fell into their shady marketing scheme.
Big Brother
Don't forget Big Brother is tonight! Eviction, a new HOH, and the supposed revealing of the secret pairs.
Letterman
I didn't get to watch last night! Fill me in. From internet articles I gathered that she evaded his questions.
Three Things
Okay, I'll get back to doing this again like I should.Name three songs (not necessarily your favorite) that "bring you back" to a certain situation, time period, or person. Explain what they remind you of.
1. If You Love me Again by Tracy Lawrence - Someone actually used this as a way to make me come back to them once. It worked, but the relationship was short-lived. However, I can't help but think of that phone conversation when I hear this.
2. Whiskey Lullabye - reminds me of a couple I know. The first part of the song has actually already come true. I feel that the second part isn't all that many years away.
3. You Were Mine by the Dixie Chicks - This song reminds me of a very, very hard time in my life and this song seemed to say exactly what I was thinking. When I hear it, I always tear up and relive the emotions of that time. Abandonment, hurt, guilt...I found out later that Natalie wrote that song from the exact point of view that I experienced it which made me like it even more.
What are your three songs?
I Have a Weight Loss Partner!
Christina graciously agreed to be my partner for Tee's weight loss challenge. Yippee! I can't wait to start seeing some results!
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Melissa-Mom to LittleMan (4/04); wife to LuckyHusband; full-time toxicologist; full-time housekeeper; full-time domestic laundromat manager (washes all the clothes); full-time domestic finance manager (pays all the bills and yells at husband for spending too much money on fishing stuff); and Keeper of the Cheerios. Lives in a tiny town; spends tons of time with family; reads; enjoys crafts. Can change a diaper, fill a sippy cup, and put on a toddler's shoes in 15.4 seconds flat, all while calculating the impact of petroleum hydrocarbons to a nearby surface water body (watch for me in the Toddler Olympics on CBS this fall). Addicted to Dr. Pepper; Kit Kats; and pasta. To spot me in a crowd: I'm the one with frizzy messed-up hair, smeared graham crackers on my shirt; huge purse with a diaper peeking out, toddler on her hip, and camera in hand at all times.
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Confessions of a Shopaholic
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
Can You Keep a Secret?
Shopaholic Ties the Knot
Shopaholic and Sister
The Nanny Diaries
Nighttime is My Time - Mary Higgins Clark
Trace - Patricia Cornwell
She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb
Saving Graces - Patricia Gaffney
Save Karyn - Karyn Boznack
Rosie Dunne - Cecelia Ahern
Little Earthquakes - Jennifer Weiner
The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella
In Her Shoes - Jennifer Weiner
One Tuesday Morning - Karen Kingsbury
The Pot Luck Club
P.S. I Love You - Cecelia Ahern
No Place Like Home- Mary Higgins Clark
The Covanent - Beverly Lewis
The Betrayal - Beverly Lewis
The Sacrifice - Beverly Lewis
The Prodigal - Beverly Lewis
Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
The Preacher's Daughter - Beverly Lewis
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No Place Like Home- Mary Higgins ClarkRosie Dunne - Cecelia Ahern
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