On Sunday January 8th, I went to Barnes and Noble armed with $85 in gift cards. Unfortunately, none of the things I wanted were in the store. I came home and ordered it all online. I had to do it in 2 orders, since you can only use one card per order. According to the USPS tracking site, both orders left the warehouse for shipping on Wednesday January 11th.

On Tuesday January 17th, one of the two packages arrived in my post office box. One week later on Tuesday the 24th, I checked the tracking site again. It showed the one had been delivered, but the other was still waiting to be shipped. I emailed Barnes and Noble, not being able to find a phone number (it's 1-800-the-book if anyone is interested) and they replied telling me to wait until the 26th. If it had not come by then, then talk to my post office and ask if they were delaying it for some reason.

I did, they were not, I emailed that info back. Within minutes, rather than the 24-48 hours they ask you wait for a response, I get another one saying that that was unacceptable, and if I would like, I could reorder, not be charged again, and they would send it free shipping and handling. I agreed and got another email, within minutes, saying that my new order is ready for shipping.

We'll see. Keep your fingers crossed for me.


edit: Ok, so I just got off the phone with a friend of mine, who has an ego the size of Africa. We were talking about my day and he mentioned that he could never teach the age I do. High School maybe, but as he said, "I'm considered rather good looking, and a good conversationalist, so I don't want to deal with the crushes." I was laughing so hard, so silently, I was afraid I would suffocate.