Just a few seasonal stories for you!

Yesterday during lunch break I sent an unknown number to voicemail (as one does) and they left a message saying they were a delivery I was expecting and would be there in 20 minutes. It was something big and I wanted to be outside for the delivery.

Not too long after, someone pulled down the driveway. It was Amazon.

Then the driveway sensor went off again. It was UPS.

Then a Penske truck came down the driveway. This could be them! I opened the garage door and went outside. The driver handed me a small package.

Ha, then the delivery I was expecting came. It’s kind of nuts we had three deliveries since they left a message.


Why so many deliveries? Steven’s family decided to mail everyone’s gifts (we won’t be seeing each other) unwrapped, straight from the source. So lots of packages are coming this way, and we’re sending items their way too. And everyone is going to wrap each other’s gifts.

I’ve probably mentioned this before but I absolutely hate wrapping gifts. I’m probably going to wrap half and gift bag half. Here’s something I wrapped this week:

Surprise! It’s chocolate covered cherries!


I was trying to be efficient last night and went into Meier so I could go to the bank and buy gift cards at Starbucks (and get myself a chai, duh) – both of which are inside the store.

The bank went fine and I went to Starbucks and noticed the gift cards were all picked over. I grabbed two holiday-ish ones and went to the counter.

I was greeted with “um, we have a problem.”

Okay… I asked what was up. Turns out someone came and “bought” 35 gift cards with $5 on each which took forever to ring each up individually (understandable)… but then the person left without paying (*edited to add or taking the gift cards) but Starbucks was keeping the transaction open. They didn’t want to close it because it took so long.

That’s understandable, but this person had been gone for 20 minutes and was killing all potential business. Like what in the AF. I bet they never came back. I left because I couldn’t buy gift cards. They said I could go order a drink with cash or card (but not my app) at a store register then bring them the receipt and they’d make it for me. Um nope.

So much for being efficient.