Saturday, November 27, 2004

i'm dreaming of an ecru christmas

ok.
i have a graduate level education.
i worked in a computer lab for three years in college.
i have a large vocabulary and can use words like algorithm and quotidian.

so can someone explain why i cannot figure out how to type in a promotional code to get free shipping on my online christmas order? i just spent the last ten minutes on the phone with a malicious customer service lady who helpfully answered my question, "can you tell me why my free shipping promotional code isn't working?" with "because you typed it in the wrong place."
i've been determined to escape the whole frantic-holiday-ness by ordering everyone's gifts online instead of fighting the mall... but instead i have some random collection of discountwear all guaranteed to clutter my apartment before december 25. and because it took me so many tries to get the free shipping right, i now have duplicate gifts coming in different colors at different times. also, i have no idea what color these gifts actually are. i understand that men are confused by women's distinguishing seafoam from moss from ocean. but if you had to choose between yellow, white, aviator and racer, what would you do? (i picked aviator. it sounded more official.)

next year i think i'll take mmmb's suggestion of making everyone a clay-handprint ashtray.

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