Follow up from yesterday....

Called the corporate office of the glasses store in the States, as they cover both Canada and the States.  The guy was really nice and he was going to contact both the store manager and the district manager.  What if anything will happen after that I'll never know as I won't be visiting the store.

We had snow on the weekend, so there has been some activity with my ad for my snow tires on Kijiji.  Spent part of Tuesday emailing back and forward one guy.....still not sold them though.  Another guy wanted to swap his four tires with no rims for my snow tires with rims???  There are some very funny bunnies in this world!!!

Things are quiet around here, still really tired from the weekend and my right hand is not at all happy at the moment, so trying to rest it as much as possible.

Must be nice to have too much business.........

Dh broke his glasses last night.  He NEEDS his glasses and wears them all the time.  He had a spare pair that is exactly the same.  The only thing is the lenses were a slightly different prescription.  So he decides to change out the lenses until we can get another pair.

Anyhow to cut a long story short neither of us could get one of the screws in.  After fighting on with it for a while we decided we had better go to town and see if an eye glass store could give us another screw and put it in for us.

We went to one of the biggest chains of eye glass stores in Canada. 

The conversation went like this:

Dh: I need a screw for my glasses (he''s showing them to her)

Me: and would it be possible for someone to put it in for us, as my husband can't see without his glasses on and I am having trouble doing it, even with my glasses on.

Store Lady:  I'm sorry we can't do that as if we break them we'll be liable and you could sue us.

Me: well is there some form we can sign so you won't be liable?

Store Lady: no we can't do it.

Me: well can you at least give us another screw?

Store lady: no

Dh was about to say something, when I said fine, let's go next door to Zehrs to see if they could help.  A customer who was listening to the conversation, also said go to Zehrs!!

We go to Zehrs the guy not only replaces the screw and puts it in.  He also adjusts the glasses so they sit straight on dh's head.  He did explain they were older so they could break.  We said be as careful as possible and he was and everything turned out fine.

Dh was telling him he'll need an new pair of glasses.  The guy told us about an upcoming 50% off sale from the 22nd to the 24th of November at all Loblaw's  brand stores that have an Optical department.  He showed dh some types of glasses that would be suitable.  He told us what was involved and what he would need from out optometrist. 

His customer service skills were awesome.  Because of that dh will be getting two new pairs of glasses and I have made an appointment at our optometrist to see if my prescription has changed and will be getting two new lenses for my glasses if it has.

So overall the major chain store we went to originally has probably lost out on $1,000 worth of business, as dh gets all sorts of extras on his glasses.  I think I will call the manager of that store and tell him that.

At the end of the day, how you treat your customer's DOES matter and customer's are your bread and butter!!

Can't believe it's already been a year.........

Since dd and son-in-law got married can you?  It has gone fast.

Happy Anniversary to both of you!   This is what we bought them:

Paper is the first anniversary traditional gift, but someone told me a clock was the modern first anniversary gift, so I got them a clock for their kitchen.

Also yesterday was the baby shower.  I only have a couple of photos to show you, as I never got a chance to take photos.  I will ask "R" to send me hers, as I know she took photos of everything.  People started turning up before we were completely set up!!!  Only because I threatened "R's" close friends with the naughty step if they weren't on time!!!  Yes, I did!!!!

In this box are the chocolate caramel cupcakes, the mini chocolate cupcakes and the lemon cranberry loaves.

In this box are the lemon cupcakes, filled with lemon curd.

In this box are the butterfly buns, they have raspberry jam in them:

In this one are the pumpkin spice cupcakes:

This is the one photograph I managed to take at the actual shower:

As you can see people had enjoyed the food at that point!!  The biggest success were the scone's with the clotted cream and jam.  Dd loose leaf tea went down really well as well.  Again I will share photos when I get them and explain more.

Will admit to being pooped but pleased that "R" thoroughly enjoyed it and there were a great mix of people there.  Plus she got a huge pile of gifts, which I have yet to see!!

Indian baby shower.......

I am writing this on Saturday night.  It's been a good but busy day.  Enjoyed the Indian baby shower, and everyone was so friendly and nice.

I am shocked but I got permission off of everyone to post photos on my blog.

From left to right dd best friend, "R", who finally looks pregnant!!  Me, and dd.

Thought this was a better photo as I was actually smiling!!

I wanted to show you this photo as you can see the back of my blouse,

I can't remember what I was doing there, but I was doing something as part of the ceremony.  Do you like the two girls on the rights outfit?   They were really cute.  The house where the ceremony was held was stunning as well.  I should have taken some photos of the light fixtures as they were gorgeous.

The chair in the back to the right was so comfy, I told them I was taking it home with me!!!  They did something very weird to me, but probably not for some of you.  They added lemon and cucumber to their water?  It's supposed to be refreshing?  I enjoy lemon in my water, but not too keen on the cucumber.

As it was a religious ceremony they don't serve meat or eggs, so we had South Indian vegetarian food.  As I don't tolerate spice at all, I had Naan bread, which was yummy a little bit of Tamarind rice with plenty of yogurt over it to dull the spice.  There were plenty of other types of food, but all with spice in. Dd, Kristy and dh all tucked in as they enjoy it.

So one down, one to go......

Let the prep begin............

It's the baby shower(s) weekend so busy, busy around here.  I had to start on the preparation on Friday afternoon, as with having the Indian Shower on Saturday and our shower on Sunday there isn't time to do it all in one day.

These photos were taken on Friday.  Underneath all that stuff is my kitchen table:

First change of plan was to make Rice Krispie Squares instead of the chocolate krispie thingy's.  Mine always look as though someone went crazy with the toppings!!  They have hundred's and thousand's on the top of them, along with toffee bits and chocolate:

Now the peanut butter cookies, I have been using the same Fannie Farmer recipe for 20+ years, so can do it in my sleep.  However on Friday I kept burning the bums of the cookies.  It's always the same when you want things to be perfect.

Wasn't much better with the Chocolate Chip ones either:

I was lucky on Friday as there was no tax on anything at Zehrs.  So I saved nearly $4 on the 6 bunches of flowers I bought.  Then doing my regular shopping saved some money there as well.

It snowed on and off all day with us on Friday, but we were lucky as it melted as fast as it fell.

I will remember to take plenty of photos with our outfits on, on Saturday as is should be a sight to see!!

It's surprising what I can fit in my car.....

Here is the chair out of the car:

Paid $48 (around 30 British Pounds) for it at the charity shop I go to in Stayner.  I had the second winning bid on some Cornflower glass pieces, so went to pick them up.  However when I saw the pieces I decided to pass, they were not as old as I thought.  I had seen this chair the other week I was in and it had been over $80 and each week they reduce the price.  So I figured for $48 I couldn't go wrong.  It needs a good clean, but overall it's in good condition.

I love the town of Stayner everyone is so friendly and very willing to help you.  It has a small town feel about it which I love.  I could see ourselves living there; the weather sucks there in the winter though.

This week's "Home of the Week," is nice, don't love it, but don't hate it.  It's missing something, not sure what?  Does anyone else feel that way?  I do like the art work above the fireplace in the living room and master bedroom, so if I did love it and have the $1 million to buy it I would ask for that artwork with the house!!!

The "Condo of the Week," is very nice if you like living 38 floors up in the sky, and have $1.3 million spare to pay for it, and can afford the nearly $3,000 a month maintenance fees!  You will need buy a pair of fluffy slippers as there are only tile and wood floors in the place, so it will be cold in winter, unless they have under floor heating throughout the place?  The views from the windows must be great, just a shame I am afraid of heights!

I am posting a link to an old post, as I made Dulche de Leche overnight in the crockpot.

November already?

Where on earth did October go too?  Mind you I am glad it is over with, as it hasn't been the best of months for us, especially with Molly's passing.  I do miss her, but it is getting easier everyday and I do enjoy not have slobber all over the window and dog hair everywhere, but I still miss her.

I did set myself a couple of goals for the month of October and have managed to achieve them.  One was to not put my heating on until November; and pleased to say we didn't and haven't as yet.  The other one was to bring my swagbuck total up to 3,600 points, which I managed.  Will be cashing in 2,250 over the next three days for another $25 worth of Amazon gift cards.  If anyone wants more details about swagbucks leave me a comment with your email address in it; I won't publish the comment and I will email you some tips about how to get the points.

November for us is a busy month, especially the first couple of weeks.  We have both baby shower's this weekend.  The following weekend is dd birthday.  In between hands I really, really want to get the floor installed in the new basement; however dh needs to get his tools back from dd so we can do that!!!  My goal is to have the new basement finished by the end of the year, and we are nearly there......

I am going to try and sell my snow tires from my old car again on Kijiji.  We have had no luck so far which sucks, as any money I make from selling them will help towards paying my snow tires on my new car.  It's $1,000 for snow tires on rims with sensors for my new car.

Another goal I have for the month of November is to have all the Christmas cards written and sent by the last week of November.  So that means I need to make a start on the dreaded Christmas letter!!!  I also want all the Christmas presents bought by the end of the month.  That is doable, just stuck on what to buy ds as small gifts.