Could be heard a sad little girl, with tears down her face
She'd tried so hard to make a perfect day
But the stupid website threw her plans away
Yes folks, the little girl is me :(
I planned everything and I tried SO hard to make this christmas perfect for the man I love, but all my plans have been torn to shit, all because of ONE website....
The love of my life has, like me, had many below average christmasses... family feuds, money woes, and other factors have come together to wage war against his christmas spirit. He was well and truly into BAH HUMBUG mode this year at the first sight of anything vaguely christmas like.
Even though I confess to having some of the same feelings myself this year, to have my love being anything less than gleefully leaping about the house with excitement over the upcoming holiday, is simply unacceptable! So I vowed to do everything I possibly could to make this christmas the best EVER and bring even a little of that child-like christmas wonderment back for him and, in the process, hopefully a little would rub off on me too.
My first thought was to make basic home life as carefree and happy as possible...
That went out the window with the arrival of the mad ice princess sister! Throwing our whole world into turmoil and upheaving everything, she proceeded to take over the house and make us feel like outsiders in our own home. Why she wasn't kicked out is another story altogether, but for now let's just say, she's here and we're stuck with the housemate from HELL. That said, I decided, since there was nothing to be done about it, the only plan of action was to use a combination of ignoring her and trying to make the best of the situation.
All was looking well until...
Three and a half weeks to go and I still hadn't managed to find my angel the perfect present! I was beginning to panic when I stumbled across a website. (I can't tell you the name of the site just yet. I don't wanna ruin the surprise! lol) This site seemed to be screaming, "THIS IS IT! YOU'VE FOUND IT!" and it was true. I found the PERFECT gift for the man of my dreams and I was completely confident he'd love it!! There was one concern however... the item had to be shipped from Japan.
At first I was a little cocerned but, after checking the shipping options, I found out that as long as I paid an unimaginable amount for shipping, the perfect present would arrive in time. It was just over 3 weeks til christmas, I was paying with credit card so that wasn't a delay, and the shipping option I choose said "7-10 days" so I was confident that, even if it took an extra few days, or even a WEEK longer because of the holidays, it'd still be here in time (although possibly cutting it fine...)
The first sign of trouble was 2 days after I placed the order I got an email saying the order was ready and that they would soon be charging my credit card. I was a little worried that it had taken them this long just to tell me they were going to charge my card, but I let it go coz I'd never used this site before so I thought maybe there was some registration process to go through for new customers. So ok, I was fine with that. I was still quietly confident that my love would have a beaming smile on his face christmas morning and that order would be restored, his christmas spirit would once again be in full force!!
Then on the 10th of December I got another email from the company, this time telling me that they had JUST billed my card! I couldn't believe it! It had taken them this long jsut to bill me, nevermind posting the item! I was starting to get nervous now, but the email said that since payment had cleared, my order would be posted within 1-2 days. So I thought that, even at the worst case, I would definately get the package by Monday, the 24th, and thus, I would have the perfect gift to present to my sweetheart on the most wonderful day of the year and he would FINALLY have the perfect christmas I had strived so hard to give him.
On the 20th of December I received an email from the website I ordered the wonder-gift from. They happily informed me that they had posted my order THAT DAY!!
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ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!
3 postage days before christmas, almost 3 weeks after I placed the order, they have only just now gotten around to posting my order!! The order I paid a BUTTLOAD for, to have it sent out in 7-10 days, rather than the standard 6-8 WEEKS. I did the math...
Postage option: 7-10 days
Working days til christmas: 3 days
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The love of my life will not receive his perfect christmas present until approximately the 10th of January!
No gift, no peace on christmas day, no smile on his face, and don't forget the oppresive heat of an Australian christmas... All my plans to give my darling the perfect christmas day are ruined!! There were so many things working against me already in my quest to revive his christmas spirit, but as long as I had the perfect gift, maybe I had a chance.
Now I know it's all gone to hell and all the hard work I put in, the effort, the thought, the best intentions, they're all for nought!
As I said, I can't tell you the name of the site until the present I worked so hard for finally DOES arrive because I want it to at least stay a surprise, if not a timely one.
But rest assured, as soon as I'm able I WILL tell you all the name of the site and I'll even include a copy of the complaint email I sent to EVERY department of the website's offices (just to make sure they all knew what their inaction and inefficiency had done to ruin my family's christmas!)
I've just made up my mind.... I'm not gonna let a shitty website (that doesn' even know the meaning of christmas) get my spirits down!! I WILL give him the best christmas EVER and I'll do it all on my own!! F*** that site!! The best memories anyone ever has of christmas have little or nothing to do with the gifts. You remember the people you were with, right? So this year, I'm going to do my best to find, or even MAKE, a very special gift for my angel, not because of the gift itself, but so that he knows I thought about him. And other than that, I'm going to just GO WITH IT! Whatever happens on christmas day, NOTHING will bring me down! I'm seeing my baby sister in the morning, my love's father is coming over, and then it's a big family christmas lunch! And I will NOT let myself get down because one stupid site TRIED to steal my christmas away form me!
Here's hoping you all have the kind of christmas that makes you forget what presents you got coz there's just too many good memories and no room left in your head for trivialities such as the crappy pair of socks or the lumps in the gravy!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!!
1 comment:
Christmas was perfect anyway. I don't know why you were worrying so much! :)
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