I’m typing this while I am chatting online with Sheena W. from the Toys R Us help desk.  I placed an order with Toys R Us only after multiple error messages about my card not being able to be processed and a frustrated phone call my bank to get the card unblocked.  It’s Christmas so I’m obviously freaking shopping.  My bank is paranoid.   I received the dreaded html code screen after I had finally processed the order which of course in English means you are screwed and your order just went to Internet heaven.

I checked my current orders to see if hopefully it actually did go thru but alas that wasn’t the case.  I clicked on my cart to see if my items remained.  They had vanished.  F@&K.  I pulled up my previously viewed items and only some of the items were in there so I added them all back to my cart, plus the ones that weren’t in previously viewed items and processed the order.  It went through without a hitch.  I escaped to eat a very late lunch.

A few hours later my darling husband (obviously after reviewing my spending for the day) informed me that the Toys R Us order had posted to the bank account twice.  Sigh.

I went back to my F@&K*!G computer and looked up my order history again.  Two freaking identical orders were in there!  Placed about 15 minutes apart.  That is when I contacted my friend Sheena W.  She claims that they are already processing the order so she can put in a request to cancel it but it may go through any ways.  That after it shows up I can send it all back or bring it to a Toys R Us store for a full refund.  Jesus!  I was trying not to go in that dreaded store to begin with.  It is filled with screaming crying kids and tired parents!

Christmas is a Pain In The Ass!  I keep it simple by doing most of my shopping on the internet.  Thank God for Al Gore for inventing it!  Or is Donald Trump claiming he invented it now?  But this year has not gone smoothly so far.

Whatever.

On a positive and festive note I spent $10 on replacement bulbs for 3 lights sets that I have (since god forbid that all the bulbs last through a couple season!).  That is the only money I have spent on decorating this year.  Pretty good.

Now I must go have a glass of wine.

Things removed from my life:  My patience and sanity.

207 Days and counting.