I don't have anything super interesting to blog about today, so I will tell you about one of my pet peeves.
Back in April I had a job interview and really wanted to look modern and polished and professional--you know "office worthy". Dress for the position you want, they say. So, Macy's was having this big old clearance sale and in the suit department I found this fantastic three piece suit (jacket, pants, blouse). It had been marked down a ton of times from over $300 down to $79. Seriously. The pants were gigantic on me, but that jacket....it fit like it had been personaly tailored just for me. Not being one to pass up a bargain that has karmic implications, I bought it and took it home where it has been hanging in the closet for what, eleven weeks?
On my birthday my husband told me we were going out to a swanky place for dinner to celebrate. After trying on half the clothes in my closet, trying to find the most appropriate outfit, I began to believe I had nothing to wear. You have all been there. Clothes piled up all around you, closet formerly packed to the gills now reduced to empty swinging hangers, and you can't find anything you want to put on. Then, the lightening bulb went off!
The Suit, still in its plastic garment bag was there waiting for me! Gleefully, I ripped off the plastic and put the jacket on over some black pants I already owned that fit me nicely. I looked fantastic. Exactly the look I was going for. Now, running late, I finished my makeup, pulled on the perfect little black heels and changed purses. As I was going out the door, I turned for one last admiring look in the full length mirror. I turned to see the back of me and this is what I saw.
Luckily I still have the tags, but who knows where the receipt went? Now I get to go back to Macy's, setting off the security alarms as I go through the door and try to explain this. Grrrrrr. Wish me luck.
OMG I hate those darn things!
Posted by: Carol | June 26, 2008 at 09:54 AM
my gawd that happens to you a lot. Sheesh. We are having a staff pot luck today, hosted by moi, and half the people forgot. My strawberry pie has freezer burn, YUCK. Ryan is being irritating. I'm having sort of a crumby day myself.
Posted by: sara | June 26, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Nicole . . . contrary to what the stores want you to believe . . . you can get that off . . . my husband has pried them off using a screwdriver . . . in a matter of minutes . . . you just need strength in your hands . . . so maybe have your husband do it . . .
Posted by: Cheryl | June 26, 2008 at 10:21 AM
That same thing happened to me except I was visiting my brother in Houston and didn't find the thing until I got back to my mom's in north TX packing to fly home to Illinois. Of course Illinois, where I lived then, didn't have Foley's so we had to scramble to find and get to one in Oklahoma City before my flight. How in the world did we get out of the store in the first place????? So irritating! I can surely feel your pain.
Posted by: Donna | June 26, 2008 at 10:23 AM
I hate that too! How come, when they forget to take them off, doesn't the alarm go off? but, it probably will when you take it back to the store.
So, what did you end up wearing for your birthday date?
Posted by: Julia | June 26, 2008 at 11:10 AM
I love Macy's but I can't tell you how many times that has happened to me too. Now I always double check my purchases either before I leave the store or when I get to the car. It's a 30 minute drive to go back to the store from my house. If you ask for a discount for your trouble, sometimes you will get a little bit more off. Good luck!
Posted by: Janet | June 26, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Oh how I love those Macy's markdowns *s* But isn't the 'eternal question' Why don't those alarms go off when we leave the store?
Posted by: Libby | June 26, 2008 at 11:32 AM
i've had that happen. except i had bought the outfit in the US(i live in Canada) the store actually paid for me to ship the item back, they pulled the tag off and mailed it back
Posted by: Rhonda | June 26, 2008 at 11:40 AM
What a pain, I hate those darned things. I had one left on a purse one time and no one ever came running after me, I didn't even know it was on there until I went to use it. You can get them off, but it's a lot of work.
Posted by: Beth | June 26, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Oh Dear Nicole...hopefully they won't have that jacket in the shop anymore so they will tell it's from stock from 3 months ago...another idea is to check your credit card or bank statement for the purchase and bring that to them to prove you bought it. Good Luck...BTW those we're suggestions from my very practical DH... :o)
Posted by: Jane Weston | June 26, 2008 at 12:15 PM
OMG, that is soooo funny! I once had to buy a pair of shoes in a hurry for my hot night out. Once home and dressed to the 9s, I go to put my new shoes on, there were 2 different sizes in the box LOL!
Posted by: Barbie Jo | June 26, 2008 at 01:02 PM
Well sorry, it struck my funny bone because we have all been there, but I am sure it was NOT funny at the moment!
Posted by: Barbie Jo | June 26, 2008 at 01:06 PM
I'm always paranoid that one of those darn things is going to be left on my clothes when I leave a store. Knock on wood, it hasn't happened yet.
Posted by: MichelleB | June 26, 2008 at 02:25 PM
This has happened to me recently when I bought a pair of jeans. I bought them in one store of a chain of stores but had to take them back to a different one. The assistant told me that she might have problems taking the tag off as it was different to the ones in her store, fortunately she got it off easily, than goodness.
Posted by: Ailsa | June 26, 2008 at 02:51 PM
I've never had that happen but really wonder how on earth you got out of that store without it setting off some alarm! Hope you have no difficulty getting it sorted out.
Posted by: Cathi | June 26, 2008 at 03:04 PM
Always happens to me at Christmas time around Christmas Eve when I am wrapping last minute clothes for my daughter! Oh well she is old enough to take them back herself now!
Posted by: Donna | June 26, 2008 at 03:08 PM
I hate it when that happens The sales girl should remember to take them off It looks bad when you take them back they sort of look at you funny untill you show them your docket Ha Ha see i paid for it then they smile back at you.
Hugs Mary.
Posted by: Mary Wood | June 26, 2008 at 03:14 PM
I had this happen to me once. Lucky I still had the receipt.
A funny story. A good while back, we saw the same young man at a local restaurant two different times. He thought he was really cool with his snappy clothes and all his gold jewelry, fancy cell phone, & shiny way too cool shoes. His fancy pants had the sort of clear type size sticker stuck to the back of one of the legs. Wonder why no one in his group noticed and alerted him.
Posted by: Karen Beigh (Log Cabin Quilter) | June 26, 2008 at 06:12 PM
That's never happened to me. They don't put those things on clothes at Wal*Mart.
Posted by: Susan Ramey Cleveland | June 26, 2008 at 07:04 PM
Arghhh! I've had this happen. Darnit. I hope to hear how this one turns out. Sheesh. I missed so much this week.
Posted by: Karen Lee | June 27, 2008 at 04:53 PM
OOOOOOHHHHHH!!!! That TOTALLY chaps my butt! And the sales clerks are usually horribly unapologetic. I think you should get a small gift card or percent off coupon when that happens... Especially with gas prices being so high and the time you spend going back to the store. Lovely jacket, however!
Posted by: LizzyMae | June 27, 2008 at 06:55 PM
Oh dear I feel dense...I was trying to work out why you are going to take it back.
Did not realize (having never gone home with one) that those things are not easy to get off.
I now understand...........but doubt I will ever get to see Macys.
Posted by: Jane | June 28, 2008 at 06:40 AM
Good grief! How did you manage to get out of the store without setting off the alarms? And how could they have forgotten to take off the tag? I would be a bit upset, too.
Posted by: Nan | July 01, 2008 at 08:12 AM