Another Rant, Blogger MIA & A Reminder

To continue my little rant-let of the other day......

* I order some candles on cheap candle day from Bath & Body Works Or as Dr. Spo I believe called it "Blood & Body Works". lolz

Anyway, my candles finally arrived and what a mess.  If I had dug one particular candle out without looking first, my hand would now be a "Bloody Body Work"!

I've never had a problem before but this lot of candles must have been packed by a not-so well trained monkey.  

There was a layer of bubble wrap on the bottom of the box and some big air pillows amongst the candles.

However they used a too large box for the amount of candles in it so there was obviously a LOT of shifting during transport.

ONE candle was wrapped in bubble wrap..ok take a look at the massive hunk of bubble wrap they used.......

It's about a foot long and 4 inches wide.

Hardly seems adequate, right?

But all the others were NOT wrapped in anything, being simply nestled into these flimsy psuedo-cardboardy holes.........

Seriously!?!

Some seemed to be more hole than packaging!

And this is the result of badly packaged glass container candles............

A massive fail on this one.  The only reason it is somehow intact is the plastic label encircling the jar.

I am actually surprised that more of these didn't have a bottom blowout.

Two more jars are also chipped/broken but not like the glass shards hanging off this one!

So I go online and find the telephone # to contact them about the damage per their info.

I called the number on 3 different days and get the same message....."High call volume...blah blah blah.....can't answer your call.....blah blah blah.......call back another time...blah blah blah.

So what if these damaged goods are gifts?.....I can't exactly give someone a broken ass candle, can it?

What if they are Xmas seasonal scents and you aren't actually contactable unto after Christmas and there are no more of these items available?

Big time FAIL Bath & Body Works!!!

I guess it's more cost effective for BBW, to ship product sloppily, not let customers contact them until well after the fact and possible THEN take care of the issue and have disgruntled customers who will not buy things from them in the future, than to hire competent workers to adequately package shipped items the first time and avoid the cost of lost/damaged goods and hassle for everyone concerned.

Anybody else have a company shipping fail lately?

*  The other item is concerning blogger Linda of "Practical Parsimony".  She hasn't blogged since late November and folks are getting concerned.  I had an old phone # for her from one of our trips down South a few years ago so I called it.  Someone answered and hung up on me before I could say anything.  I called back and the phone went to voice mail so I left a message.  I have also emailed both the addys I have for her and have gotten no reply.  If anybody knows what's up please let us know.

*  And lastly, today is the last day to enter the current giveaway here on the 'ol blog.

 One entry per person per day if you didn't enter yet today.
You could win all this!............

And then one of these Christmas music CDs.........

Be sure and go to the Giveaway Post HERE if you reside in the USA and enter before 11:59 pm ET.

See y'all later!

Sluggy

Giveaway Reminder & Taking the Day Off

My eldest son is here visiting for a couple of days so I am taking today off from blogging. 

I will take this day to remind everyone there is still two days to enter the giveaway.
Go HERE before Monday night at 11:59 EDST to enter.  You can enter once per day.

Have a great Sunday everyone!

Sluggy

This Week on the Dining Table

The "Don't Forget to Enter!" Edition--

Today is the last day to enter my current giveaway.  You have until 11:59 pm ET to go HERE and leave a comment to be entered.  Make sure I have your email addy(either leave it in your comment or email it to me privately at arcure(at)ptdprolog(dot)net.)for your entry to be valid.
Good luck everyone!

Moving On....

Onward to the meal planning!

1. Sunday--Corned Beef, Carrots, Cabbage, Potatoes

2. Monday--FFY

3. Tuesday--maybe Lunch Out so Dinner will be whatever(if hungry)

4. Wednesday--BBQ Pork Sandwiches

5. Thursday--Nachos

6. Friday--Salmon, Veggie(who knows, Hubs is cooking this!)

7. Saturday--Leftovers or ?

And this is what actually happened--

1. Sunday--Corned Beef, Carrots, Cabbage, Potatoes

2. Monday--FFY

3. Tuesday--Leftover or FFY

4. Wednesday--BBQ Pork Sandwiches

5. Thursday--Nachos

6. Friday--Steak Sandwiches, Salad

7. Saturday--Domino's pizza(had gift card)

Last week saw 4 nights of home cooked dinners, 2 nights of leftovers/fend for yourself, 1 night of take-out and 0 nights of Eating out.  My shoulder was still hurting so I did minimal cooking or cooking that didn't take much effort(as you can see above lol).  Saturday daughter and I took Hubs out to a brewery and since it was on the way home we picked up pizza for dinner with an old gift card I had for Domino's.
Hubs and I didn't have a lunch out on Tuesday after all either.  Maybe this week?

1 trip to Weis and two items from Shursave Markets brought the shopping last week to $110.49.  A little shop and a big old whopper of a shop last week.  That brings March's food spending total to $355.12.  There are 5 days left in my shopping month and I'm not done yet.  Sunday I picked up my free ham at Weis and I did buy a few things.  I am also out of onions so I'll probably go to the restaurant supply store and lay a supply in this week(might put that bill onto April's budget however).  Stay tuned...... ;-)

My savings percentages last week was 52.18% and the monthly savings so far ends up at 51.45%(without Rite-Aid trips added in).

Leftovers going into this week.......Corned Beef, BBQ pork, taco/nacho filling, a little pizza.

Here is this week's "food plan".....

1. Sunday--Reuben Sandwiches(using leftover corned beef)and any leftover carrots/cabbage mix

2. Monday--Salmon and whatever else Hubs decides to cook(He won't tell me.)

3. Tuesday--Maybe more Nachos to use up the taco meat.

4. Wednesday--Ravioli in Parmesan Cream Sauce, some kind of Salad

5. Thursday--No clue yet

6. Friday--No clue yet

7. Saturday--No clue yet

This week will see ? new meals cooked, ? nights of leftovers/FFY and ? night of Take-out/Eat-Out.
I just haven't figured this week's meals out yet.  I have Tons of options as the larders are full but my brain just "can't even" yet when it comes to a meal plan.
Next Sunday is ham for Easter so Saturday's meal will be simple I think or leftovers.

What is getting fixed and served at your house this week?
Please tell me and give me some ideas for mine! lolz
And let me know what you are cooking/serving for Easter dinner too.  Besides a ham I don't have anything set in stone yet.

Was last week's plan successful, did you go off plan or did you not even plan what was going to be eaten last week?

Any great deals on food at your stores this week?

Sluggy

Don't Forget

The Giveaway is still open.
Link on the right side bar.....take a look!
Don't forget to make your daily entry.

I am off into the garage today.  The weather is bright and warmish and I hope to get a lot accomplished.
Wish me luck! ha

Sluggy