Becoming A Reality

February 28.  The first time I ever ordered shoes from Zappos and didn't receive free overnight shipping.  From now on, unless I pay upwards of $7.00, shoes ordered from their website will arrive in 4-5 days.  I really feel like today should be a day of mourning.

In addition to the severe pain that was caused by the loss of Zappos free overnight shipping, Endless is no longer offering negative $5.00 shipping, although it is still free overnight.  It's the end of an era folks.  A beautiful carefree time that will be remembered with the same fondness as the Napster Years.  But life does go on, and so next week, I hope to wrap up The Great Shoe Quest with my thoughts on all of the shoes and my final selections.  I know I'm pretty dang excited!

And to go along with the vacation time that was so graciously bestowed upon me by my illustrious company, Colby's passport arrived in the mail on Tuesday, and mine showed up yesterday.  We're official, y'all!!  Although, I admit that I'm pretty bummed about the fact that I lost the stamps I'd collected over the years in my old passport.  Le sigh.

So, all in all, today I'm feeling pretty okay.  Italy is just over a month away, and it no longer feels like some far off dream.  I've been mentally selecting outfits for the past few days, and I think this weekend I'm going to finish my vacation shopping by purchasing a pair of these pants in lemonade and porcelain blue.  Assuming they don't make my ass look ginormous, that is.

Tonight I'm going to have dinner with Lori, and I'm oh so excited since I think the last time we saw each other was on Christmas Eve.  I'll probably moan about my job a little bit more over cocktails, but then I am putting it out of my mind until next week.  I've done nothing for the past two days but think about whether I should quit, and if so when I should quit--pre or post vacation?--where else I would work, how much it would suck to not buy shoes for the entire duration of the job hunt, whether or not it really is all that bad here, and how tired I am of 11 hour days.  My brain is utterly exhausted, and this weekend I just want to have fun eating cupcakes, buying flowers for our front yard, shopping, and vegging out on the couch.  I'm going to take a page out of Scarlett's book and say, "Fiddle-dee-dee, I'll think about that tomorrow."  After all, tomorrow is another day!

(And there we have it--it took almost 3 years, but I finally managed to throw out the titular line.  Nice.)

Comments

[Kateastrophe]

ZAPPOS DID WHAT???

I think I'm going to cry.

[TasterSpoon]

"Titular." Heh heh.

If you can managed to get fired, severance and the dole can be nice. But then I guess you have all that 'splaining to do in your interviews.

[Becky]

I'm so envious of your ability to wear such cute clothes.

[Michelle & the City]

i'm so jealous that you'll be going to italy! the whole job misunderstanding was crazy, but i'm glad you are getting the time off. i think i would have flipped out if i were you, so you handled yourself really well.

and this zappo's thing? horrible. horrible i tell you. we should be able to get our shoes at a moment's notice. shouldn't we? lol

[jamie]

Wait. What?! No more overnight shipping?!

My heart is breaking right now. Seriously.

[Fraulein N]

Today can't be a day of mourning. You're going to Italy! In cute pants! Rejoicify!

[Bre]

It's sad, isn't it!?! No 110% price match guarantee at Zappos either! :(

[Diane]

Great pants, and that is crushing news about Zappos. I have been lurking around your blog waiting for the Great Shoe Quest results!

[RisibleGirl]

I agree about being crushed about the new Zappos policy. I wonder (ummm, I mean hope) if it will negatively affect their business in such a way that they bring it back.

Sad news- I have knives in my throat this morning and you spent a good 2.5 hours with me last night. Go buy some airborne and zicam. And then drink a lot of alcohol to get rid of the germs. :)

[srah]

http://consumerist.com/358746/zappos--we-want-to-be-known-as-a-customer-service-company-not-a-marketing-company

So maybe you WILL get them on time!