Wolves of the Calla (aka: Dark Tower 5), using coupons I’ve earned by buying other books from Waldenbooks. Since I have more than enough in coupons to buy the book I want, I’ve offered to buy something for Fred as well. He’s given me a list of books, none of which Waldenbooks carries in stock, those bastards. I finally give up on Fred’s book and just buy Wolves of the Calla. When I’m in the car, I take the book out of the bag to see how many pages it has (736!), and find a bookmark in the front of the book. It’s priced $3.50, but when I look at the sales receipt, I see that I didn’t pay for it. I have no idea how it got there. As a plus, it’s a cat, and thus clearly a sign. What kind of sign, I have no idea. Drive from the mall to Sam’s Club. Wander around Sam’s Club and buy: napkins, paper towels, gum, Splenda, mini babybels, and large padded envelopes for multi-book orders. Look at the book section and see that it appears that Sam’s Club is selling Wolves of the Calla for the full $35. I got it for 25% off, plus another 10% off for having a preferred member card. Go, me! Drive from Sam’s Club to the pet store and check out the kitties (that damn little Blacktoe is still there, and I am seized again with the urge to stick her in my purse and sneak her home. She’s so small Fred would never notice, right?). Walk around the store, telling myself that our cats do NOT need a Panic Mouse, especially for THAT price. Inspect litter boxes before deciding which will work for us (one the size of the sweater boxes we’ve been using, only a bit shallower), buy a Comfort Zone (with Feliway!) plug-in as well. Also, grab a small bag of rattly toy mice, since they seem to be disappearing at an alarming rate. While checking out, chat with cashier, who somehow remembers me from last week when I bought a big container of Nature’s Miracle. “Is this for the same problem?” she asks. “Is your cat still peeing outside the box?” Be surprised that she remembers me. Chat for a few minutes about our cats (she has five cats, too!) and then leave. Get home, unload all the crap from the car, check orders, and finally (I’m starving!) have lunch. After eating lunch, check email, and then settle in to process book orders, which is a somewhat laborious process. Processing the books goes like this: Print out a packing slip for each person on the Paypal page – and you can only do one person at a time, you can’t print out several different people, unfortunately. Go through and match each packing slip to the email I got notifying me of the order for that person. Go into Quickbooks and begin an invoice, listing each person on a separate line, then the Paypal charge after each person. Check for referral codes, and if any of the orders has a non-OFB, BP, or VIT referral, enter the referral in the Excel spreadsheet. Open Stamps.com and begin printing out postage for each order. While each person’s postage is printing, email to let them know that their book will be shipping within 24 hours. Once the postage is printed, get correct number of books and envelopes. Check each packing slip to see if a signature is required. If not, put book and packing slip in envelope, tape flap shut, and tape postage to the front of the package. If a signature is requested, stick packing slip in front of book, tape postage to front of envelope, and leave on Fred’s desk. Between that and having to make dinner, I think that pretty well explains why there was no entry, don’t you? I have to admit that I kinda like the busy days, although I’m glad they don’t come along all that often.
(Yeah, I’m aware that I look like I’m about to flip out and go on a shooting spree)
