Shopping

How is it that I married a man who takes longer to make a decision on his sock purchase than the average person does for a car purchase?

Why does Kohls not provide chairs for people to sit in?

How is it that at the time of choosing, $12 for a footed onesie outfit that looks like a baseball uniform and says "Heartbreaker" across it like a baseball team's name seemed like an okay purchase because I was getting 15% off of the $12 price, but when I walked outside and was looking at the receipt, I was in complete shock that either one of us were okay with spending that much money for one item when we were in the baby department? I mean, I must be losing it because I really didn't remember the price or that I was fine with it, and then when we were outside I was rather annoyed with the whole purchase. Of course, my husband, who knew I was getting perturbed by the length of time it was taking him to pick out socks, kept saying, "you said you wanted it!" so I wouldn't blame it on him. I'm sure I did. But I've got massive baby brain and can't remember much of anything anymore.

20 questions at Kohls

"When are you due?"

"Are these gifts?"

"When did you sign up?" (for the credit card)

"Are these gifts" (second time)

"What are you having?"

"Is that your first boy?"

"What's that coupon in your wallet?" (another Kohls coupon that gave a lesser discount than the one I was using)

I was drilled!!!

Credit cards

A couple of weeks ago I went to Kohls with my mom and I got "coerced" into signing up for a Kohls credit card -- because of the tremendous deals I will receive. Oh yes, tremendous deals are the best. So even though I really didn't want another credit card, I'm a sucker for tremendous deals and I signed up. Instead of doing it on paper or online, I used their handy-dandy credit card swiper machine to sign up for my credit card. After entering my information, which consisted of only numbers (social security number, address, phone number), I was approved with a whopping $1500 credit limit. The sales guy then gave me a paper to sign, which I did, and that was that. I was all set for the tremendous deals that would happen year round.

Yesterday I got mail from Kohls, and I thought it was my first credit card bill. So I opened it, and instead of being a bill, it was a letter informing me that me or someone else in my household (darn those cats) signed up for their protection plan and that I would be charged $1.60 per $100 I spent. It went on to explain how helpful this will be for me in case something terrible happens to me and I can't pay my credit card bill anymore. Now, I had charged up a huge credit card bill of $22 bucks the first time I've used my account (dripping with sarcasm}, and even though I received my card, I haven't called to activate it or even signed it, so I'm thinking, why the heck would I sign up for a protection plan to protect me from my $22 bill? Darn those cats....

Ah...but then I realized that since I signed up so quickly and efficiently without being able to read anything, I ended up signing myself up for this lovely plan by signing the agreement. Pretty sneaky, I tell you. So now I get to make a fun customer service call to cancel this plan that I don't want because I'm pretty sure I'll be able to pay my $22 credit card bill -- when I get it.