Oh Hi There!!!

Ya I is still here. The end of the world came and went and we are all still here, at least I am so I am assuming there is someone else out there somewhere.

Since the rumor was false, and I am feeling more myself,  I suppose I had best get back to blogging……………..   Been waylaid with a nasty bout of IBS, will spare you the gory gross details since they are not pretty. At least the urge to go back to bed and curl up in a ball is gone and I feel fine except for ……………  fill in gory details.

have no knit pic
so I give you this
which I stole

Knitting at the moment is for the holidays, so pictures should show  up in a few days.  Meanwhile ……….  There is this little bit of a whine bitch rant. We will start at the beginning because where else??



Last month, I was thinking about knit gifts for the holidays. 

Choose patterns, decided on yarn,

 

started to knit the Christmas socks because I had the yarn.

Nov.3, I placed an order for some Madelinetosh yarn with Webs.  

and waited and waited

Weeks later sent this note to Webs:

Dear people of Webs,

On November 3, I placed my first ever order with you.  Being very careful to order only in-stock items even over others that I would have preferred because they were ‘in stock’.

Then waited one whole week with nothing happening, only to receive an e-mail that two of the items were out of stock and would be shipped when in stock.  So, the wait was on, checked in and looked about two weeks later, oh look, they are all in stock.  Waited some more and checked back and guess what…………  oh, out of stock, again.  WTF

Meanwhile, I have received bunches of e-mail in which you, Webs, would like me to order more yarn.  You are kidding, right?  I am still waiting for my first order and in all likelihood last order and or soon to be canceled order.

Honestly, the discount is not worth all this.

Sincerely, Donna Mrozek

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On Nov 30 I received a reply  (note this is almost one whole month later):

Hello Donna,
Thank you for your email.  I do hear your frustration.  The biggest issue that affects our inventory is our huge retail store.  Which pulls from the same inventory.  We also have to check both locations for any order that cannot be filled directly from the warehouse.  This is not meant to sound like excuses, I am just trying to provide you with some information  about our system.  With the order volume that we have at this time things are taking longer than normal.

I understand that you are anxious to get your beautiful Madelinetosh yarn.  That yarn is very popular.  They are a small hand dying company and their yarn can take longer than our normal 2-3 weeks to re-stock.  We are expecting a shipment from Madelinetosh in the next week but I have no way of knowing if your yarn is in that shipment.

I have removed your shipping charge from this order.  Please let me know if there are any changes you would like to make to the order.

Please accept my apology for the delay.

Theresa  --------------Customer Service

So, I am thinking that this means their fuckin’ computer system sucks.

Now torn between, perverse curiosity as to how long it could really take to get this yarn or saying screw you Webs and canceling.  Somehow 2 months is just a bit much!!!

 pic of Beth
because she just so damn cute