A few months ago, I won a silent auction for $100 gift certicate from a salon. I thought, "Great, I'll get a haircut and maybe a facial" with the certificate. No, no, no, Wrong! It was a $100 Haircut!! Yes, Really! I mean it's a nice haircut and all, but my first reaction was "Get the eff outta here". I am so, so glad I got this certificate for like $20 bucks. And of course I had to tip the guy.
When do the heck did I move to Beverly Hills?
Speaking of personal grooming, I have a situation with my eyebrow threading lady. I had an extra new compost bin that I gave to her last Fall. She was so appreciative, she emailed me and offered me a free eyebrow threading. Gee, that's nice. Except when I went to her last time to get my brows cleaned up, She Charged Me!!!! I was so annoyed that when I got home from my appointment I returned her email with a new one asking her how the compost bin was working! She replied all was fine and not a word about her offer. Should I mention this to her in person when I go back to her?!? Which I am not even sure I want to do even though she does a nice job on the brows. What do you all think, dear blog friends?
I just got an email from a friend inviting me to join her Canasta group. Holy crapola, am I really getting That OLD!? Gee, isn't it bad enough I have to go through PMS and perimenopause every month!?! Now, I am being faced with having to join a regular card game, it's downright frightening. Hey, ladies, call me for a hike or walk, or lunch, not Canasta or Mah Johng.
What's got you raising your eyebrows and thinking Really?
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I think that was nice of you to give the compost bin to your eyebrow lady; I think you probably won't see that free service she offered but it was still nice of you to get her the compost bin
card games could be fun! I always enjoy playing games like that.
betty
i would love to jog along with you!
Eyebrow threading? Similar to waxing I'm thinking.
Nice of you to give a gift but I think you can say goodbye to the offer of a free treatment.
Never mind a card game, I was given a pair of zip up slippers as a Christmas present - when that happens you know people think of you as being old.
Shoot, Martha, I would print out that email and take it in like a coupon! Never put anything in writing that you don't intend to honor.
As to the salon, well, that one, you maybe should have known - if it was a fancy shmancy salon, you know the services are going to be EXPENSIVE (for some reason, I can't decide if it's pricy or pricey, today. Neither one looks right, so I had to go with expensive. Looks like I'M ready for the canasta group...but I prefer bridge because you get the opportunity to be much more mean!)
My eyebrows are constantly raised at the crap people pull!
Heck, I don't even know what eyebrow threading is! LOL! I'm a DIY in every way including cutting my own hair. The last time I had my hair cut and colored, it cost me close to $100 and not one person commented on it. I now get all kinds of compliments on my hair when cutting and coloring it myself.
DIY at Lakewood,
Cindy
That is really weird. Maybe she forgot. You should just flat out say very non chalantly when you talk to her next about your next threading appointment, "Will this time be the FREE threading?" Then if she says no, tell her you want your compost bin back. That she owes you many threadings for a free compost bin. Bee-otch! JK, seriously though but without the profanity at the end :)
Well you are in California...you should expect to pay that kind of price for ANYTHING! :0)
I would definitely tell the eye brow lady something. I mean, I know you gave her the compost bin as a gift, but she offered....you know?
EEK! Step.away.from.the.canasta!
LOL I'm sure she just forgot she promised you a freebie.
I once went to a friends salon to get my hair highlighted and cut. Walked out with a bill for 285! Gulp:) Lesson learned.
i would say.. YES, you should mention it to her...
BUT.. i'm a TOTAL coward.. i HATE AWKWARDNESS... so, knowing me, i would stew about it forever and never say a word!!
have a lovely wkend!
Stuff happens just the same the world over! Depends on how badly you want a free threading, I suppose. Find another lady, perhaps? Me? I'd keep quiet ...
I say yes- mention it to the eyebrow lady- geez!
I spend $110 every 3 months for highlights and haircut. BUt not a haircut alone. Wow.
CANASTA?! I won't even join the bunco group in my MOMS Club because I refuse to be that old.
Hope you can get a free threading -- that's uncool of her.
Wow $100.00 for a haircut. That's alot of hair there.....Hope you got a cuppa and cake as well!!
What's got me saying..."Really?"...The fact that someone offered you a free service and then charged you. My bold self says...say something. My more passive self says don't make waves (if she's someone that you don't want to ruin your relationship with). Yup, I'm no help!
It's easy for me to say that you should bring it up about the free eyebrow threading because I'm not the one who actually has to say it. But, I would want that free threading!
And threading sounds kinda cool. Is it better than waxing?
Hi Martha
I'm not much use in the Threading department as I don't really know what one is!! Is it like an eyebrow wax/shape? I have to say that I don't think you'll be getting one for free as the lady seems to have conveniently forgotten about her offer!!
As for the card game invite. Canasta sounds like an old person's game and you are so not ready for that yet!!!!! LOL
Wow, that is an expensive haircut. I think I'd keep going back to your eyebrow lady if she does a good job. You've done a good deed for her and it was really kind of you.
Canasta? I haven't heard of that in ages but I remember it was fun.
Helloooo!!!!
I think it's time to cheat on the eyebrow threading lady. she knows, man, she has to know.... Let her get a whiff of the perfume of another eyebrow lady on your clothes, then she'll sing a different tune.
You are a sweetie for 'gifting' her, too bad she didn't return the favor!
OK, I think it's totally crappy about her stiffing you on the free threading. This is what gets me through very annoying situations like that...make up a story that makes it bearable. Like, she drank too much wine right before she wrote you that email and she really doesn't remember (therefore didn't think to read your reply email for her previous reply)...or she was just hit with a HUGE financial burden and can't afford the freebee anymore and is embarrassed to admit it or her computer was taken over by her competitor and they sent the same type reply to every customer of hers. I know it doesn't make the situation right, but maybe a little funny. She shouldn't have done that. That's just plain tacky. I'd just leave it alone. You gave her something without expecting anything back in return. Still, crumby.
I get invites for Bunco all the time...that's like old, but not canasta old. heh heh ;-)
~melody~
Wow! A $100 haircut! And on the eyebrow threading. I think she forgot, but I know me and I wouldn't want to be too pushy to remind her.
And I agree, you're not ready to sit and play cards. I haven't had anything like that happen to me lately, but my life is so busy with babies and work, I don't see people these days!
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