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Tuesday, February 07, 2006Two Good Things! Count 'Em! Two!
 Good Thing Number One I almost never win anything. Seriously. The nifty wallet I won over at Housewife Cafe was definitely a fluke. Imagine my surprise upon receiving yet another "You Won!" email the other day. This time, it's a signed-by-the-author book from Anita Higman, award-winning author and speaker. The book, Fresh Brewed Love, is a collection of four novellas about love and coffee. Love and coffee! Can there possibly be a better combination than that? Love and chocolate, maybe. Love and chocolate and coffee, maybe. Love and chocolate and coffee and a $1000 shopping spree at my favorite boutique -- definitely! At any rate, I'm delighted to have this sweet book to curl up with. Good Thing Number Two If anything is rarer in my life than winning prizes, it's dealing with decent customer service. I could tell 50,000-word tales of incompetence and rudeness and stupidity -- and I'm sure you could tell some, too. But I've got something better to talk about this time. I've just had an awesome experience. My food chopper broke. (That's not the awesome experience.) Thing is, I had just purchased the thing via Amazon.com, and it was only the fourth time I'd used it. Hear me: I don't "do" onions. Paring knives and I don't get along. Life in my kitchen without a food chopper is bleak, indeed. So I sent off a wee email to the folks at Miufrance.com, letting them know that my food chopper had ceased to do its cute little quarter-turn whilst chopping. After asking me if I'd checked for stuck food bits (I had), a very nice guy named Dave informed me that he would send me -- are you ready? -- not just a replacement chopper, but an upgrade. Yes! He is sending me a stainless steel food chopper free of charge. Christmas in February! Maybe it's the name. I seem to know a lot of nice guys named Dave. So, at least for the moment, my faith in retail-kind has been restored. I am beyond excited about my new chopper, which was shipped this morning. (I know, I know. I need to get a life.) Thank you, Anita and Dave. You have no idea how much I've needed these pick-me-ups! |
About Me
I am: Mother to five stunningly individualistic children... Writer of young adult fantasy... Passionate advocate for Women At Home... Madly in love with my husband... In need of Organic Gourmet Chocolate on a regular basis. I've got a Paypal account if you'd like to contribute to the cause....
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11of my readers are feeling chatty:
Coolness Jill!! February definitely needs a few treats to get one through. And imagine, great customer service from a company with "france" in it's name. You have been blessed. ;-D
This is so cool. I have to check out the book by Anita Higman you mentioned :)
Yeah, in a way it is sad that we get excited by great customer service. It wasn't use to be that way 10 years ago...
WOOHOOO! you are on a roll gal! Can't beat winning things, oh wait you can! you can get a free upgrade! WOOHOO!
We both are on a roll!
congratulations, winning things is always great. I am a huge contest enterer ( is that a word ? )
Jill:
My brother Dave works at Amazon. LOL
Good for you Jill!
I too don't 'do' onions. I do have a chopper from Pampered Chef but it still requires you to cut the onion in half and that just doesn't work for me. So instead, M&M Meats is my best friend. They have chopped frozen onions and I'm not ashamed to admit that I spend way too much buying them. If dh want's onion's in his food then that's the price he must pay.
i'm one of you! I never win either. Instead of playing the lottery i just thow a dollar at the convenience stores as i drove by. it saves time.
and as for needing to get a new life becuase you're so happy about your chopper. I dissagree. one who can find contentment is something as simple as a food chopper has it made.
Why complicate things. You can find a more complicated life but will it make you feel happier???
i'm one of you! I never win either. Instead of playing the lottery i just thow a dollar at the convenience stores as i drove by. it saves time.
and as for needing to get a new life becuase you're so happy about your chopper. I dissagree. one who can find contentment is something as simple as a food chopper has it made.
Why complicate things. You can find a more complicated life but will it make you feel happier???
It's all about The Little Things!
That was a plug for my site. :-)
Ken
LOL Dave, you're so weird!!
Snickle -- my sister buys those frozen onion things, too! I had the Pampered Chef chopper for years, and it finally broke. The miufrance one was its replacement. At least I can chop an onion in HALF, though! ;)
doc-t -- thank you! That is very affirming. :)
Oh, and Ken --
LOL!!!!
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