40 miles southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada is the small town of Primm.
Primm, with a population of 1,132, has 3 casinos…
(Yes, that is a roller coaster surrounding Buffalo Bills. Steep too!)
…and one mall, The Fashion Outlets of Las Vegas.
This is where, on Monday, I had an angry shopping experience, and a thrilling shopping experience.
ANGRY SHOPPING
Imagine walking through the mall, minding your own business, when someone grabs your hand and dumps this into it.
WFT??!! Dead Sea Salt.
Meet Ackmed. (Not his real name/photo.)
Ackmed’s got me rubbing dead sea salt on my hand. In hind-sight, I should have dumped it and ran! I’m rubbing, he’s yakking away in some foreign tongue. I’m nodding in agreement, the polite thing to do. Ackmed throws some numbers out. You like nail kit? $40. Exfoliator? Is nice! $40.00. Sea Salt… is best in all the land. You float in sea salt. Good for your feet. $40.
No, Ackmed. I don’t want sea salt. That nail buffer kit is nice, but you are diverting me from real shopping.
Ackmed leans in and whispers, Nail Kit, $25. I liked the nail kit. He made one of my nails shine like glass. Ok, I sigh reluctantly.
So, Ackmed now has my credit card, and he begins grabbing products and putting them in my bag. The total on the register is up to $70.00! He didn’t even ask, just started putting stuff in the bag and ringing it up! I was furious! I said HEY! Is that my total? This is NOT COOL! You get all that stuff off my card NOW! All I wanted was the nail kit. That’s all I want. If you don’t get all that stuff off my card, I am buying NOTHING from you!
He made excuses. You need sea salt.
No!
Know what? He even tried the sad puppy dog look! F*cker!
Ok, so I did get the nail kit, but I shouldn’t have even given him that satisfaction.
THRILLING SHOPPING
I had to get the foul taste of the angry shopping experience out of my mouth. Know what cleansed my palet? Manolos, baby!
Manolos first came to my attention years ago while watching Sex and The City.
I believe Carrie’s Manolos were stolen twice. Once at a baby shower where all the guests had to remove their shoes, and the other time at gunpoint on the street. So, you can probably imagine my delight upon seeing a pair of Manolos at the Neiman Marcus Last Call store.
These jeweled, kitten-heel sandals retail for $745. No, I didn’t pay that. Stay with me.
Here’s some I found online at NeimanMarcus.com.
Mine were marked down to the low, low, low price of $186.00.
So I get home and tell Tom my shopping day experiences. Know what he does? He slips me $200, and takes pictures of me tonguing my shoe for his cell phone default pic!
There are some who will say no shoe is worth $200, but if it gets the smell of Ackmed out of your nose, it’s a bargain!
My friend, Jessica, was reading the current InStyle magazine, and noticed an article about Instant Eye Shadow.
Oh, look, they’re in Elle magazine too.
These applications give you a smokey eye, or even an animal print eye, like you’re some kind of awesome make-up artist.
So, I’m killing some time waiting for Tom to come home so I can finish work. I’m not going anywhere, but hey, I wouldn’t want to test these out minutes before a hot date! They were easy to apply, but definitely needed blending.
If you’re interested, here’s the website: ColorONpro.com
I got ahead of myself! I never even said we ordered them. LOL. Ok, so we ordered them, and they arrived really quickly!
I don’t think they have anything for men, but maybe they could offer pencil mustaches
It’s has been really warm here. See that 77? That’s us.
Here’s a sure sign it’s been warm.
One of our tortoises came out of hibernation. The kids wasted no time serving him a salad.
Then we rushed over to feed our gold fish.
We planted those flowers last weekend before the SuperBowl.
Pearl hasn’t been feeling well. She has a temp of 102, which drops to 99 after a dose of Tylenol. Even though her fever had dropped, she didn’t feel like smiling.
She soon decided she needed a break.
That was about all the fun she could handle today, and has since taken 2 naps.
