Mom and Son

Yesterday was a super-long day at work. It was terrible.

Today was better.

There was a mom and son who came to the register, while I was covering a break. The mom and son were kind of dressed up, and the mom kept asking her boy if he wanted anything else. He said no, and she said that it wouldn't be a problem if he did. He seemed reluctant to accept her gifts (they were buying toys) and she seemed to want to shell them out. She kept kissing the top of his head and whispering sweet nothings. It kind of freaked me out. I hope I'm not that weird with my son.

We got out early.

While on my lunch break I read an article in Tribune about a guy I used to know. He is looking at 10 years for hacking into websites and throwing out (on the Internet) personal information. But he also discovered some information about the U.S government, about them 'keeping track' of people who had participated in certain protests. He got caught because he was snitched out. It gave me something to think about while I finished closing. I hope he doesn't do 10 years.

Extreme Couponing

I saved 89% today.
And I rung up a couple of ladies who saved 90-something-percent. They were stacking coupons, and we had a few coupon-convos. They agreed I was the best cashier they have ever had, or at least in a long time. I did some finagling with the receipt and some forgotten coupons, and now I'm afraid I might have been to generous. But they had coupon binders, so I got distracted.

The pain in my feet was excruciating.

While I was on the register, I pretty much almost always said our branded lines.

The Terriable Smell

Pretty sure I got that title from a Seinfeld episode.

There were some awful smells at work today. And I can only hope that none of them came from me.
Someone keeps putting milk in the sink in the Photo Department. Either it's rotting in the carton, or no one washes it down the drain.
A lot of people came in smelling like cold sweat. Meaning, they rushed over to my store, sweated, and they smelled like the cold air outside. I know you know what I'm talking about.
I have to clean the bathrooms, so there is another set of smells.
 The store heats unevenly, so there are weird smells that drift in and out. Obviously, so does the heat. Which means my layering needs to get creative.

My Magical Coupons

I'm not sure how this happens, but this isn't the first time, and hopefully not the last time, it has happened. When I have coupons for a free item (buy this product, get that one free) the coupon will scan at the original retail price. Because I only purchase items on sale (and I get my employee discount), I get those items for free, and I get extra money off my other items. Sweet.
My purchase for today:
Gillette Mach 3 Sensitive Disposable Razors- $9.77
Gillette Venus Disposable Razors 3 pk- $4.88
(these were buy one get one 1/2 off)
Satin Olay Shave Gel- $3.82
Gillette Series Shave Gel -$1.40
(these were buy one get one 1/2 off too, unexpectedly)
Purell Hand Sanitizer -$2.54
Gilette Mach 3 Razor System- $6.79
Both my 'buy this razor, get this shave cream free' coupons scanned at $4.99. Which is awesome additional savings!
I had a $3-off coupon for the Razor System, and I had a $1-off coupon for the Purell.
My total: $17.85
My savings: $27.12
I saved 64%!
And I got a $2-off-my-next-purchase coupon.

Post-It

Yes, I was kind of dicking around. Which might be why I wasn't able to get done earlier. Luckily the guy at One got my back.

I rung up three carts of school/office supplies for three kids. There was almost nothing on sale, and they spent over $300. It was intense. I'm not sure why they would be shopping for supplies now...school started a few months ago. And it astounded me that they would spend that much.

I clocked in four minutes late, because while on my way out the door, my son splashed around in the cat's water bowl. And the punch-in clock wasn't working. But then we punched out seven minutes late. And by 'punch-out' I mean 'write our time on a Post-It for our manager to enter in manually.' Hopefully.

New Manager

I completed two canvas prints! All by myself! I set up my little 'craft corner' on the floor in the corner of the photo department. I followed all the directions on the template for the prints, and the only thing I needed help with was pushing the corner in. I was pretty psyched.

I printed out a 16x20 for a woman who came from the other store because she got the wrong size and they were having trouble giving her what she wanted. I was the only one who could change the paper and get the printer going. I was pretty psyched about that too.

My coworker gave me the drink and the candy bar from his Lunchable, which I thought was very sweet. And yummy.

When pictures print out, I like to look at them. Like a creep.

It's Monday

I grunted when my boss asked me to take the shift tonight and next thing I knew I was on the schedule.

Because I was in the Cosmetics department, I did some recon on the make-up. There was a CoverGirl display of their Hunger Games line. There were pictures of models with "The Coal-Mining Look- inspired by District 11" (I apologize if district 11 wouldn't inspire mining coal. I can't remember which district was which.) Other districts inspired other looks.
I also noticed that there was a lot of make-up on clearance.

I missed the Halloween clearance. I'm very annoyed.

I did not miss my manager's last day. Which I would have if I didn't go to work today.

I finally finished all my projects!