There was much debating with the people at Costco over the return of the broken printer. Apparently, you must return ALL THE PARTS that came with the printer, including the manual, which we threw away. When they say ALL THE PARTS they do not mean the ink, the box, the stickers, or the foam pieces, but they absolutely, positively must have the manual. The manual which you can download for free at Hewlett Packard’s site.
In the end, they gave me my money back because, really, I had nothing to do tonight except stand at the returns counter and talk to fourteen increasingly important people about why in the wide world I would keep a manual that is available for FREE on the internet, have you met my husband, the thrower-awayer of all things non-essential. I even offered to go home and print the manual out for them, except, whoops, I don’t have a working printer which, hello, is the reason I’m standing here, people. They caved in. AND gave me money back for the ink cartridges I bought and used. My talents are so wasted in education.
Blah Blah. Printer Issues. Very Boring. Blah.
More important things such as: Pictures!
The Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women and Families. There is somebody speaking up there on the stage and, honestly, I have no idea who. Maybe Sandra Day O'Connor. Maybe Barbara Walters. Maybe Ah-nold or Maria. Maybe Jane Fonda. Maybe Mary J. Blige. Probably somebody important, although not so important that I can remember who. In addition to the many amazing women I had the fortune of listening to, I also got an enormous bag loaded with gobs of free crap like eyeshadow and slippers and chocolate. Hurrah for Women!
Drew, Kathryn, and I all sugared out after Trick-or-Treating and after about 50 million pictures so we could arrive at this one "good" one. If this is the "good" one, you can imagine what the rest look like.
And, finally, Will and I were a pilot and flight attendant this Halloween because The Dodgeball Team idea did not pan out. This was much better, in the end, because I got to wear fishnets. And, as you know, life is all about the fishnets lately (honey colored in this case, which, unfortunately, you cannot see (we are very much about the imagination here (also about the parenthesis))).
Ladies and gentlemen, please place your trays in the full upright position as we prepare to land. Thank you for choosing pink airlines. We hope to see you again soon.
Cute uniform. Both of you.
Posted by: FlyGirl | November 01, 2005 at 09:29 PM
So, so cute!! Where did you and Will go to show off your costumes? It looks like you had a great time on Halloween, including trick-or-treating – even though picture-taking (with Drew and Kathryn) didn’t work out as well as you’d hoped (still cute, though).
As for the printer, good for you for sticking to your guns! I guess tenacity does pay off. :)
Also – aren’t you going to D.C. soon?
Posted by: Zandria | November 01, 2005 at 09:49 PM
We really are nuts .
but you already are aware of that by now.
as is Drew.
haha
Posted by: Kathryn | November 02, 2005 at 12:08 AM
I love Costco. I've returned a digital camera, a coffee maker & a blanket all to Costco. They have some kinda policy where they HAVE to take returns. xoxo
Posted by: nicole | November 02, 2005 at 06:32 AM
Ha! Love it:)
Posted by: datingirl | November 02, 2005 at 07:18 AM
the cuteness factor of the two of you is just too much to handle!! I love it :D
Posted by: mel | November 02, 2005 at 07:43 AM
I gotta say it - I'd let you 2 fly me to hell!
Posted by: nita | November 02, 2005 at 08:07 AM
Too Cute!!
Posted by: Jenna | November 02, 2005 at 11:31 AM
Like the costumes. Also like Costco.
Posted by: Sijbrich | November 02, 2005 at 03:32 PM
Oh how fun! 1 can't remember the last Halloween I dressed up.
Posted by: Kukorakin | November 02, 2005 at 04:53 PM
You guys are so cute. What a great idea. The last time hubby and I dressed up with a theme was a few years ago. We were Dorothy and the scarecrow. We just had to take back a whole surround sound stereo system that we bought back in Feb (the receiver stopped working). They were very nice and we had no problem exchanging for a different system (plus it had enough of a rebate for us to get some soundsticks for our Mac....woot!). Glad you finally got that printer issue resolved.
Posted by: Okgirl | November 02, 2005 at 07:28 PM
You guys are totally cute.
I wish there was such a thing as pink airlines. They have jet blue. I think there is a gender inequality thing going on here.
Posted by: Jill | November 02, 2005 at 10:40 PM
Too cute for words! Love the costumes!
I have been in the same shoes before with a printer return no manual included. I am happy to hear that you faught the good fight and won!
Posted by: Kim | November 02, 2005 at 10:51 PM