I am Easter?

You Are Easter

You are an optimistic, hopeful, and genuinely sweet person. Sensitive and affectionate, you are easily touched. You love nature, animals, and anything cute or cuddly. For you, every day is a new chance - no matter what happened yesterday. What makes you celebrate: Almost anything. You love most holidays and celebrations. At holiday get togethers, you do best as: The peacemaker. You can prevent any squabbles that might break out. On a holiday, you're the one most likely to: Remember to include everyone

What Holiday Are You?

I'm Prancer!

You Are Prancer

You are the perfect reindeer, with perfect hooves and perfect flying form. Why You're Naughty: Because you're Santa's pet, and you won't let anyone show you up. Why You're Nice: You have the softest fur and the sweetest carrot breath.

Which of Santa's Reindeer Are You?

This is mostly true

Except I give tons of great presents. I love shopping and finding the perfect gift for everyone on my list.

What The Holidays Mean to You

For you, the holidays are about celebration. You enjoy all the fun and fellowship that the holidays bring. You celebrate the holidays in a minimalist style. You are likely to only give one great present and decorate your house with a few special items. During the holidays, you feel magical. You love all of the decorations and how happy people are. You like to sit back and take it all in. You think the holidays should be nostalgic and sweet. The holidays bring out your inner child. Your best holiday memories are warm and intimate. You remember special moments more than gifts or parties.

What Do the Holidays Mean to You?

Word to the wise: UPS sucks

As we embark upon the holiday season, I feel it is my moral duty to warn my handful of faithful readers against using UPS for any holiday shipping needs. Also, if given a shipping option whenever you order things online, never choose UPS. Always go with Fed Ex or even the US Postal Service over UPS. This has been my habit for several years now, ever since UPS started either losing or being late with nearly every package of mine that they handled (yes, I do a LOT of online shopping).

Sadly, on occasion you will run across an online retailer who ships only via UPS, in which case, if you really must order from them, you will just have to cross your fingers and pray that your package eventually finds you. It won't work, of course. They'll still lose your package.

I placed an order, on October 19th, from Little Shop of Beauty. It was the first order I'd placed with them and I was really excited about trying their products. Silly me. First, they did not even ship my order until November 13th, even though their site says that orders generally ship within two to five business days. Then, when they did ship my order, they sent it via UPS, who promptly lost my package. I have yet to receive it. I'm starting to think that Little Shop of Beauty doesn't even exist and this has all been an elaborate and cruel joke.

UPS has been, as is their habit, distinctly unhelpful. They "put a trace" on the package on Friday and I've heard nothing since. In my experience, UPS "putting a trace" on a lost package means absolutely nothing. They just don't want to tell you what you already know: your package has vanished forever.

In LSB's defense, I believe they are a somewhat new company (or at least fairly new to online retailing), so I'm willing to cut them some slack. I've been corresponding via email with a lady named Suzie and she's been very friendly, although it hasn't really gotten me anywhere, seeing how I still haven't received my order. Assuming I ever do receive it, and assuming I like the products, I'll give LSB another chance and order from them again. But hopefully I can convince them to ship with a different company in the future.

UPS is bad for your business. Seriously.