I had a great (ok, I think it’s great) card idea.  It started when I cut out the stencil of the large key hole.  I began with the idea that you can look outside or indoors when using this stencil.  I also remembered a commercial from a while ago where a dog got into all kinds of trouble when its owners were gone and blamed it on the cat.  I was given a set of “Party Dog” stamps from Elicia, and thought they’d be perfect for this idea.  I’ve been wanting to use them and this will work great.  I also wanted to try printing my own sentiment on the computer directly onto the cardstock so this can accomplish both ideas.  I thought about “what happens in the house, stays in the house” or “when the cats away, the mice will play” but wasn’t sure how that correlates to my dog idea.  Regardless, I’m excited to try it out.  I’m also working on a product comparison video for paper trimmers.  I definitely wish I’d had someone who knew what was what, guiding me when I bought my first one.  I really love that trimmer but it wasn’t large enough for 12 x 12 paper.  I bought a really nice rotary trimmer from “My Binding.com” and had to send it back because I couldn’t push hard enough to cut a consistent line.  I bought it over the phone and explained my issues and the woman assured me if I had any problems I could send it back.  What she didn’t tell me was they charge a 20% restocking fee.  When I called to explain it didn’t work and needed to send it back, she did all kinds of math before telling me it almost wasn’t worth it because of the fees I’d have to pay.  She told me the restocking fee was clearly explained on their webpage.  When I told her I didn’t use the webpage and spoke to one of their representatives, she graciously lowered the restocking fee to 10%.  The odd part of the story was that everytime I spoke with someone there, it sounded like the same person.  Maybe she knows she never discloses the 20% fee and that’s why she reduced it to 10%.  I did love the math calculations she did.  It was almost like how you stand in line at the airport while they type who knows what into their computers for seemingly hours.  I’m pretty sure they are playing an online game or emailing their mothers instead of doing what I’m requesting.  The same thing here.  How hard is it to calculate a 20% fee and subtract it from the cost of the trimmer?  Actually, she also charged me shipping, so that probably accounted for five more minutes of typing.  Long story short, I’d never buy anything from them again.

So that’s my plan and I’m hoping to stick to it.  Hoping.

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