Screw-up

I'm owning this "screw-up".

I did it.

I take full responsibility.

That said, I think you'll understand,
as this is such a "girl thang!".

I bought a lovely quilt and pillow sham set for

our bedroom.

I ordered it online from a major company.

It arrived like clockwork.

I layed the quilt across the bed

and liked what I saw.

I refolded the quilt, and put it back into

the shipping plastic.

My plan was to paint the bedroom

before using the new quilt.

Time passed.

Life happened.

The more I thought about the quilt

all packed away in the plastic,

the more I began to think

perhaps I could find a different quilt,

one that I would like even more.

(See!  I told you this was a "girl thang".)

Sure enough,

I did some more online searching

and found a different quilt.

Yes, one I liked even more!

I began to make arrangements to return

the quilt I had originally purchased.

It was past the 30 day deadline

of being able to return for a full

purchase.  Bummer!

Still, I was willing to take

a partial refund.

I once again took the quilt

out of the plastic packing and worked

on getting it folded "just so".

This was a BIG job since it was

a king-size quilt.

I wanted it to arrive back at the

company perfectly packaged so

I could get the best return price

available at this point.

I still had the original mailing box -

perfect!

Once I had it perfectly packaged & sealed

I delivered it to the UPS drop store,

just as the instructions directed.

$10.67 later it was on it's way.

Imagine my surprise  that 

evening when I went into my

bedroom and found the two pillow shams

(which should have been returned

along with the quilt) lieing on the bed!

Sometimes you just have to "suck it up"

and admit you've

"screwed up".

What I've decided to do:

If I mail the shams I will have to

pay for more postage.

I am planning just to "let it be".

Whatever the company decides

to refund is what I'll have to take.

The original cost was $76.

I've already paid $10+ for return postage.

I will only get partial refund at best.

"To err is human,
but to really 'screw-up'
takes a lot of work."