Attack of the polar bears

Okay, so it seems that I might now actually have people reading this, so I'm going to try to update more often. So, the topic that I was given for today is "Strangest Vacation".

I'm not really sure if I've had a strangest vacation. I've been to Disney (land and World), Mexico, Dominican, Cuba, New Orleans, England, plus a lot of places around Canada.One of the most exciting would, of course, be England. It was so exciting that it got to have a whole story written about one incident (seen here). After that, I guess it would be going to Churchill, Manitoba, to see the polar bears.

Churchill was odd just because, dude, POLAR BEARS!!!! We went out in this huge tundra buggy and drove around all day. We saw foxes and birds-of-some-sort and creatures-I-can't-remember-the-names-of and then, finally, the polar bears. A mother and a baby. So very cute. They came right up to our buggy and sniffed around the tires and posed very prettily for us. Eventually they wandered away and we drove on. 15 minutes later we stopped. Turns out baby!polar bear had chewed up some of the machinery in the tires. Actually, he ate it. That's right. ATE IT!!! So, we had to wait for a rescue buggy to come and, well, rescue us. All in all it was a great trip. But I will never forget the baby polar bear that ate our tires and almost got us stranded in the tundra.

Anyway, for anyone who cares and didn't find this through the blog-group-thing, the list of everyone involved is on the left at the bottom of the list-o-things

Attack of the polar bears

Okay, so it seems that I might now actually have people reading this, so I'm going to try to update more often. So, the topic that I was given for today is "Strangest Vacation".

I'm not really sure if I've had a strangest vacation. I've been to Disney (land and World), Mexico, Dominican, Cuba, New Orleans, England, plus a lot of places around Canada.One of the most exciting would, of course, be England. It was so exciting that it got to have a whole story written about one incident (seen here). After that, I guess it would be going to Churchill, Manitoba, to see the polar bears.

Churchill was odd just because, dude, POLAR BEARS!!!! We went out in this huge tundra buggy and drove around all day. We saw foxes and birds-of-some-sort and creatures-I-can't-remember-the-names-of and then, finally, the polar bears. A mother and a baby. So very cute. They came right up to our buggy and sniffed around the tires and posed very prettily for us. Eventually they wandered away and we drove on. 15 minutes later we stopped. Turns out baby!polar bear had chewed up some of the machinery in the tires. Actually, he ate it. That's right. ATE IT!!! So, we had to wait for a rescue buggy to come and, well, rescue us. All in all it was a great trip. But I will never forget the baby polar bear that ate our tires and almost got us stranded in the tundra.

Anyway, for anyone who cares and didn't find this through the blog-group-thing, the list of everyone involved is on the left at the bottom of the list-o-things

I hate buying stuff online

So, I found these really cute leggings on the Torrid website and decided to order them. They were on sale for $11, so I didn't want to wait until Mom comes down and we go to the actual store and risk them being gone. So, I go and happily add them to my cart. While I'm there I find a shirt that I like, so I add it too. Then I go to check out.

My total? $35.

On the confirmation page I scroll down to make sure everything is okay. What's this? $63! No way that's right. I look around and see that shipping is going to be $28.

WTF??????

I cancel the order and play around for a bit. Even if I get rid of the shirt (my order is now $11) the shipping is $25! What's going on? That's more than double the price of the actual item. The site says that they base shipping cost on the value of the purchase. If that's so, why is it so much more than the purchase price?

My roommate orders clothes online all the time. Her shipping is never that much, even when she has a huge order.The difference between us? I'm plus size, she's not. It seems that, not only do plus size stores like to charge more for their clothes (which are basically the same), they also charge more for shipping. I realize that my order would probably weigh more, but not that much.

Anyway, the point of this post? I didn't get my leggings or my shirt and now I'm sulky. So there.

I hate buying stuff online

So, I found these really cute leggings on the Torrid website and decided to order them. They were on sale for $11, so I didn't want to wait until Mom comes down and we go to the actual store and risk them being gone. So, I go and happily add them to my cart. While I'm there I find a shirt that I like, so I add it too. Then I go to check out.

My total? $35.

On the confirmation page I scroll down to make sure everything is okay. What's this? $63! No way that's right. I look around and see that shipping is going to be $28.

WTF??????

I cancel the order and play around for a bit. Even if I get rid of the shirt (my order is now $11) the shipping is $25! What's going on? That's more than double the price of the actual item. The site says that they base shipping cost on the value of the purchase. If that's so, why is it so much more than the purchase price?

My roommate orders clothes online all the time. Her shipping is never that much, even when she has a huge order.The difference between us? I'm plus size, she's not. It seems that, not only do plus size stores like to charge more for their clothes (which are basically the same), they also charge more for shipping. I realize that my order would probably weigh more, but not that much.

Anyway, the point of this post? I didn't get my leggings or my shirt and now I'm sulky. So there.