Ringscapades Finale.

Readers, this is the final Ringscapades update tonight. When you're ready, please continue. 

I picked up H.'s wedding band today. Paulina wasn't there (thank goodness), but there were two ladies I've never met before. One was a short brunette and the other was a blonde. The man who called me to offer the gift card said that the new manager's name was Heidi, but I had no idea what she looked like. The short brunette greeted me and started looking for the ring among the jewelry they had in some drawers. She couldn't find it even with the receipt I gave her, so she asked me when I ordered the ring. 

"We ordered it in June."

"No, I mean when did you give it to us to resize as a repair?"

"Uh, when we bought it in June."

"No, after you bought it, when did you order it to be resized?"

"We ordered it through the factory, we never actually had it ... "

This is when the blonde chick came over and recognized the last name on the receipt. She helped the brunette find the ring, and thankfully it was the correct type and size. The brunette asked if I wanted my rings cleaned, and I said sure, so she went off to do that. 

I told the blonde chick I was glad that we finally had the ring. She apologized for all of the confusion, introduced herself as Heidi, and said that she was going to try and turn the store around. As she was packaging up the ring, she told me about her work history with the company, and how excited she was to be manager at the store. She said that she hoped we might return to the store for our future needs. I told her that if she fixes things around here, then maybe we'd consider coming back. 

The brunette chick came back with my rings just in time for Heidi to say that at least I had found the right man and that's all that mattered, right? I half-heartedly laughed and said that yeah, but I'm glad we finally have his ring. The brunette chick asked: 

"Oh! When is the wedding?"

"Uh ... it was back in April."

I wish I could have taken a picture of her face as it went from curious excitement to complete confusion. I told her it was a long story, then I made my exit. I can only guess what Heidi told her about our fantastic ring ordering debacle.

The good news is H. likes the ring and the ring fits. And we'll never go back to that store. I got a call yesterday morning from the jeweler headquarters requesting my mailing address so that they can send the gift card our way. The amount I would like to be on the gift card = $100. The amount that will probably be on the gift card = $25. I don't even know what we would buy with the money. But then again we could get airline miles. 

I tried to take a picture of the torrential downpour that lasted for about forty-five minutes this evening. I'll have to check the news tomorrow to see how much rain we actually got. All I know is that now we've got a flash flood warning because there's potentially 1.5" rain that fell within an hour. Now that I think about it, I don't think this city has gutters. H. says he'll check for me tomorrow on his morning route. 

It's definitely bedtime for you in the Central Time Zone, so sweet dreams and have a happy Thursday!