Delivery Woes

It is just not my day in the delivery department. I ordered a pair of shoes from Target to wear to my baby shower this weekend. They were due to be delivered yesterday originally. When I looked yesterday the date for delivery had been changed to today. No big deal. When I checked on it this morning, it still said today but I did not see the expected "Out for Delivery" notice. So I clicked the extra details button and I noticed in the detailed tracking that the only thing listed was "Shipping Label Created". Well all of us experienced online shoppers know that means it definitely isn't being delivered today and in all likelihood probably won't be here tomorrow or even the next day. 

But lo and behold when I looked in my Target app I see that they have these shoes in stock. Perfect, I'll just run over and grab them there and I can just return the online ones. So off I go to make a quick Target run. Did they have those shoes in the right color and size like they said they did? No they did not. But I persevered and found a pair that would work, checked out and made my way back towards my car. As I'm about to drive off my hubby calls me, which feels odd because he doesn't usually call me when he's at work. I pick up and I hear him say "The UPS guy is at the door, and he's about to leave with your package." 

You see we have a doorbell camera that alerts us on our phones when someone's at the door. My phone had been in my purse while I rummaged through the shoe section at Target but my hubby had seen the notification come through. So here would be the time to mention that we were also waiting on another package. One I thought they would just leave at the door but apparently need a signature for. A signature I cannot provide because I am in the Target parking lot. I'm pretty sure my hubby thought I was just ignoring the doorbell as I often do when home alone or when I know it's just the delivery man alerting me to the package on my porch. And I just know you could audibly hear the frustration in my voice and in his sigh when I told him I was actually not home. 

So now I'll be rearranging some plans for tomorrow in order to be home for the delivery. Home delivery- seems like it should be so convenient but I find it often comes with a few too many headaches. 

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