annieology

Flashback Friday – enjoy my adventures in trying to spend money.

A window company has been stalker calling us for years.  We are finally in the market for windows so the other night when they called I said “sure come on over.”

This afternoon a nicely dressed gentleman rang the bell ready to sell us some windows.  He said it would take about 45 minutes for the demonstration.

“Well, I don’t really need a demonstration.” I know how windows work and I have the internet (thanks to Al Gore).

He kindly told me that he could not sell me the windows without a demonstration. Not even if I were to hand over the cash today.  He CANNOT sell me windows without the demonstration.

OK I get it, but I have way more money than time at this point, and I can always get more money.  I really don’t want to hear what kind of gas they put between their panes that make it “far superior” to anything out there.  I know he saw my 35 year old house, he was standing in front of it.  I just need some new windows.   I just want some quality windows at a reasonable price.  I don’t care about financing options we do the 100% down plan. I have no need to hear that you’ve been in business for 100 years just give me a price.  If it’s going to be $47,000 I’m not going to be interested.  If it’s $1,000 I’m going to be suspicious.  Give me a price and let me ask questions.

I’m sure the “guy sitting at your kitchen table” sales technique still works, but not here. We can get rid of people pretty quickly, the longer you stay the less we supervise the kids. Go talk the little old lady down the street out of her savings, I want a price before you get in the door, and if you cannot do that without a gimmick then I don’t want your windows anyway.

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I certainly did not bum a smoke from the ice cream man, then proceed to lock myself out of the house while I smoked it.

During which time I did not threaten my three four year olds with loss of driving privileges in 12 years if they did not remain on their couches and watch a movie so I could enjoy my smoke.

I certainly did not have to beg them to come and “let mommy in” and they most certainly did not believe they were being tested were not going to fall for it.

I most certainly did have a chance to tell my husband all about it, and he did not have to read about it on the blog.

I did not let anybody have birthday cake for breakfast, since we did not have three birthdays in a house of seven, have three birthday cakes.

We most certainly did not start a 1K charity walk and then go to our car because it was raining.

Of course we would never spend a weeks worth of grocery money on two fast food meals, that would be silly.

I did not stay up til two last night chatting on Facebook, making myself too tired to function today. I did not do that, despite what you may have heard. I did not then instruct the three four year olds in calisthenics while laying on the couch in hopes that they would burn off some energy so I could rest awhile longer. Not me….

I looked myself up in the Urban Dictionary. Turns out Annie is urban slang.

A Greek name: (meaning) gorgeous, kindhearted, rebellious, gentle towards others.

An exclamation beauty and wonder

A heat parasite;
one who steals heat from men; can only be defeated by a spin move.

Although I don’t know what a heat parasite is…

Also be warned that the Urban dictionary is not to be used as a reference manual for just about anyone, TMI in there for sure.