Monday Dirge

Today promised lots of possibilities.

First available day on the calendar in several weeks for me

to consider taking on the task of the dreaded shopping.
I am just not a shopper!

And no way would I be excited about Black Friday.

 

Usually, making the purchase of just one Christmas gift

helps to produce some momentum

so I can avoid the "last minute rush."

 

 

So, I had another cup of coffee,

made my list,

and headed out the door.
 

First stop:

Ulta Beauty Store for a specific item that will remain my secret.

No luck with that.

But I did find a bottle of great nail polish and a very nice eyeliner.

 

They are ringing it up at the desk,
and I swipe my card.

"Sorry, insufficient funds."

the nice clerk informed me.

 

WHAT? My credit card isn't working???? (I'm thinking)

"Let's try again," in my polite voice and
re-swiped the card even faster.

 

Again, I heard her say,

"Sorry, insufficient funds."

 

Okay, I'm keeping calm.

"Will you please try to key in the number?" (still polite voice)

 

Of course.

"Sorry, the card says insufficient funds."

(Is it the embarrassment stemming from these situations that cause me to feel the clerk
thinks I'm some kind of deadbeat trying to pull something?)

 

I paid for the items and headed for the car to call the credit card company

and get this error straightened out.

 

Aaauuuugggghhh!

The dreaded words.
Your credit card has been compromised and

a hold has been placed on it.

Then, after a long, drawn out conversation

(which I won't bore you with),

bottom line is, we had to cancel this card and issue a new one.

 

Since Dear Heart is our Accounting Department here at home and

takes care of all the details,

I knew he would be a little upset have a cow

over this and ...

yes, he almost did.

But he's okay now.

 

I raced home to help remedy the situation and we both

spent the next few hours in a flurry of activity looking for phone numbers,

web addresses, statements, and then making phone calls.

 

Ta-da!!!

All those companies who receive payment from us

via credit card have now been notified

and we are changing our modus operandi.

Dear Heart says we took a bad situation and made it better.

We only use one credit card,
so the shopping trip for today (and I guess this week)
has now been ended.
(Thanks to some unknown person taking
a phishing trip on my credit card).

These phishermen have fished in our pond at
least three times over the past 25 years
that I can remember.

Is this a good record or a bad record??