holiday party, and a clothing crisis

[rivendellrose]

So, last night was my company's holiday party. Lovely event - nice music, wonderful food, drink tickets, and a very swank venue. I'm allowed to say that since the CTO did most of the choosing of things. ;) Anyway, maymargaret and I had a good time getting all prettied up and going out, getting drunk, and then running for the bus in heels - and catching it! Good night all around, though I'm a bit sleepy and muzzy-headed this morning. :P

Pomegranate martinis rock, in case you're interested, though I think I still prefer a Cosmopolitan as my girly drink of choice. I would've gone gin & tonic for my second choice, but the bar was mixing veeeeeery strong drinks, and I was afraid one made that strong would knock me back on my feet so bad I'd end up doing something foolish, like pressing my phone number on the pretty hostess/cocktail waitress I'd been chatting with earlier in the night when I was doing greeting stuff for the party. She was fun.

Anyway, the clothing crisis.

So, I'd planned on wearing this really cute little black and pink party dress that I bought over the summer, with the intent of wearing it to a ballroom dancing thing that maymargaret and I ended up not going to. This is significant. Because last night when I took the dress off the hanger, I noticed that the magnetic plastic tag thing that the clerk is supposed to remove when you buy the dress is still on. I bought this dress three months ago. Although the tags are still on, I'm 99.2% certain I don't have the receipt anymore. I'm pretty sure I remember the exact moment when I threw it away, in fact - I'd thought about returning it for a while, because it really wasn't exactly what I'd had in mind... but then decided I liked it anyway and would keep it. The more fool me. So now I'm stuck with a $32 dollar dress... which, when I bring it in to the store, they will probably think I stole, because coming back in with the tag does look awfully like a con, doesn't it? ARGH.

And I had too much Coke at lunch with the guys from the office and am now really really really uber keyed-up. Me + soda = bad, now that I don't drink it anymore. Eagh. Saw the most gorgeous dog on the way out, though - big white dog with red-brown splotches, longish fur and pale blue eyes.... umm. It is just now connecting in my brain that it looked pretty much like a fairy hound from Irish/Welsh folklore, down to the oddly longish ears and gracile build. (Can one use gracile for non-primates? It was, anyway.) Downright beautiful dog, anyway, and so soft and friendly.

Comments

[amberdiceless.livejournal.com]

Why not call the store and explain your dilemma and ask if anything can be done? You don't have to give them your name, and the worst they can do is tell you you're out of luck, which puts you right back where you are now.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

That's true... calling them might work better. I'd been figuring on going in with the dress a bag, but if I call I might have better luck, at least with convincing them that no, I'm not just a shoplifter. Thanks for the idea!

(I'm so dumb about phones - they never really occur to me as a solution to this kind of thing.)

[maho-kiwi.livejournal.com]

Is it a tag with ink or just one with a sensor. If the latter, all you need is a big magnet to take it off. We um. Sometimes accidentally ship things to people with the tags still on. >->;;;;

Also, if you have no big magnets (and we've got one here in the store that you could probably use, if you warn me first. I can bring it out to you?) a pair a plyers would also work, but you could accidentally hurt the dress that way.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I thought of asking you about this, actually, because it sounded like the kind of thing your company would probably have... but it's the kind with the ink. And even though it's a mostly black dress, I'm sure this is the kind of ink that shows on everything. :P

[maho-kiwi.livejournal.com]

Ooou, the restaurant we went to down at Ycon was offering Pomegranate Martinis, and I was tempted, because...pomegranate!

I ended up going with like, pineapple and coconut vodka instead, which was also tasty, but it's nice to know it's got a nod of approval, for the next time I feel like alchy-hol. :d

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Pineapple and coconut vodka? Holy crap, that sounds really good. I ♥ pineapple and coconut... I'll have to remember that!