Restless Knitter

I had to go shopping for clothes today. I loathe shopping. (Again, unless it’s for yarn or shoes.) There’s not much that can get me in a bad mood quicker than spending a lot of time in a dressing room trying on crap that doesn’t fit. Then I end up not liking half of what I do buy and that means I have to go back to return things. Today was no different. Bleh! I’m a jeans and t-shirt kinda gal. I haven’t worked in an office that required dress clothes in 7 years so I’m sorely lacking in that department. I’m not so sure these corporate dudes would appreciate me wearing jeans to a nice restaurant. So even though I hate doing it, shopping I went. Bonus, it’s tax free days in Georgia right now so no sales tax. A penny saved is a penny earned, hooray. Or more pennies for yarn, bigger hooray.

A couple of posts back, I told you I have a complaint with where we were boarding our dog. It’s on the same lot as our vet’s office so it’s nice to know that if something were to go wrong, the vet is 50 ft away. The thing that bothers me is that they require the dog to have a flea bath before you take them home, and you’re forced to pay for it. I can give her a bath when we get home for less money, and she’s on Frontline anyway. I asked them why she had to have a bath. Their response was that she’s been around other dogs and might have gotten either fleas, pee, or poo on her. Normally she only has to stay 2 days, and she’ll have her bath the morning of the day we’re to pick her up. The last time I thought I’d gotten smart. I told them that we wouldn’t be picking her up until a day later than we actually planned to pick her up. Ha haaa, you will not charge me for a bath this time because you don’t know when I’m really coming to get her! Wrong. They gave her the bath the morning before she was supposed to go home. So she has 2 days to get more other dog stuff on her after this required bath that you force me to pay for that’s supposedly for her benefit? I don’t think so. It’s a scam I tell ya and I’ll bet you can’t guess what it does to me. That’s right, it pisses me off. Screw ‘em, I’ll take my dog somewhere else. And that’s what I did. This new place doesn’t keep her in a cage all day. She gets to play with other doggies. There’s a door where she can go outside to use the bathroom if she wants. And they don’t make her take a bath for some bogus reason. The best part? Well, at least for my ease of mind. They have cameras in the dog areas so you can watch what’s going on during the day. This is where she stayed on our last trip to Small Town. We took a laptop with us so we could check in on her. The kicker is that it costs an extra $7 a day over the previous boarding place so in the end, it costs more than just giving in on the bath thing. It’s the principle of the thing, y’know. I’d rather have the perks of this place anyway. Want to watch her while I’m gone? Click here and go to one of the Alpharetta recess Cams on the right.