https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 20 May 2026 16:42:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here/page/2#post-188500 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:51:46 +0000 fathenry 188500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This thread is hilarious! Queenie, I hope you like your new purchases!</p> <p>I would never, ever in a million years send my husband to return items. He would come out with a whole new wardrobe and no money left! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here/page/2#post-188284 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:35:45 +0000 lynne 188284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Today's conversation went like this:<br /> DH- "OK, you returned $$ to Nordstrom. What is the $$$ charge for?"<br /> Me- "Underwear"<br /> DH- "Underwear!? It doesn't even show!"<br /> Me- "That's the point." </p> <p>He has returned things in the past for me to both Nordstrom and Anthropologie. He even talked the clerk at Anthro into refunding the shipping charge (which wasn't supposed to be refunded). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here/page/2#post-187989 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:27:48 +0000 Mamapicklejuice 187989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good, God, I would NEVER send my husband to do returns to a department store...pick out thread or patterns from Joann's, yes...but holy smokes, as far as he's concerned, the sum total worth of my wardrobe is about $20. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here/page/2#post-187985 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:24:07 +0000 Queen Mum 187985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sara- you are so right... my husband would have an apoplexy if he knew how much some of my clothes cost. But it's more just the fact that he hates doing returns. Even somewhere like Home Depot.<br /> For returns to my local mall I often send my boys.... even to Macy's, but Nordstrom is more of a trek so I have to do that myself.<br /> Anne- that is hilarious. I remember sending my dad to the store after one of my kids was born (my husband had to leave town) and told him to get cheerios. He came back with some sort of sugar filled garbage because "that's what my 3 yo pointed to"<br /> I got my first e-mail shipping confirmation already this morning... let's just hope it doesn't come on Saturday </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here/page/2#post-187892 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:49:14 +0000 yublocka 187892@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Queenie I hope that you have had suffient time to stop hyperventilating - and are now enjoying anticipating your loot! I certainly can't wait to see it!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here/page/2#post-187850 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:41:00 +0000 MNsara 187850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anne - what a good sport! </p> <p>Oh, I forgot all about how Nordies returns aren't your typical $9.99 Target item that I have sent my husband on (with taped receipt). My DH does NOT need to know what my shoes/jackets/sweaters/boots/jeans/you-name-it cost. . .</p> <p>queenie - I know you are an excellent seamstress, but when I shopped NAS they mentioned that NAS purchases are considered regular price for their alterations policy. Others know the specifics better than I, but they do the basic alterations for free - like hems. Something to keep in mind as you try on your loot </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here/page/2#post-187848 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:35:20 +0000 Anonymous 187848@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MNSara - I've never asked my husband to shop for me, but my mom told me today that she sent my dad to a Restoration Hardware about an hour away with instructions about returning two curtain panels and buying a curtain rod (but "only if it was on sale" ... and he could pick any style out "as long as it was black"). THEN, if the curtain rod was on sale, he could pick out finials. Apparently, he was taking notes as she spoke. My dad is NOT a shopper and could not care less about curtain rods and finials. He's a stereotypical CPA. But he has a heart of gold and went along with my mom's orders. I can't wait to find out how he did on his mission. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187816 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:59:57 +0000 Queen Mum 187816@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I couldn't even IMAGINE sending my husband into Nordstrom or anywhere else to make returns for me. In a million years he would never do that. But more power to any of you who could get your DH or SO to do that </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187762 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:57:02 +0000 MNsara 187762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Has anyone ever asked their DH/SO to do their return for them? That would solve the (insert your department of choice here) temptation problem. . . </p> <p>However, the few times I have done that I actually taped the receipt to the item -- my DH is notorious for losing paper. . . :-\ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187698 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:43:17 +0000 lynne 187698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MNsara, I'm laughing because right now I have 2 or 3 things sitting in the back seat of my car to be returned. I'd better do it tomorrow, too, so that the credit is still on this billing cycle. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187678 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:00:24 +0000 Melissa 187678@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is so funny, Queenie, and so true! Not only do you have to walk by the shoe department, but then if you stop to look you run the risk of being spotted by a golden-tongued salesperson. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187677 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:57:37 +0000 Sparky 187677@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"I figured I was safer shopping on line than in the store where I have to walk by the shoes to get in and out of the store." This totally cracked me up! I think I busted a gut!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187649 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:43:41 +0000 Katiepea 187649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a spare brown paper bag here if you need it.....</p> <p>(Seriously though - I am so excited for you and can't wait to see you post pictures!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187632 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:52:15 +0000 Kate 187632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I went through the exact same thing ordering bras! The ones I mailed back have been received, but I'm still waiting to be refunded $650 for the returns. In the meantime I try not to freak out every time I check my bank balance! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187623 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:06:59 +0000 Beth 187623@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL Kim, I need to remember your strategy. </p> <p>I recall a day last winter that I went to Nordies for 36 dollars worth of undies, passed the shoe dept on the way out and ended up with my first pair of Fryes. DH was even with me, and he's usually very good at steering me away from anything tempting. </p> <p>It's a tribute to the power of the shoe dept that not even DH could help me shore up my self-control :O </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187621 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:02:47 +0000 JennyK (NC) 187621@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>puffenstuff - I found the same when I lived in Jamaica and also in Italy. I was astonished, insulted and all in a tizzy the first time I was given a problem returning something in Jamaica. I mean to tell you - I was OUTRAGED!</p> <p>I had a lot of issues there at first because I didn't understand cultural differences. I thought it was clear I was being discriminated against. LOL - now I know they DID indeed think I was a crazy woman "from foreign" as they said, but the anti-return thing was not personal.</p> <p>This is one thing I do like about America - you can return virtually anything! Even bathing suits and lingerie! Wow! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187620 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:58:40 +0000 puffenstuff 187620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I go through that everytime I spend more than my mental budget (the one in my head) on anything. When I had to fork out $120 for my winter boots I was trembling I've never paid that much for shoes in my life. You guys are lucky that you can return things so easily, Aussie retailers will only accept a return if the garment is faulty and apparently wrong size isnt considered faulty!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187568 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:15:12 +0000 bj1111 187568@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>lynne--*snort* --when i come home with a shopping bag, my husband asks me what i bought to return. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187510 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:15:14 +0000 JennyK (NC) 187510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know all about that hyperventilating! My last crazy order was over $1,500!!! Beware the returns though... I decided to return in person to save shipping costs back and came out with $300 more worth of shoes! Darn it! I still need to return a $193 pair of shoes I bought in that manic moment. Every time I look at the box I feel sort of sick and I'm terrified of carrying it back to the store... Must.Not.Go.Inside.During.NAS </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187478 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:58:24 +0000 chewyspaghetti 187478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My husband was looking at his back account the other day and asked me if it had been 'highjacked'! I used his card to order ONE thing from Nordstrom's! LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187467 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:51:53 +0000 RoseandJoan 187467@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We are cut from the same cloth Kim, I saved for the family holiday but wanted the extra protection booking by credit card offered (UK Law). Even though when the statement arrived I had the money to pay the bill in full I needed a good dose of the Victorian smelling salts to bring me around. Saying a figure out loud and seeing the amount written on paper are two very different things. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187453 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:27:18 +0000 taylor 187453@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are funny!! Can't wait to see the loot!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187449 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:11:05 +0000 Louise 187449@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Scary but like you say it won't all be kept x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187390 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:08:07 +0000 chellebrate 187390@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL</p> <p>I agree smart to order the different sizes and jacket choices. My hubby gives me such a hard time about returning stuff. He doesn't get it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187385 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:53:07 +0000 MNsara 187385@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh - this reminds me to return that extra stuff riding around in the back of my car BEFORE my credit card cut-off date. . . I am so glad my husband does not look at our statements. I can hardly stand to look at them - even when I have $$$$ worth of returns pending ;-\ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187378 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:41:13 +0000 lynne 187378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This thread sounds so much like a fairly common conversation in my household.<br /> DH " What is this $$$$$ charge from -insert store-?"<br /> Me " But most of it is probably going back!" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187369 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:31:52 +0000 Carole 187369@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good strategy, Kim! I was in the shoe department yesterday and it is hard to walk away without a load..so many to choose from! I never made it to any other department! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187366 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:30:04 +0000 Anonymous 187366@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get the same anxiety, even if I KNOW at least half of my order will be returned because of sizing issues.</p> <p>I placed a second NAS order last week that included a dress suit for my husband and jackets for my kids. THAT was a big order. *gulp* </p> <p>With all the ordering and returning I'm doing at the moment, I'd say I have almost $1,000 swimming out there, 60% of which will be returned.</p> <p>*double gulp* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187339 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:50:21 +0000 Isabel 187339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Qeenie, you crack me up !!!! Yes, definitely safer than in person !! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hyperventalating-here#post-187334 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:46:47 +0000 Queen Mum 187334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kelly- I got a pair of Kut bootcuts last year at the Rack and LOVE them. For that price I'd definitley say check out the skinnies. </p>