Life, etc.... Updates

• The new phone is friggin awesome!  Not so awesome....had to go with a new plan from Verizon since my current one no longer existed.  So, instead of unlimited data each month, I now pay for 4G/mth.  Now I know that sounds like a lot....but it was $10 more than 2G was, and since data overages are $15/G, it seemed stupid not to do 4G.  I re-evaluated after a few months and saw that I was averaging 2.5G/mth....so stuck with the 4G.  Watched the marathon on my phone today, so I upgraded to 6G for this month since I hit 3.8G and have 10 days left this month, haha.  I'll put it back down next month.

• Wolf and I went to Fire & Ice in Cambridge for my birthday.  It was great!  I have been to the one in Boston years ago and it was good, and I'm glad Wolf and I went!  I was surprised with flowers at work on my birthday also!  He really is the best!!!

 

• Wolf and I had our first anniversary on Sept 29th.  We went to King Richard's Faire in Carver and had a great time.  It's a renaissance faire and is just a good time.  If' you've never been, you should go to one at least once.  It occured to both of us a few weeks later that we sort of missed our anniversary, lol.  I dressed up in what was called a Pirate Wench costume....but it was kind of renaissance wench-y. I borrowed a velvet cape-thing from one of Wolf's co-workers and it went well with it.  He dressed up as sort of a pirate/renaissance guy.  We went out to dinner on the way back to Wolf's afterwards and got more than a few looks walking into the restaurant!

  

  Wolf & I, and the rose he bought me even after I told him he didn't have too!

•  Wolf and I had a good Christmas....and he was quite generous with my gifts :)   I care much more about Wolf than about the gifts...but it's still nice to get them.  He got me some cupcake themed pajamas (so comfy!!), and a co-worker of his went to Disney before Christmas and saw the Alex & Ani bracelet and contacted Wolf about getting it for me for Christmas.  I also love the necklace!  I wear them both daily!

• For New Year's eve, we got tickets to Frozen Fenway.  It sounded much more fun than it ended up being.  Frozen was definitely a good way to describe it!  We thought we were going to get to ice skate, but apparently you were supposed to bring your own.  We did end up sledding down a big slide on innertubes and that was a blast!  Afterwards we meandered over to Boston Common too see what First Night activities there were to see.  We saw some cool ice sculptures and stuck around until 8pm (the T was free after 8), then headed back to Wolf's to warm up and ring in the new year on our own, lol.  It was fun, but I don't think I'd do it again.

• I had a stroke of brilliance for Valentine's Day and got Wolf a multi-opening frame and put pictures of us in it, along with gluing charms to it that mean something to us.  I got beautiful flowers delivered to me at work, and a Mickey snow globe!!

The little charms are from AC Moore and represent things about us!



Not only do I love Mickey, but I love snow globes too!

• Back in September I had purchased an indoor trainer for my bicycle.  The intention was to ride indoors once it got too cold outside. Well, in January or February I finally put it together and put the bike on it!  Better late than never, right?  I have to say that I really like it.  It's certainly not the same as riding outdoors, but it's pretty good.  I've ridden it most weekdays and ride for 15 minutes.  When I started I had to take a break every 5 minutes.....now I can do 10-12min before needing a break. 

• I'm planning a vacation for Wolf and I for September/October.....but it's so spectacular that it deserves it's own post - so stay tuned!!!

~Chelle

Cell Phone Update

Well, the phone was delivered last week (Thursday) and I (amazingly) had no issues with charging and activating it.  I chose not to back everything up from the old phone and instead put back onto the new phone only those things I wanted from the old one.  It wasn't so bad, and by Friday afternoon only had my calendar and contacts to finish.

Those I finished on Saturday morning while waiting for my car to be fixed. 

I love the phone!  I did run into a little aggravation last night though...............  When my old phone was plugged into the computer via USB, it acted as a Mass Storage Device, and I was able to view the thumbnails of my phone pictures on my computer.  Not so with the Galaxy S3.  I searched in vain for a solution, and the only one I found was to root the phone.  No thanks - I like my phone and don't wish to chance bricking it.

Oh well....I'll figure out a work around, but I was pretty pissed last night.

~Chelle

Cell phone saga...........

So, in one of my other posts, I mentioned that I dropped my cell phone on the ground while biking on Saturday.  I thought I'd share my experience thus far in getting a new phone.

I dropped the phone on Saturday, and there just happened to be a Verizon Wireless store in Harvard Square (yes, I might be the only one left that has VW - they have good coverage, what can I say?).  Wolf and I did our homework Saturday night looking at phones and plans, etc... and I knew what I wanted walking into the store.

I have insurance on my phone, and it would have replaced the screen or phone....but I was told on Sunday that there is a deductible of $100-$140 with the insurance.  Well...with what I saw online Saturday night, it was cheaper to get a new phone.  So I told the customer service rep what phone I was interested in (Samsung Galaxy S3).  They had the phone, and the color I wanted in stock - fabulous!  The sales guy came over to do the phone upgrade and plan change (apparently the plan I have no longer exists).  So, he tells me the phone ($100 with $50 mail in rebate), upgrade fee ($30 - total BS) and sales tax is $167.  I said "uhhh, that doesn't quite add up."  He assured me it did.  So I said, $100 + $30 + sales tax does not equal $167.  He then tells me the sales tax is charged on the FULL RETAIL PRICE of the phone - which just happens to be $600!!!!!  I told him that was ridiculous and crazy and was so ticked off I told him to forget everything and walked out!

I was totally pissed and close to tears.  I got outside and turned around and Wolf was right there, and put his arms around me.  That was it....I started crying.  He calmed me down and we talked rationally (well, he was being rational, I was being irrational) while walking back to where we parked.  As we were walking/talking he said there's always NH, which has no sales tax.  So I looked on my phone and there is a store in Nashua, and was open until 7pm (it was currently about 4:30).  So I told him, and he said 'tonight?"  and I said 'why not?'.  The rational him then said that we would be in Lowell next weekend and could go then, so as not to waste the gas (why is he always rational??), to which I responded I'd rather pay the $40 in gas than sales tax, lol.  By the time we got to the car I was torn....the rational part of me knew that waiting was the better option, but the irrational me just wanted a phone that day.  So, we compromised and went back to his apartment and looking online at amazon (he got his phone from Amazon) and Verizon's website.

Verizon's website was no better than the store (big surprise!), so we went off to Amazon.  Found the phone for $20 (with an existing wireless plan - which I have).  Awesome!  So we added it to the shopping cart.  When you do that, it asks for some info to determine if you are eligible for the phone upgrade (which I know I am).  It asked for phone number, ss# (last 4), and PIN.  So, I enter the required info and it keeps telling me it's wrong.  I tried a different PIN and it's still wrong.  Totally exasperated I said 'fuck it', we'll go next weekend to Nashua.

So, yesterday, I was relating the tale to someone and realized that MY ss# is not the one on the account - it's someone else's.  BINGO!  I bet that's why it wouldn't work!  So I tried it last night when I got home from work. It worked - yay!  So I went through everything, picked the new plan (because I can't keep my existing one) and paid.  Got an email overnight with a tracking number (should be here Wednesday).  I then went online and ordered the case and screen protectors for the phone.

Got an email this morning that my phone order was returned to Amazon because of something to do with Verizon.  Ugh!  So I call Verizon and explain to the girl what has happened.  She has no idea why (big surprise!!).  She offers to try the upgrade on the phone.  I told her fine, I wanted a total before giving her a Credit Card #, and then explain the sales tax issue.  Her total is $207 -$40 MORE than the store wanted to charge me.  I told her no, delete the upgrade.  While she was doing all this, it occured to me that maybe the Amazon order got kicked back because I was changing my phone AND plan.  So I asked her this, and she said it could be (I don't think she had any idea, but was going along with what I thought).  So I had her change just my wireless plan, and back date it to 8/2.  Got off the phone with her and ordered the phone again from Amazon.  Thus far today, I have received a shipping notice (with tracking number) for the phone from Amazon.  We'll see what tomorrow brings and if I actually receive the phone on Thursday!

Stay tuned!!  If I actually get this phone and get it activated it might be a miracle!  If it gets kicked back again, I'm going to Nashua on Sunday - so there!  lol

~Chelle

Valentine's Day Surprise!

Well, as we all know, today is Valentine's Day.  As you all might not know, I have a boyfriend (fairly new).  Well, he surprised me today by having flowers delivered to work!!!   We decided since I am going up to see him tomorrow, that we'd wait to celebrate Valentine's Day until the weekend - I can't wait!



Here are the pictures!

Aren't they GORGEOUS!!!!! 

There are tons....tons....of flowers in the arrangement!

They are all red and white and they smell absolutely WONDERFUL!!!

There are lillies, daisies, carnations and roses.  I love them all!

There was another surprise with the flowers.   A cute little bear!!!

You can see him in this picture!

I put the flowers on the top of the hutch that is part of my desk at work.  This way I can see them all day long, and the scent wafts down every once in a while and it's just great!






















Soooo........... you're probably wondering who they came from, huh?   His name is Wolf (well......that's his nickname, lol, no real names here!). Why Wolf?  Well, for one, he likes wolves.  For two.....I guess that's the only reason, haha.  Not really sure how much other info to put here, since I'm not inclined to tell the whole story from the beginning in one fell swoop.  I'm sure he'll be mentioned here more, hence the need for a nickname for him.  For now, I will say that he makes me deliriously happy and I can't imagine my life without him.


Hope you had a good Valentine's Day!

~Chelle