Soooo, he began to tell me the wonders of the fancy pink straightener in hand, when I decided I was sure I already had one just like it. "Oh, I have one of those. It's a Corioliss, right?" To which his response consisted of statements like, "Oh, no. This one is way better. It is from Italy and blah blah blah..." (Imagine it in an italian accent, so it seemed like he was telling the truth...) Anyway, he convinced the poor sucker (that would be me) to let him do ONE curl (yes, that's right...one of the many things this STRAIGHTENER could do...) So I gave in and let him do one, two, then eventually my whole head. 15 minutes tops, he said.
During this time, people were walking by and admiring his work, which was my curly head, and oooing and ahhhing over my lovely curls. I decided then and there: I MUST have this straightener/curler. Two in one, right? AND, get this, originally it was $250, but TODAY, it was a mere $150. Plus a 2 year warranty when normally it's only 6 months. I had been thinking I needed a new straightener anyway...yada yada yada...Plus, at the end he threw in some extra hair stuff so I got a screamin' deal.
30 minutes later...
I pull out my old straightener and *Gasp* not only is it pink, it's exactly the same besides the name on it. It looked like they just changed the name of the original straightener. Here is the monologue that took place inside my head:
Frick. Well, I can take it back...let me see the receipt...double frick! Non-refundable. Well, I can just sell it on ebay...should be able to get most of the money back...WTF? $30??? That's how much it's going for? (inaudible scream)
K, so allow me to elaborate...Not only was it non-refundable, but on Amazon AND Ebay it was being sold for no, not $150, but $30. I could have bought 5 of them. FIVE. I had already decided I was not going to tell James, but when I started ripping his face off for no apparent reason, I decided to tell him exactly how stupid I was. Yeah, he wasn't real happy.
Following day...
I gave in and decided to use the "new and improved" pink thing. Hmmm, I know he got it to curl when HE used it...apparently there has to be some 3 month course on exactly how a curl is made using a straightener because for the life of me, I can't seem to make it work. Triple frick.
