favorite.

I love Kohl's. They have the best customer service I've ever encountered, and a great return policy. Three examples:

1. They allow returns of any merchandise for any reason, even without the tag attached. This came in handy when I purchased an adorable Chaps Ralph Lauren purse. I owned it for a good two months, and then the handle began to fall apart. I initially exchanged it for the same one, thinking it was a fluke, but the same thing happened again. I hung onto the bag for about six months, and couldn't bear it anymore. Kohl's returned it for my full purchase price, since I had my receipt. Awesome.

2. They will return even holiday merchandise. I received some holiday stuff that just was not my style, and it was definitely already past that holiday...they took it back and gave me a gift card. No questions asked.

3. Their online customer service is excellent. I called today to get a shipping address changed, and the associate answered the phone within a minute. In a short five minute call, the issue was resolved. No hold music, no funky transfers between associates - just speedy, helpful customer service.

Other reasons I love Kohl's are as follows:
1. Cute decorating stuff. I have so many picture frames from here, photo albums and a few adorable holiday items - a table runner, placemats, ornaments, candles, dishtowels...
2. Quality basics - love their opaque tights and dress socks.
3. Comfy sheets. I have a nice Wamsutta set from here, as well as a Jumping Beans jersey fabric set.
4. Their juniors t-shirts are priced so reasonably.
5. Great sales, great coupons, great discounts. There was one time that I purchased a jewelry set for more than 50% off the original price, plus a coupon discount.
6. Speaking of that, they have a lot of cute costume jewelry, and some nicer stuff. I have a pair of pearl earrings from there which I adore.
7. Kohl's cash promos.
8. Reasonably priced jeans for the hubby, and bargain brand-name sneakers ($36!) for me.
9. Clean bathrooms and fitting rooms.
10. Great accessory section.
11. Gift cards that don't expire.

Love. Anyone want to go shopping?

1 out of 4 stars...

Not related, but wanted to share - my lilac bushes are in bloom!

This morning, hubby and I planned to go out and do a few errands, forgetting that it was Saturday. He found a state park for us to visit, and I packed a picnic for us. We headed off, and realized that today was the local fire department's community yard sale - woo hoo!

We stopped by and found a bunch of great things. He picked up a string trimmer, an old 1930's market scale, and a pair of cleats. There was a seller who had a wire milk-bottle holder that would've held six glass bottles, but he wanted $65 for it. Can you believe it? They were like this one on etsy (except with six sections), which sells for $10. He wanted $35 for a single glass milk bottle... crazy! We found a board game for a dollar and a pretty turquoise and white glass bud vase. We did pretty well overall! Here's the bud vase, already holding one of the first blooms from my irises:



We hit the road, passing other yard sales and heading to our first errand, which was about a 30 mins drive away. Not open?? Oh, man! It's Saturday - we didn't even think to check their hours.


Then we headed to the nearby state park, which was supposed to have a picnic area and some hiking trails. We arrived, turning onto a seasonal use highway that quickly turned into a one-lane road. There was the park sign... but it appeared to be little more than a utility road in the middle of a very thick forest. We got a bit nervous, and turned around. Sad!

We then put in the address for our third destination, and realized that it would be a 30 mile drive further south. We decided to skip it, and just went home. We were both pretty frustrated, but still enjoyed the scenery and nice drive back. We stopped at a second garage sale, where they had some large bear skins hanging up, and a couple of guitars for sale. No purchase there, but fun to look around.

Glad to be back home...

I took some pictures around our yard, and found a robin's nest! I scared her away, and I hope she'll come back for her five beautiful blue eggs.