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Guys… I get to review POPCORN!!!

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My dreams have all come true, and I can now die happy. You guys, I get to review POPCORN!

Are you freaking kidding me? I’m not sure how I lucked into this little number, but I got a pretty sweet gig reviewing some Orville Redenbacher popcorn.

I’m sure many, many of you already know this about me. But when my Boyf’s traveling with work and is away for a few nights, I actually dive right into popcorn and eat it for supper. Not the most healthy meal by any means. But some days I really don’t feel like cooking and I take great advantage of not doing so when I’m home alone. I may have even overdosed on popcorn, and gotten stomach aches from eating too much of it. But I will always go back to you, Mr. Orville Redenbacher!

I’d show you my candy stash drawer at work, but sometimes my Boyfriend reads my blog and I’d be ashamed to show it ;)

Already, one bag of popcorn is missing. I couldn’t even take a photograph of loot before diving in. 4 bags of popcorn!

  • White Cheddar with Chipotle (already in my stomach)
  • White Cheddar
  • Sweet & Salty
  • Dill Pickle

I was given the choice to choose between four different palettes. Tangy, Rich, Sweet, or Zesty and went with the latter.

The Orville Redenbacher popcorn came in a huge tote bag. The canvas tote was used for our beach towels and we brought along the “missing” popcorn (White Cheddar with Chipotle) on our Canada Day trip to the beach last weekend. Note to self, do not bring your blackberry or any other device you wish to get ruined, on the beach. Boyf’s Ohio State Wallet got soaked lol. How do these things happen?!

The theme was all red, by the looks of it, hey? Check out the items I got!

  • Orville Redenbacher bags to share with friends
  • Red napkins
  • Just Call Me Orville book
  • Silly putty
  • Popcorn bowl (not shown, it was getting washed after much popcorn usage)
  • EOS Lip Balm
  • Etch-A-Sketch
  • Notepads
  • Book pen

My Boyfriend is  quite conscious of what he puts into his body and for the most part we eat fairly healthy at home. He had a bit of a concern that the popcorn had a lot of oil content in it. But he compared it to the equivalent of eating popcorn at the movie theaters (we always go back for seconds by the way). So it’s all okay in moderation right? I’ll try my best not to devour a bag per week. I need to hide them from myself.

What food are you absolutely obsessed with?

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J Crew’s customer service = A+

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All too often you hear about people ranting about Customer Service and how disappointed people are with things that have gone wrong with whatever it may be. Today I’m going to RAVE about how great J Crew’s customer service. A nice change of scenery, right?

Remember a few weeks ago when I published my blog post on all of the purses I own? Well folks, I’m down a man.

That’s right. A new edition to the purse collection quickly went to little purse heaven after just two wears.

This one right here, the J Crew baby brompton.

I purchased it in February at Yorkdale Mall in Toronto and wore can remember the exact two times I’ve worn it. One of the days was one of our rare hot days in March, and it was St. Patrick’s Day. I wore it with my jeans and immediately regretted the decision as some of my jeans transferred onto the back of the suede-like purse. I put it away for a few months, and took it out again when I went to the KW Multiculutral Festival with Steph in June.

Spotted: J Crew baby brompton.

Somehow one of the rivets broke on the purse on just the second wear. It wouldn’t normally be a huge deal, but I spent a pretty penny on this purse and since it was a manufacturing problem I decided to e-mail J Crew and see how they could resolve this issue.

Since I purchased the purse in February and I never keep my receipts, I included everything I could about the purchase. Photos of the damaged item, and a record of my MasterCard payment to the Yorkdale J Crew store.

J Crew’s 24/7  customer service wrote me back within hours of me sending off my e-mail.  They apologized for the quality issue that I’ve experienced with the Brompton baby and they said they stand behind their merchandise and would be happy to accept this item for return, and ship them the item back to J Crew at no cost to me. Since I no longer had my receipt, I had to complete as much information about the purchase as I could provide, such as the store location, date of purchase, payment used and an indication of whether I’d like an exchange or credit.

I had a few questions again, before I sent off my purse to them in the States, and again they wrote back just moments later.

I mailed off my purse a week or so ago and it’s already been delivered to J Crew. Now is just the waiting game of getting my money back onto my credit card. I must say, I’m pretty impressed with their customer service and because of that, I will continue to shop there. I’m a very happy customer!

Do you have any similar stories about awesome Customer Service you’ve received in the past? Do tell!

P.S. J Crew is coming to the Eaton Centre in October! So exciting.

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