Service Disaster

So I received a Olive Garden gift card from my boss for Christmas. Shannon, her son, Logan and I went out last night to the Olive Garden in Lancaster by the mall. We arrived at the restaurant and were told that it would be a 35 minute wait, so we went to Border's. We went back to the restaurant after a half hour and went inside. They told us it would be probably another 10 minutes so we stood in the corner and waited for our buzzer to buzz. It did so and we were seated and told that our waiter would be right over.
So Vince, our waiter, came over with a bottle of house wine and said Hi, How are you doing this evening. We all answered and he continued to stare at me and Shannon and I said again I'm fine and he said ok well are you ready to order or do you need sometime. Shannon told him that we were ready to order our drinks, which we did and ordered an appetizer. He said he would be right back with our drinks.
He came back with the drinks and took the rest of our order. He then came back with our salad, soup and breadsticks. Still no appetizer. We finished our first bowl of salad and basket of breadsticks and were waiting for him to come back to our table. He came back and asked us if we wanted refills on our drinks and we said yes and he walked away, without asking about the breadsticks and salad. So as he was walking away, I called after him and said excuse me ( he was 2 tables away), he turned around and looked at me and since he did not walk back I said could we have some more breadsticks please? He put his hand up to his mouth and cupped his mouth and said ok. I was shocked at his attitude!
When he brought us our refills of drinks and breadsticks, he said thanks for yelling at me across the restaurant cuz if you would not have yelled at me I wouldn't have heard you. I did not know what to say. Shannon asked him if he was being a smartass to me. He said no I am just kidding, and then proceeded to punch me in the arm!!!!
I was infuriated at this point. Still no appetizer by the way. So Shannon asked if he would check on it. He came back and said we never ordered one but he could put in an order for one now and we said no. He then brought our entrees out and after he gave them to us he asked if there was anything else he could do for us or should he walk away so I could yell at him again from across the restaurant. I just stopped saying anything and looked at my food. I was soooooo pissed!!!!!!
So after I ate my delicious entree I got up and went to the restroom. When I was headed back to my table, I stopped and said to the hostess I know you guys are crazy busy right now, but can I talk to a manager. She said sure just give me one sec. So the manager came over and I told him EVERYTHING that happened from the moment we sat down to the moment we got the entrees. He was shocked and asked where i was sitting. He followed me back and was talking to me and Shannon. Shannon said she did not appreciate the attitude and I said I did not appreciate being talked to like a 5 year old. The manager said that he would make an adjustment on our check and he apologized profusely.
Vince brought us boxes and asked if we needed anything else. We said no. He left again. The manager came back and said You ladies have a nice night, the check is taken care of.
Shannon and I were SHOCKED! We got a $50 dollar meal FREE!!!!
So in the end, even though the service was AWFUL, the food was GREAT and it was FREE!!!!!

Christmas!!!!

I love Christmas sooo much. It is my favorite time of year. The reminder of the Savior's birth and all that He has done for me and the spirit of Christmas. I love it all!!!! So this morning we opened gifts at 7 am...(i could have slept in longer :( oh well) I as ked for an mp3 player and that is all i expected (it's a lot of money). Well I got more than that :) I got a red mp3 player (sony), dress pants, a dress, socks, flip flops (i am still warming up to those), candy, gift card(from my cousin), money(from Grandpa Leavitt), a shirt and 2 movies (from Amanda and Josh). I am so grateful for everything I got. I am so excited to wear my new dress on sunday :) I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

Snow Day

In case you haven't noticed, it is snowing.....A LOT!!! I really like to look at the snow....It is so pretty! I HATE driving in it and I hate that it is cold and wet. I think that is partly because I spent 1 & 1/2 years in Idaho where it snows way to much!!!! So yuck, yuck, yuck. I had to drive from Emma's house this morning home and it took me FOREVER!!! I had to drive soooo slow(another thing I hate doing...hehe) Oh well, it was a fun time hanging out with Emma so it was worth it.

Last night Emma and I watched My Sister's Keeper. Ok total cry movie....(tear, tear). I have read the book and it made me so mad that I cried for 30 minutes after I finished reading it and I threw the book across the room. So MAD!!! But I really did want to see the movie and for the first time ever. The movie was better then the book. I never thought I would say it but I just did!!!! So I suggest watching the movie (have the tissues ready) and DO NOT read the book. You should however read other Jodi Piccoult books. :) That is my insight for the day.

Cookie Day :)

The day started out on Sunday night when we played both Scene it games....LOVE IT!!!!

On Monday Morning it started out with a couple disney cd's, lots of cookie supplies, 4 girls (me , shannon, sharrisse and sammy) and 2 dogs and we made cookies!!!!! Lots and lots of cookies.

Here is Sharrisse....

and Shannon....

Dough

rolled dough....

rolled sugar dough balls.....

on a cookie sheet....

kisses to put in the cookies

pb cubs to put in cookies

Completed cookies :) so yummy!!!!

After Cookies we made fondue!!!!!!! Sooooooo yummy!!!

It was an AMAZING day!!!! I had sooooo much fun and I am sooooo glad that we did it. Thanks Ladies :)

I am Thankful....

Since it is that time of the year, I have been thinking a lot about what I am thankful for in my life. I decided to post a list of some of the tings I am thankful for.
Job-in this economy I am glad that I have a steady job.
Family-I love them all so much.
Friends-I don't know what I would do with out them....they keep me sane and happy.
Music-It makes me so happy, i love it so much.
Movies-I love watching movies.
The Gospel-I don't know where I would be without the Gospel in my life.
Laughter
Texting-it keeps me connected with my friends
Love
Sarcasm-makes life interesting
I am so thankful for all of the blessings that I have in my life. :)

New Moon

So I am a Twilight freak. I LOVE the books. They are not amazingly written but they are fun books that are fun to read and you don't have to really think about what is happening. It is a escape book. You can read it and escape from what is happening in your life. I have read them probably 10 times. So I was very excited when they decided they were going to make it into a movie. I went and saw Twilight in the theater and HATED it. It deviated from the book a lot and it was made very badly. But I decided to give New Moon a chance because it looked like it was going to be better than the first movie.
So I went with my friends to the midnight showing and I really liked it. It followed the book much more and it was obvious that they had a much better budget than the last movie.
So if I was going strictly by the books, I am Team Edward all the way. Jacob is selfish and whiney throughout all the books. If I was going by the movies, I am Team Jacob, He is HOT and has an AMAZING body. But I think that because they have more money that Eclipse will be decent as well. We will see.....

Fall....I love it :)

Yesterday I went outside and was enjoying the gorgeous sunset. So I went back inside to grab my camera and started taking pictures. I was messing with the settings and found a sunset setting and I started taking pictures on that setting and they turned out AWESOME!!!!!!

I love the pink tint on the clouds in the blue blue sky....BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

This one was right where the sun was setting. I love all of the colors that show up in the sky.

With fall come changes and I decided to tell the guy I like that I liked him. He is not interested in me which is totally ok because that means I don't have to wonder what if....what if I told him.....what if he likes me back....what if, what if, what if. There are no more what if's. I know!!!!! And that is very comforting to me so I guess it is back to the friendship which is great....nothing ruined it and we both know how we feel. We are good to go!!!!

I love fall!!!!