Christmas that almost wasn't!

It is funny to reflect back now on the week of Christmas. It was not so funny at first. Some may have noticed my Facebook status last Monday about our issues with Amazon.com. Anna had decided to get Ella a pink retro kitchen for Christmas. She is very good at finding the best deals. So, back around Thanksgiving she found it on Amazon for $129. At Target it was around $160. and that was about the best price around. So we ordered it and got free shipping. Around the first week of December the box came and was clearly marked KidKraft pink retro kitchen. We put it in the back room until the Sunday night before Christmas. I opened the box only to find a Doll House. Now it was a very nice doll house but when half the family has bought food and accessories for a kitchen…a doll house just won’t do! It was basically the only toy gift we got for Ella. She did have a few puzzles and clothes but Christmas morning was suppose to be about the kitchen! Anna was obviously very upset about this….



On Sunday night we called Amazon thinking it would be no trouble getting a new kitchen here by Christmas. Well after 2 hours on the phone…we finally accepted that Amazon would not help us get the one pink retro kitchen on their site. It was from a 3rd party seller and now was priced at $240. Once you added overnight shipping for $375. the kitchen was not going to cost over $600. This was not going to happen!! Amazon offered us $100. instant credit plus the refund of the $129. once the doll house was returned. That was about the best we could get and luckily found the same pink retro kitchen on diapers.com with free 2 day shipping. Once all was said and done we were $35 to the good and the pink retro kitchen made it in time to be Ella’s Christmas present. All was well again for the Miller’s! I hope your Holiday time with family and friends was enjoyable!