{"id":2501,"date":"2012-11-29T11:30:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T16:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2014-09-28T05:32:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T09:32:46","slug":"36541-no-return-turns-into-virtue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/36541-no-return-turns-into-virtue\/","title":{"rendered":"365+#41: &#8216;No returns&#8217; turns into virtue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2509\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Days-365+41-jeans1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2509\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2509\" title=\"Days 365+41 jeans1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Days-365+41-jeans1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to see pretty new button<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jim informed me that I needed new jeans. He was right. A hole was starting in my \u201cgood\u201d pair. No problem. I went to our trusty Gap Outlet where I knew I could get a pair cheap. I was on a tight schedule, however, so I quickly chose a pair of jeans missing the button. No problem. I have extra buttons and can easily sew one on. Since they were also a little long on me I asked the clerk if I could return them if needed. \u201cNo problem,\u201d she said. \u201cAs long as it\u2019s within 30 days.\u201d Returned home and remembered my sewing machine was broken and I wasn\u2019t sure when I would get around to having it fixed and shortening the jeans. No problem. I decided to buy another pair at a closer store and return the Gap jeans. This all fit within my \u201cone in, one out\u201d policy since I would trash my oldest pair with a really big hole, the aging jeans would become my gardening jeans, and I would return the Gap jeans, leaving me again with only two pairs of jeans. I knew I had 30 days. Being the organized person that I am, on day 28, I trek out to the Gap Outlet, receipt in hand, to return them and fulfill my &#8220;one in, one out&#8221; protocol.<\/p>\n<p>Whoa! <em>This<\/em> clerk said they don\u2019t take returns since it\u2019s an outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Need a new plan. I need to get rid of the third pair of jeans or else I have to fire myself from this blog. I could just give them to Goodwill, but being the conscientious person that I am, I decide to go ahead and sew a new button on anyway. Now I\u2019m feeling pretty virtuous as I put the repaired jeans into my \u201cgive away pile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But wait\u2026Is feeling virtuous a lack of humility; a sin of pride? Wow, sometimes we overthink these things. Better just to sew on the button, give the jeans away, and not tell anybody about it \u2013 except you all. \ud83d\ude15<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Days-365+41-black-shrug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2510\" title=\"Days 365+41 black shrug\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Days-365+41-black-shrug-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>PS: While I\u2019m in confessional mode, I might as well admit that last summer I bought a black shrug that I wore once and decided it didn\u2019t work. It\u2019s in that same \u201cgive away pile.\u201d Time to give away the give away pile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim informed me that I needed new jeans. He was right. A hole was starting in my \u201cgood\u201d pair. No problem. I went to our trusty Gap Outlet where I knew I could get a pair cheap. I was on a tight schedule, however, so I quickly chose a pair of jeans missing the button. 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