Follow Up to "Where's my Pottery Barn Kids order?"

Yay!  Pottery Barn Kids got back to me within a day of my online order inquiry and even their rep didn't know why the order wasn't shipped out.  Two days after I received that message (Feb 18th), I finally received the baby quilt today.  Very happy it didn't take another week to receive.

So overall, a happy ending to my bittersweet experience.

Word of advice: if you do ever order from Pottery Barn Kids, give yourself extra time to receive the items in case there are random delays for no reason.

Where's my Pottery Barn Kids order?

This review is about a bad experience with Pottery Barn Kids.  I ordered a baby quilt from Pottery Barn Kids' Jungle Friends Nursery Bedding collection close to 10 days ago, and still have not received it. This nursery quilt was intended for a baby shower, however it does not look I will be receiving it in time.  It is honestly very frustrating and sad to buy a gift and not be able to give it to my BFF for her first baby's special occasion.  This is the first time I am ordering from Pottery Barn Kids, and the experience has been less than impressive.  I'm afraid it might be my last time too.  I can find nursery quilts elsewhere.

The Jungle Friends collection is very cute though and features giraffes, elephants, monkeys and hippos.  I paid $99 for the quilt and an extra $7 to also have it personalized. 

It seems Pottery Barn Kids can't get their act together because I placed the order close to 10 days ago, and still haven't received the quilt.  I received a call 5 days after the order was placed because they needed to verify the order was valid since the shipping and billing address were different.  Hasn't Pottery Barn Kids every heard of ordering a gift for others?  I appreciate the due diligence but calling me 5 days after the order was placed is unacceptable.  They should have either emailed or called me within 24-48 hours.  What's the point in providing all that contact information if it isn't used when it really matters?  This just goes to show orders don't get processed until a week after it is placed   , which their website states: "Please allow 5-7 business days for delivery.", so that means I have to give them a week's time to process the order, then ship it?

Even after the address has been confirmed, I was told the order would be shipped out immediately.  It's now been 4 days since my phone conversation with the Pottery Barn Kids rep, and my order status still shows "Shipping Soon" on their Order Status tracking.

Pottery Barn Kids, please ship my order soon...

Sephora Fragrance Deluxe Sampler for Her

Epicurean Confession of the Week. I recently bought Sephora's deluxe fragrance sampler for women. I got this for myself, but wouldn't hesitate to get this as a gift for my girl friends. The packaging is very nice and presentable even though it only contains 11 tiny fragrance samples and a silver beauty bag. With Valentine's Day right around the corner, this could be a good gift option.

Retail $50 ($104 value)

This sampler set also includes a voucher for one full-size bottle, making this the ultimate gift or purchase for the girl who likes her perfumes. The voucher is really where the value of this purchase comes in because the full-size bottle for any of these 11 fragrances cost more than $50. I've tried all 11 samples, so now I'm deciding which is my favorite fragrance to redeem for full-size. Thus far, I'm really liking Chloé Chloé, Marc Jacobs Eau So Fresh, and Gucci Flora.

This Set Contains Samples Of:
- BVLGARI Omnia Crystalline redeems to a 1.37 oz Eau de Toilette Spray
- Chloé Chloé redeems to a 1 oz Eau de Parfum Spray
- CLEAN Skin redeems to a 2.14 oz Eau de Parfum Spray
- ESCADA Especially Escada reedeems to a 1 oz Eau de Parfum Spray
- Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gioia redeems to a 1 oz Eau de Parfum Spray
- Gucci Flora by Gucci redeems to a 1 oz Eau de Parfum Spray
- Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau So Fresh redeems to a 2.5 oz Eau de Toilette Spray
- Paco Rabanne Lady Million redeems to a 1 oz Eau de Parfum Spray
- Philosophy Love Sweet Love redeems to a 2 oz Fragrance Spray
- Stella McCartney L.I.L.Y redeems to a 1 oz Eau de Parfum Spray
- Tocca Cleopatra redeems to a 1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray

How it works:
1. Purchase the Fragrance Sampler as a gift or for yourself.
2. Sample the fragrances and choose a favorite.
3. Fill in the enclosed voucher.
4. Bring the voucher into a Sephora store and redeem it for a fragrance.
Please note: The voucher is redeemable at Sephora stores only (the voucher cannot be redeemed online). The voucher is not redeemable at Sephora inside JCPenney retail locations.

Agloves ® Original Touchscreen Gloves

I recently bought these amazing touch screen gloves called Agloves® from Amazon for $14.99 (suggested retail price is $24.99) and couldn't wait to share this great find.

Winters in New York can be pretty harsh, and this winter has been no exception with below freezing temps on most days. Ever tried taking out your hands to use the phone in freezing temperatures with 20mph winds? Ugh!

I have tried a few touch screen gloves and the conductivity is typically limited to just the tip of the index finger and thumb. Given my small hands, the finger tips of the gloves also usually extend beyond my finger and folds over. After a few frustrating attempts, I found I would just take the darn glove off and use the cell phone with my bare hands. Which of course defeats the whole purpose of having conductivity gloves.

Here is Amazon's Product Description:

"You can text with these gloves on! Agloves are lightweight, soft, warm, stretchy and slightly fuzzy knitted gloves. Made in the USA, these seamless, knitted gloves have high quality workmanship. Agloves are compatible with any and all of your touch screen phones, cameras, multimedia devices, game systems, and eReaders. Three unisex sizes fits all S/M, M/L and XL. quality workmanship. Agloves are compatible with any and all of your touch screen phones, cameras, multimedia devices, game systems, and eReaders. Three unisex sizes fits all S/M, M/L and XL. Color is black with silver flecks to produce a charcoal grey coloring."

Agloves are not by any means very warm, but they're decent. The conductivity thread is also more on the gold/light brown side, not silver. But from a distance the flecks does give the glove a charcoal grey illusion.  I bought the Agloves in S/M.

The original gloves has a small Aglove tag sewn into the wrist, but I removed it.  

Also following the instructions, I hand washed the gloves and laid them flat to dry.  After wearing these for about 2 weeks, there is a little bit of fuzz but nothing out of the ordinary.

Overall, I really recommend these gloves if you're looking for winter conductivity gloves that allow you to use your touch screen devices.  Now if only they came in other colors too...