for the love of cardigans and good bargains

I was in Megamall earlier this week when I passed by Mango, which was on sale. I really wasn't planning to buy anything but I stumbled upon the cardigan I forgot I really wanted to buy. The best thing about it was that it's on sale!

This is the cardigan I fell in love with the moment I laid my eyes on it several months ago. It's a short-knit cardigan with 3/4 sleeves, scoop neck and ribbed hem.

I love cardigans. If you get to see me everyday, you'd know that I love cardigans. I wear one to work almost every other day. I love wearing tops and dresses with no to very short sleeves. Because I'm petite and have arms as slim as imaginable, I don't like wearing things that make me look even smaller so I shy away from tops and dresses with sleeves that emphasize my arms' slimness. I'm very conscious about how slim my arms are. They are so slim, I can't even wear a proper bangle - except if I get one meant for a child. And because it can get a bit cold inside my office, I always have a cardigan or a jacket to keep me warm. I prefer cardigans though because they're so light and easy to carry. I can put them in my bag and not worry that they'll get wrinkled because most of the ones I have are knitted. Plus they are so easy to pair with almost everything I have. I can use it with a dress, with jeans, with skirt, with shorts and it never fails to make me achieve the look I want to project.

a token from a fraudulent seller

Remember my entry on justice in online shopping? Here's a follow up on that one.

So I've already told the story of how I ended up filing a complaint in PayPal against a fraud eBay seller after receiving an email informing me that the item I bought in eBay has been removed from the listing as it allegedly infringes on the eBay VeRO Program. The seller sent a tracking number to PayPal during the investigation, perhaps to appease me that an item has been sent. PayPal required me to wait for a few more weeks to give the seller the benefit of the doubt. I waited and waited and when the waiting time is over and the dispute has not been resolved, I provided more information regarding my claim. In a few days time, PayPal concluded their investigation in my favor.

Several weeks after that though I received a post from the Parcel Section of the city's Central Post Office. Upon reading the post informing me that I need to claim a parcel, I felt sick. Thoughts swam in my mind. What if the seller didn't really screw me? What if it wasn't really a scam? What if the seller really did send the item? What if I turned out to be the one who screwed the seller? My mind was filled with these thoughts and I started feeling guilty. I don't think I could easily forgive myself if it turned out that I was the bad one. Filled with these thoughts, I immediately paid a visit to the city's Central Post Office.