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Well, the mall trip yesterday wasn't as bad as I had anticipated. I was all ready to fight with Matt the entire time until I got in the car and realized that he was going to be civil. Therefore, I decided to be civil back. When we first got to the mall, we decided to go straight to the hair cuttery in JCPenny's so that I could get an appointment. It was 10:00AM, and I got an appointment for 10:30AM so I decided that I would get my bra shopping done right there in Penny's (where I usually buy them). When I took the bras to the register however and tried to pay with Vicky's credit card (which had a note that she wrote to authorize my usage of it with it) the woman told me that she had to keep the note. I asked her how I was supposed to do the rest of my shopping because the note was for all day (Plus, it was for 2 credit cards). The woman said that she had to attach the note to the receipt. I asked her if she could copy it, and she said no. At this point in time, Matt was off finding a bathroom because he had to take a crap. I was left with no money to get my hair cut with because I was supposed to use the charge card to pay for it. Luckily, my Grandma Schrader just happened to be in Penny's, and she gave me $20 for my haircut. When I was finished, Matt was waiting in the waiting area for my hair to get done. After I explained to him what had happened with the note, we decided to grab some lunch at the food court so that we could settle down before we had to deal with the issue. I got a Veggimax from Blimpie's with a root beer to drink, and Matt got a slice of cheese pizza with soda. We then proceeded to Charlotte Russe to see if they would accept the card without a note. They said they wouldn't, and we explained the mishap with Penny's. Matt decided that he was going to try to get the note back so we returned to Penny's. He asked the woman that waited on me if we could have the note back, and she said she would call the manager. The manager then proceeded to call someone else to see what to do. After that, she began to open the safe and both the manager and the woman that waited on us apologized because they found out that they weren't supposed to take the note after all. We shopped all over, and our next problem occurred at Deb. There, I bought over one hundred dollars worth of clothes. When I brought them to the counter and handed the woman Vicky's credit card and note, she explained that she could not accept the credit card from the person that it didn't belong to. What kind of bullshit is that? The note that Vicky wrote had her signature, had her card numbers, had my name, and said that I was her daughter and would show my driver's license as proof! Still, the workers at Deb would not comply. Matt and I had to chip in money to put the items on layaway. We'll probably pick them up next Sunday. After our shopping trip at the mall was over, we exited the mall to find that it was raining uncontrollably outside. Matt pulled the car up to the entrance so I wouldn't have to walk in the downpour, and we began to head toward Rue 21. On the way there, I was rather worried that we were going to end up in a car accident because Matt couldn't see anything while he was driving and the roads were covered in at least an inch of water. When we got to Rue 21, however, the skies were clearing. Matt and I bought some things at Rue 21 and went to Wendy's for supper. After that, Matt had to crap (again) so we went to K-Mart. All in all, the shopping experience was more tiring than torturous...