My teen daughter is on the color guard team at her high school…
you know, the flags and rifles type of stuff…

It costs $550 (sorry thought it was 500, have the paperwork in front of me total is $550) to be on the team to cover expenses, etc.
In addition to new shoes, pants, etc. which we did get covered already.
I’m just short the $550 for the school color guard team itself.
(Some have asked why so much…simple..this is South Florida…the school (and sorry I won’t post it since I prefer not letting the entire world know where my daughter goes to school) is a top ranked Color Guard Team and the money covers expenses for buses to the shows, student uniform, flags, floor, show shirt and the cost of clinicians for the JV guard)
The deposit has to be in school on Nov 28th and not sure when the balance has to be paid.
For those who know me and have known me for some time, know I do not ask for hand outs and wouldn’t be doing so now if I had another way to get the monies needed.
They do offer candy bar fundraisers, but doing a Scentsy fundraiser where you can buy holiday gifts, wax, wax warmers and items you would actually use seemed more logical plus I can go nationwide opposed to trying to sell chocolate bars locally.

I did add two bonuses to this post since originally posting.
If you have any other questions, please email me.
Thank you!

One of my bestest friend of over 10 yrs, Laurie Ayers is holding a fundraiser to help Christa get the $500 she needs for color guard.

100% of the proceeds of the sale of items purchased through this link will be donated to the Tara Burner Color Guard (Yes that’s right Laurie’s giving up her commission to make this happen).
Get your Christmas shopping done from your seat and show your school spirit and support for youth!
You can go to IncomeWax.com and then you have to click on the link on the left side that says “Tara Burner Colorguard Fundraiser” and order through that link.
The fundraiser ends at the end of this month.
If you would please and thank you.

Added option:
Anyone who purchases from the Tara Burner Color Guard Scentsy Fundraiser in the amount of $50 or more will get their name & site/blog/whatever listed on a special post I’ll put up here as well as on Facebook and Twitter.

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All proceeds from the purchase of this 15 page ebook also go towards the color guard fees.

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Or, if you don’t want to purchase anything and just want to make a small donation (any amount $3, $5, $10, whatever… will help reach the $500 needed) you can use the donate button below to give via Paypal.

Another option
Anyone who donates $15 or more will have their business/blog/site/whatever listed in right menu bar (can be graphic ad or text)

I have to have deposit of $110 to the school by 11/28 and then the balance after that.

I thank you lots as does Christa!
(or if you’re local to me, hit me up on phone or text 954-549-3393 to meet up if you so desire to give some cash to help Christa)
and please and thank you mucho!

The PayPal account on this will show going to TAB Group (that’s my company)

However, if you feel better paying the school directly, email me for the link to do so.
I prefer not doing it that way for two reasons…privacy issues in I prefer people not know where my daughter goes to school (think about it, how often have you seen a pic of her online?!)
and I also want to ensure it goes towards her account so I have more control if I make the payment myself.
But if you feel more inclined to donate directly then like I said, email me.
Thank you again.

Yes, I know it’s the holiday season…it happens every year like clockwork.
Christmas, then a few weeks later my daughter’s birthday.
Knowing that stores don’t often restock items in time to wait to buy her birthday gifts I get them at same time as Christmas.
So, if something I order online isn’t in stock right then it’s not a problem (or shouldn’t be a problem) since odds are they can ship it by the first week of January.
Not the case this year apparently with Target.
For the first time ever, I’m totally annoyed with them.
I ordered two items the middle of November (yes, before Thanksgiving).
One item shipped and I received it already.
I then got an email stating the other item had shipped.
Cool, thought my shopping was done.
Not, the case

Yesterday I received this email from them:
Dear Target.com Guest,

We’re writing to advise you that we aren’t able to fulfill your order #602-0341776-8245857 for the xxxxxxx (x’d out just incase she reads this! lol) you recently ordered.

You probably have already received an e-mail stating that it shipped, but unfortunately that e-mail was sent to you in error. Since we don’t have the available inventory to fulfill your order at this time, we’ll refund your credit card in full. We have requested a refund for the game, which should post to your credit card account within 7 to 10 business days. We’ll also send you a confirmation e-mail when we finish processing your refund.

Okay, not cool!
email me with just 10 days til Christmas but I figured okay let me call them and tell them to NOT cancel order and ship it when in stock — hoping that they’d just send and I can give for her birthday.
I spent over 30 minutes talking to some clueless chic at their call center, who then came back after putting me on hold for a third time to tell me that my item wasn’t in stock!!!
ummm yea I know that!
Another 10 minutes go by and she still wasn’t grasping the concept of ship the item WHEN it does come in stock.
I finally got to the point where I realized this was going nowhere other than racking up minutes on my cell, so why bother…I laughed, said forget it and hung up.
Within a minute, I got an email requesting I do a “customer service survey” regarding my phone call.
Sure…FAILED, CLUELESS, LOUSY
Wonder if it even matters? Do they really read those or care?
Because, after I posted on Twitter and Facebook others said they had the same experience this year with Target (amongst other companies).
You’d think if companies are hurting and needing business, they’d treat their customers better and try to resolve any issues rather than have clueless customer service reps!
Needless to say, I’m off in a few to go locate said item that Target doesn’t have to ship and I will succeed!!!!

Update
Read this post for the excellent customer service from GameStop! Thanks Target for screwing up, now GameStop gets my biz.

When the customer comes first, the customer will last ~
Robert Half