She actually arrived on Friday, but although I asked my brothers about parcel arrivals - neither of them had seen a delivery man. Frequently I am advised by a card when delivery men haven't found me and have left a parcel at my local post office. When I got home, there was no card, so I was a little disappointed.
When the tracking finally updated at about 6:30 to show that there had been an attempted delivery and my package was residing at a post office, it was too late to go out and get it. This immediately caused a problem - not all post offices open on Saturdays. Those which are run by the Postal Service - Australia Post, are never open on Saturdays and are almost always closed by 4:30 Monday to Friday. The other type of post office, those which are franchises, can be open on Saturdays and often set their own hours.
I am "lucky" enough to live between two post offices. One is a outlet, run by Australia Post, which closes by 4:30 Monday to Friday and isn't open on weekends. I am only able to get to this post office on certain days after work - Thursdays and Fridays, simply because they are the only two days a week that I finish before 4pm.
The other post office is a licensed franchise, which is usually open until 5:30pm Monday to Fridays and 9-12 on Saturdays. It depends on the courier to which post office my parcels go to. Without a slip, I have no way of knowing on Friday afternoon, where my parcel had gone.
So... either I can collect my parcel on Saturday morning at the licensed post office, or I have to wait until Thursday when I get out of work early enough.
Enter problem number 2. I make appointments well in advance and for this particular Saturday, I had made a 9 am appointment at my hairdresser (red/pink... woo!) and I often spend a couple of hours in the hairdresser and if its busy, it can be up to three hours. So I spent the morning stressing over whether or not I would have enough time to collect the parcel before going to the hairdresser or if I would finish before the post office shut and if I didn't then I'd have to wait until at least Wednesday to get my parcel.
Luckily the salon wasn't all that full and it didn't take as long as normal and I was able to get her! She doesn't have a faceup yet, since I took it off when I originally ordered her, and nor does she have her final eyes yet, they're still coming from the maker. But she has her wig and her magnificent outfit and those wings...
Unlike all of my other SOOMs, she isn't wearing her fantasy feet - I haven't really unwrapped them at all. I did unwrap one, and it wouldn't stand up on its own. So I think I'm going to consign them to the storage box and find another pair of feet for her. Currently I want to find a pair of CW Migma feet, they will better match those of the Arkose, and since Rasmus (my incoming Arkose) and Vesna are meant to be twins, they will match very well.
The other reason for this is that the Migma feet weren't all that popular, so there are a few pairs floating around on the MP. I haven't bought a pair yet, but I'm looking for both them and possible faceup artists for her head. I'll be looking for a slot for her in the near future.
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