happy work bullshit

today was my very first day at work actually working on commission. i still feel so guilty when people ask and i have to say "yes," it makes me feel sleazy and i don't want anyone thinking i'm selling them stuff because i want to make cash money. at the same time, i think i'm beginning to understand why people work on commission. having that arbitrary number there and keeping track of where you are and where you need to be is almost fun. plus, i will be making more money and shallow as it might be, i'm kind of stoked. MONEY. like enough to pay rent and bills and buy myself a visit to the dentist and some cute new shoes.

i've said it before and i'll say it again, i am never going to be a fantastic salesperson. at best i will be satisfactory, and extremely pleasant to a select few, but it's not as bad as i thought it would be.

and! my skillz are good enough that tonight at best buy i ran into a customer who hooked me up with the employee price on a cd. i got the new decemberists album for less than $7! whoo!

one more thing, for those of you who asked, i do indeed have skull shaped cookie cutters. i ordered them a few weeks ago from a place called copper gifts, and i have to say i am thrilled with them. they custom make the cutters in solid copper, they are totally reasonably priced (i mean, a good cookie cutter you have forever and if you are serious about cookies spending $10 on a cutter is not that big a deal), and if you ask nicely they will make your order all fit together. like i ordered a small heart shaped cutter, and explained that i would be using it for the eyes on my skulls. the cutter they sent fit the face perfectly, and again, they are super-nice cutters. i found another one on a site that was skull and crossbones, and while that looked kind of cool, i knew the crossbones would be a pain in the ass to lift out of the dough easily and knowing that, i would use them less often. that was a long explaination of cookie cutters, but i think it was worth it. go bake some cookies now!