Suckered by an ELF?

OK...seems like I'm establishing a theme of being suckered. You know how the saying goes..."Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." Well...maybe I'm Bobo the Fool...or maybe there are too many scams to keep track of.

So one of my fashionista girlfriends sent me an email about e.l.f. cosmetics. Apparently they are some line of make-up that Nordstrom carries and is now in the process of discontinuing. In an effort to liquidate their inventory, they are selling mostly all of the cosmetics with the "e.l.f." logo on it for $1. So...because of my hoarding tendencies and frugal traits, this was just too good to pass up. I jumped on it. 10 eyeshadow quads, $1 each...add to cart...7 nail polishes, $7...add to cart...20 lip balms, who can't use lip balm???...add to cart...bronzer...add to cart...on and on and on until I ran up a $50 tab. Input pertinent billing and shipping information....submit order. Breathe sigh of accomplishment and fulfillment. And wait.

NOT EVEN FIVE MINUTES after I clicked the submit button did my other girlfriend who I shared this information with send me an email about a notification alert she discovered on Nordstrom's website claiming that they are not affiliated with e.l.f. cosmetics and that emails are being fraudulently sent out (and you know how we get real nervous when we see that word "fraud") on Nordstrom's behalf.

CRAP!!!!

NOW WHAT???

I quickly hit up Nordstrom's website....I don't see the alert...I ask my girlfriend where she found it...she told me...I still don't see it...maybe I'm just in such a fluster that I'm overlooking it. OK...plan B...email my girlfriend that sent the email...she writes back immediately. She received her products, and she likes them. OK...now I'm calming down. She says that this company was on Oprah and in magazines and is legit. Breathe, breathe, breathe...now the flashes of my bank card being declined because some fool used my information to buy 20 tanks of gas are gone.

Bottom line...even if the company is not affiliated with Nordstrom...I'm now comfortable with the situation. Maybe I'll at least get a few good things that I like, and maybe the makeup will actually be a decent quality. The initial warning had me thinking I was going to have to cancel cards, get a credit report, and go through a whole bunch of mess to make sure my credit wasn't being shot to h*ll.

So now I'm back to waiting for my stuff. I'll let you know how it turns out!