What's weird is I never make a scene. I'm overly nice about it. I think it might just be the stores. I have few shops I go to for clothes and typically they all know me fairly well. I'm always nice to them. They're always helpful and nice to me. It works. Once a new employee at a store I liked was just plain rude to me and I didn't go back there for a long time. I wonder whatever happened to her.. anyway, the people that knew me all mentioned that they hadn't seen me in a while. That's probably what helps most as far as discounts and gift cards.

Jewelry tends to suffer most for me too! Its sad. I have jewelry boxes but the area I'm around.. its not wise to leave your real/really sentimental jewelry in obvious places like that. So I'm forever trying to both hide the pieces I wear regularly.