stores stop making the things you need

Before I left for vacation, I went to Bath and Body Works and bought some travel sized shampoo and conditioner. It was the Eucalyptus Spearmint Volumizing Shampoo and Conditioner.

After using this product for about a week, I LOVED it. It made my hair so soft and shiny and unlike many other "volumizing" products, this actually added a bit of body to my limp and lifeless hair.

Well, travel sizes don't last too long, and I soon ran out. So, last weekend I went to Bath and Body Works in Mockingbird Station...they had the conditioner in stock, but no shampoo. I asked the sales clerk if they would be getting anymore and she told me they should be getting a shipment in within the next few days. So, instead of waiting, I headed up to NorthPark mall. I encounter the same thing...conditioner was there but no shampoo. I asked the sales clerk there if they would be getting anymore of the shampoo and I got the same response, within a couple days.

So, I waited and today I went back to Mockingbird Station to find only the conditioner sitting on the shelf. So, I immediately left and went back to NorthPark (where, by the way, parking sucked and the place was a madhouse because only crazy people go to the mall between Thanksgiving and Christmas-but I went anyway). Again, only conditioner on the shelf. So, I asked again...and was told they probably would not be getting anymore in stock, but to check online.

In a previous blog, I believe I shared my feelings on online shopping...but left with no other option I went to the B&BW website to find the following statement when searching for the shampoo I so desperately want: "We're sorry, this product is currently unavailable. Please check again soon or try the store nearest you." The store nearest me? Really? Not so much...

Seriously? Why do stores do this to people? Victoria's Secret did the exact same thing with the bra that I love...just stopped making it. Maybe it's just God's way of telling me that I don't need to be spending money on these things and to just make do with less desireable products. I'm still not happy about it.