Truth In Advertising

March 3, 2010
Wednesday, 9:30 P.M.
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Tomorrow, I am loathe to say, my daughter in law will be forty years old. You can not let a birthday like that go by as if it is like all the others, so I just spent two and a half hours on line trying to find THE perfect bouquet of flowers to send to her at THE most reasonable price. Well I scored on half of it, anyway. The flowers are gorgeous, the 12.99 additional vase is pretty, the price at the end of it all could buy my meals for a month! They lure you in at the beginning with a promise of a rebate for your delivery charge, to be claimed after you place your order. Yeah, nice, I place the order, get my confirmation, click on my rebate button, and get informed that I can get my NEXT order delivered for free! That, my friends, is not my idea of a rebate or truth in advertising and I don't think I'll rush to these people again any time soon. Actually, I think I'll do it the old fashioned way and go to an actual florist shop. My heart really goes out to those romantic guys who so sweetly and thoughtfully send their sweethearts flowers these days. It costs an arm and a leg. As for me, I never turn my nose up at a bouquet from King Kullen!

Carol Ann has not answered her phone today. I called from work this afternoon and when I got no answer, I took heart thinking she may have changed her mind and headed to her chemo session. I left a message telling her I would call later, which I did when I came home from school at around 7 and she still didn't pick up. Here it is two hours later, she hasn't called back and I can't help but be concerned. Maybe she was just so tired after the session that she's sacked out totally oblivious to the fact that I am sitting here so concerned. I hope that's what it is, you know?