The Valentine Goodie Bag Story
(or – Why You Should Never Buy Anything Without A Coupon…Ever)
I did something completely out of character a couple weeks ago. I bought something not on sale and not with a coupon. It was a Thomas the Train Valentine’s Day activity book with cards to make and stickers and all kinds of stuff in it. (you all know Bug is a HUGE Thomas fan!) I spotted it at one day at Publix. I managed to slip it in the buggy with hm seeing it. At the checkout I covered it up with some sale papers and asked the cashier to discreetly ring it up and bag it. She was real sweet – she bagged it twice and tied it up for me so you definitely couldn’t tell what was in it.
I paid FIVE dollars for this book because I thought it would be PERFECT in his Valentine’s Day goodie bag. FIVE WHOLE DOLLARS! And we all know what I can do with $5!
I had to work Valentine’s Day and Hubs had to work a night shift that night so we actually had our “Valentine’s” the night of the 13th – which I thought was perfect because I though Bug would want to make some of the cards in his activity book for his friends or family so I had these warm fuzzy visions of us sitting around the table with crayons and stickers and lots of love!
When he started pulling things out of his goodie bag, he got to the book and my eyes lit up because I thought he was going to love it!
He said, “It’s Thomas!” and then put it down and started rifling through the bag some more. No worries, I told myself. He’s just excited about everything in his bag and wants to see it all. When it comes time to pick something to do, he’ll pick his book.
Did he pick his book?? Nooo….it’s sitting on table right where he left it after he took it out of the bag. That night he wanted to watch the movie that was in his bag and put stickers on a piece of paper. What stickers? The Mickey Mouse stickers that were free from Walgreens because I needed a filler item!!
Oh, I tried. “Sweetie, don’t you want to color in your Thomas book?” “No, Mommy.” “Don’t you want to make a Thomas card for Will?” (Will is his BEST friend.) “No.” “Do you want some Thomas stickers?” “No. I fine Mommy. I watch TV.”
Moral of the story – don’t by anything without a coupon….ever! :)
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