God loves me. Well SOME of my family loves me anyway.  My oldest daughter, my niece and my dear husband were all going in on the latest coolest pda/phone/mp3/windows based thingy for my birthday next week.

so then last night she calls me.  they (her and her husband and their daughter, age 5) are at the mall, having spent the day doing fun family things like boating, etc.  finishing up at starbucks and some light shopping.  my daughter, with hopes of nabbing a 42 inch plasma tv she has had her eye on and hoping her hubby is in a good mood, stops in at compusa.  

 she doesn't get the plasma tv but she finds a laptop. of course, on clearance. but.

they are out of stock.

so she goes to circuit city, where they ALSO are having a clearance sale. and they have laptops. and she finds one.

now, the phone/pda thingy was going to be slightly over $300.

the laptop she finds is MARKED $649. but has a $150 rebate on it. so she buys it.

the rebate slip won't print out so the manager tells her we will mail it to you.

she goes outside to the car with hubby and baby.

manager comes out. excuse me. we need you to come back in.

"why?"

well, it turns out that THIS particular laptop was somewhat mis marked and there IS no rebate on it. but the manager, who is a very nice and decent guy says

well, let me GIVE you the $150 cash back since it was the STORE's f up....

how wierd is THAT?

and then FURTHER......it turns out the whole thingy was mis marked.  the laptop was actually a $799 laptop, NOT on sale, NO rebate.

but they still say, well, we just sold you an $800 laptop that WAS NOT on sale, but was mismarked for $599, then gave you a $150 cash rebate it didn't qualify for, and by the way, have a nice day.

so, i now am the proud and very excited owner of a Toshiba satellite with a 17" screen, and all the fun stuff, wireless of course, and am sitting in my bed, with the pepetual (sometimes it seems) glass of merlot, the kidlets in bed although not exactly asleep, and i am  ON THE COMPUTER, ON THE INTERNET.

NOW. i have seen Paul McCartney in concert. I got my laptop. Then today, a package comes in the mail, addressed to me.  in the package is a royal blue t-shirt. and on the t-shirt it says

 

so long, and thanks for all the fish.

i wanted to cry.  my favorite author in the universe. a quote from the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.

I am wearing the tshirt whilst i sit on the bed, blogging and drinking my merlot

life is wonderful 

and God. I wasn't really serious.  just because i saw paul finally, and got a laptop. don't take me now. i still have much to do **grin**

dawn