My Quest

For some reason, I think that the world owes me a free toaster. I don't know why I seem to believe that, but I deserve a free toaster, and by jingy, I'm-a-gonna git me one.

Okay. When I was a kid, my parents bought a toaster/broiler kind of toaster and we had the same one sitting on the counter and working just fine for 15 years. I have not had that success in my adult life. The best toaster/broiler we ever had turned out to get recalled, and I brought it back (this after several years) and they replaced it with a new one that was never quite right. I just can't seem to pick a good one.

Anyway, at some point when I was sick, we got a flyer in the Sunday paper from one of the big home stores, either the BBB or the L&T, and there was toaster on sale for $29.99 and if you bought it you got a $25 gift card, and there was a coupon in the flyer for 20% off. So, free toaster, right? Oh, I wanted that toaster; it came close to being the motivator to getting me up and out of bed. My sister and I planned it for days, but I just couldn't do it. Alas, the free toaster slipped through my grasp.

In yesterday's Macy's flyer, there was a $29.99 toaster and a 15% off coupon, and someone gave me a $35 Macy's gift card for Christmas. So, free toaster, right? (And I figured, a couple pair of socks to kill the gift card off.) Who was at Macy's bright and early this morning? You know who. Did they have the advertised toaster in stock? THEY DID NOT. How do they dare to stand in the way of the free toaster I so richly deserve?

Anyway, I got a rain check, and the clerk said that if they don't come in, probably a different toaster will be offered for that price, and he'll call me. Yeah, sure. Anybody wanna free bridge?

Okay, so that was my day, toaster hunting with no success. Otherwise quiet, reading mostly. I didn't try any new foods today because I'm having a medical test in the morning that requires no movement for a period of time, so a return of the runs would be a bad thing. When I get home, though, I may try just a little bit of cheese, glorious cheese. I'm finally having that red snapper for dinner; it's defrosting on the counter as I type.

And that's it.

WATCHING OPRAH :: ENTRY #1681