Today as I was grocery shopping in Stop and shop, I get a call from my youngest son.
He is on the school bus on his way home from school. He very excitedly says... MOM? I Just won 10,000.00!!!! Being that he is the youngest of three, You will believe me when i tell you, I've had my share of pranks pulled on me. I calmly said.. Oh really! And how did u do that? He starts rapidly explaining that his teacher was selling skittles to raise money for a charity so he bought a bag. On the bag it said... Find the Gold skittles and win $10,000. He screams in my ear.. I have the gold skittles Mom! my whole bag is full of gold skittles!! I won! I can't believe it!!... STILL suspecting this can't be... I ask... Are u just joking with me? He's never been a good liar and he is so serious that I should have known he wasn't fooling! So now, I begin screaming and Crying in the middle of stop and shop! "OMG OMG it couldn't have happened to a more deserving person! This is going to help you pay for college! I'm so excited!!" Then I quickly get into Mommy mode... JO! DON'T LET ANYONE ON THE BUS KNOW THAT YOU'VE WON THIS MUCH MONEY, THERE ARE HORRIBLE PEOPLE ESPECIALLY ANY DRUGGIES WHO WOULD HURT OR KILL YOU FOR THOSE GOLDEN SKITTLES!! (Aren't you just picturing Charlie Bucket right now from Willie wonka and the chocolate factory?)
I tell him to get home safely and don't do anything till I get there!
I flew through the rest of the aisles Not remembering the food I had come there for due to my excitement! As I am loading my groceries into my car, he calls me again..
ARe u okay? I ask... VERY quietly he says... Mom... When i got home, I dumped out the skittles and opened up the bag... I only won $50.00.... The fine print of the label said Find the gold skittles AND YOU COULD win $10,000.00. Boy did that misunderstanding take away what would have been an exciting 50.00 win if that's what he told me originally! Mean while.. Crazy me... I had called my other sons and told them, I interrupted my busy husband at work to tell him. EVeryone was so shocked and excited they told many others too!!! How sad to have to make those calls to say... It was a tasty misunderstanding.
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Awe...that's kind of sad...but 50 is a nice chunk of change. Sorry Lucy...man what's with these unexpected endings!!! Made for a good blog post...this is the start of mental pausal madness....I'm exactly the same with my kids concerning safety....Our code words....any weirdos, or weirdo alert!!lol
Big hugs....You're still a winner Lucy!!!
I'm afraid I would have been angry! Not at my son, but at the stupid Skittles company. You COULD win 10K$? What the heck is that supposed to mean? You COULD NOT win? How ridiculous! And I'm disappointed for you both. That would have been an awesome way to help pay for college. At least he's gonna get $50. Hopefully.
I'm reminded of the Seinfeld where George and Kramer and Elaine's boyfriend go rock climbing and Elaine's boyfriend falls but she doesn't know it yet. So she's asking Kramer and George if they had fun and Kramer says, "Yeah.... for a little while."
That was exciting... for a little while :)
Hope you had a Happy Mother's Day.
Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, but I was cracking through this post! This was so entertaining... yes, I know it was at your expense (sorry bout that).
Hey, I'd be screaming and jumping up and down to win $50!!! Heck, I'd be jumping up and down to find $5 somewhere. hehe
SKITTLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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