Our Own Leg Lamp
If you’ve seen the movie A Christmas Story, you’ll get an eerie feeling as you read this. If you haven’t seen it - what is wrong with you????
Yesterday a card was in our mailbox stating my husband had a certified letter waiting for him at the post office. Wonder who from? The only identifiable information on the card said - “Polar Pop.” I didn’t think much of it until he got home and I told him about it.
Apparently he has been entering some online contest daily for Polar Pop. And in case you are wondering what that is - one of the chain gas stations (Circle K) around here offers fountain drinks called “Polar Pops” for like 59 cents. I’ve known he has an obsession for them. He stops on his way to work to get the guzzler of Diet Coke that keeps him functioning throughout the day. But it could be worse. At least it’s cheaper than a daily drink from somewhere like Starbucks!
He starts daydreaming last night wondering if he’s won something.
“Why else would they send me a certified letter?”
“Um….maybe to tell you to stop entering every hour?”
Since the post office was closed by the time we got home it left our imaginations running wild all night. He said the grand prize is a Corvette, but that drawing isn’t until September. So he got online and figured it out they give out monthly prizes as well. He is now convinced he is the winner of a $100 Polar Pop gift card. We’ll see…
I got a kick out of teasing him all night.
“Maybe it’s a bowling alley?”
“Or maybe it’s an ugly lamp?“
He’s taking his lunch hour to drive across town and find out…..I’ll let you know if we’ve won something red and shiny.
Props and Pans is giving away a copy of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Friendship Edition on DVD. Go check it out and leave a comment to enter. What a cool gift that would make!!
My name is Emily. I’m 30 years old. I have often been told that I ask a lot of questions, but I think I have more to say than ask.
Ooh! I hope it’s a leg lamp!
I hope it’s a leg lamp too! (I have to laugh and comment because this is EXACTLY like something my husband would do too!)
I might get boxes full of surprises, but it sounds like your DH actually won something that is possibly cool
Oooh! The leg lamp!! I hope you win!! I want one. Heh.
i cannot wait to hear what this prize is.
So was it red and shiny?
Mike
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It was not red & shiny…..but it was a $100 gift card for Polar Pop. Meaning he no longer will need to dig thru my purse for loose change every morning. $100 worth of drinks!
Damn! I was really hoping for a leg lamp!
If it is the Vette, hopefully it’s not a Polar Pop Mobile…
May he win whatever his heart desires!
I read once where you only win something once in your life. I’m holding out for a few million.
So what was it?
(I’ve been sucking at clicking through from Bloglines lately with moving and all, but I’ve been reading and curious minds want to know!)
Wow, at 59 cents each, that 169.5 Polar Pops (pre-tax, of course). Congratulations!