In The Mailbox.....

...the snail mail box, that is. Amongst the usual assortment of catalogs, pizza coupons, bills and cable/dish tv offers this week were two genuine pieces of personal mail! The most exciting was my radioactive tshirt from MPR! There it is! Evidence that I am a true supporter of public broadcasting. I know, I could have opted to receive no thank you gift at all, which would mean that more of my actual dollars would go to support programming, but the way I see it, this is advertising that is worth much more than the fair market declared value of this shirt. Which is fifteen dollars. Am I feeling guilty now? And while we're on the subject of thank you, the other piece of personal mail was a hand-addressed thank-you note! From Dianne the sales lady at the furniture store where I purchased the chair for the 16yo last week. With, of course, her business card enclosed. Sincerely, even. Am I supposed to feel that Dianne and I now have a close personal relationship? What are the social protocals involved? I thought our little fling was over when I signed on the dotted line after my Visa card was approved. I may have to put on the radioactive tshirt, then go sit in my son's new chair and ponder this. Oh, and thank you for reading.