Feb 25, 2007
it was already november, and i was running out of ideas as to what to give him for christmas. i wanted something special,
something meaningful, something he wanted. i asked him what he wanted, but anything would do, he said. i asked him to
send me his wishlist instead. but i couldn't give him anything that were mentioned. as a last resort, i decided to give him
a planner from starbucks. i liked the planner and i was so excited to use it since the pages were all recycled. it was also
bound in leather, which added class to it. i was hoping that he'd feel the same way as what i had felt when i first got mine.
i made sure though that he uses a planner first, which he did, so that i know it would be of use. i really don't like giving stuff
to people that aren't any useful. so anyway, the planner isn't anything that you can just buy. one has to purchase a certain
number of their seasonal and regular drinks that would avail of a sticker for each. the stickers would then be placed on the
"promo" card that each customer gets every holiday season of each year. it took me almost 3 months to get all stickers. i
like the toffee nut latte so i would usually order it, that everytime i pass by starbucks they would already know who i was
and which drink to get me. until that drink was out of order, i always asked for the tall cafe americano (and of course my
favoritee chunky choco chip cookie). when i finally completed it, i was so excited to get it but was unable to right
away, since i was so busy with work and school. then, one morning of the early weeks of february, i made time to get it.
i was so busy then contacting people that while i was talking to the guy on the counter to get the planner, i was also talking to
someone on the phone. i got the planner without second thoughts, thinking how my baby would feel when he finally
got it. i arranged to have it sent to him right after my class after a couple of days later (there was an LBC branch right in
front of the school, very convenient isnt it?) then hoped for the best.
to be continued....
