DSW. The Gap. Anne Taylor. Tequila Roadhouse.
I’ve already received birthday greetings from them all. Happy Birthday, come and shop! Happy Birthday, come and drink! Hey, Child of August, we love you for having a birthday, come and give us your money!!!
My birthday isn’t for another three weeks, and I’m confronted with its impending certainty. *sigh* It’d be one thing if I were really looking forward to turning 35, but I’m not.
Now I have to deal with the “birthday greetings” of retail America. This monster needs to be contained.
I participate in the Harris Polls from time to time, and the last or next to last question is always the same:(I’m paraphrasing) “Some websites collect personal data about you and store this information in a cookie in order to customize your user experience. Do you generally like or dislike this aspect of using the Internet?” How should one answer that? Yes, maybe it’s useful that Amazon presents me with a list of recommendations when I visit the site, but on the other hand, do I want solicitations from sites on my birthday? I don’t know.
What I should do is change my birthday on these sites to December so I get these discounts when I have to do my Christmas shopping. Yeah.
Older and craftier…that’s me…
What I should do is change my birthday on these sites to December so I get these discounts when I have to do my Christmas shopping. Yeah.
Older and craftier…that’s me…
No, you ought to change the email address so the ads are sent to your friends reminding them of YOUR birthday. Isn’t that how birthdays are supposed to work? I know when we finally get good jobs, everyday is like our birthday since all our money is spent on ourselves, but still …
No, you ought to change the email address so the ads are sent to your friends reminding them of YOUR birthday. Isn’t that how birthdays are supposed to work? I know when we finally get good jobs, everyday is like our birthday since all our money is spent on ourselves, but still …
After reading your blog, I am so not surprised you are a Leo.
Technically, I’m a Virgo, a cusp baby. August 23 is when the magic happens — leo shifts to virgo. I’m told I have characteristics of both. I don’t buy into it much.