the fallout

i am blogging midday - something i rarely do on weekends, but the kids are so enchanted with their new presents that i can.

fallout from parties.

d'you know that charles and i haven't even bought the triplets any birthday presents aside from three aprons? i might get the girls crocs, but that's probably it.

speaking of crocs, on friday night i learned that an online shop in the states was selling crocs for 4.95. and the fuzzy lined winter ones were $7.95. they were going fast, the website was slow, but i was determined. i ordered crocs for all my kids, my nephew in toronto (don't know my nieces sizes or i would have), new born crocs as baby presents, and crocs for andrea's kids. and for ursula's kids. i was croc happy. and the frugal blake in me did say "don't forget, anything after $75 means free shipping!"

needless to say, all this took 60 minutes. but finally, i was ready to take my brimming cart to checkout. and i proudly took out my amex card...put in my mailing address, and then typed in the billing address....AND....there was no where to put in "other".it only listed states.

my dollar-saving dreams were smashed. i wasn't going to get these crocs because my credit card billing address wasn't in the states??? SERIOUSLY?

i was devastated. not for the loss of the dreams, but for the loss of the TIME. the night before the PARTY!

fallout -- the vegetables weren't cut as nicely as they could have been and my girls will be croc free for another few weeks. i WILL Get them on sale. one way or the other. now it is a quest.

and today reality tv regular jade goody will marry her prisoner boyfriend jack tweedy. this is a story i haven't followed too closely for reasons below. jade rose to celeb status from very humble beginnings after doing big brother. the public loved her raucaus comments. she had two children with a fellow reality star, and they ended their romance. her mother, a very crass person, got masses of free plastic surgery done. jade went back to do celebrty big brother and was called a racist after she called indian contestant shilpa shetty "shilpa poppadom" and made other comments. public opinion of jade went wayyy down, she lost contracts, deals, etc.

jade, in a fit of damage control, went to india, and then this summer left her two very young children for an undetermined period of time and started indian big brother, but while there learned that her cervical smear results had come in very abnormal...she had been diagnosed with cervical cancer. she went back to the uk to start treatment.

in the past months she has stayed somewhat low, being in a panto, attending chemo, all with a maximum of media attention. jade only knows the media, they are part of her world, and she didn't shut them out during teh cancer.

so. a few weeks ago it was learned the cancer metastasized. suddenly, people are upset that jade is still talking, giving interviews. go away and die quietly seems to be the feeling. have some dignity others say. yet others claim...don't you want to spend time with your children?

she's going to marry her boyfriend today, who has been in prison for taking a golf club to a youth.

i haven't followed the story too closely because i was never a huge jade goody fan. i am very sorry she has cancer, i am very sorry whenever i hear that anyone has cancer. but i am not going to check in with her life right now. she claims she's doing all the media stuff to make money for her kids, so they have privileges she never did. i say, fair enough. i am not going to follow it.

media fallout - jade is as controversial as ever.

fallout.

there is tonnes of beach cake left, and i am going to eat some for lunch. bad bad fallout there. but so tasty.

free piece of cake if you head on over to charles' blog for some great pix and drawings!

Comments

[Charles]

That's IT! Jade's boyfriend copied his crime from Nancy Kissell, or maybe the other way around?

Re: presents. We're not THAT bad. We have a few more items than the aprons... don't forget we got the triplets new orthodontic-friendly sports water bottles.

[Urs]

Party was fab my lovely! Thanx for hanging round for us yoga loving GCers! Cake was gorgeous and perfect spot to hang out in a wind storm.

Please, please, PLEASE post a photo of Wonder Woman (not you [not publicly anyway]), but one of your cherubs. xxxxxx - hope M and G don't get jealous!

[Dad aka GDad Blake]

Great picture of Batman and friend (Batlady?).Mom and I are doing a countdown as to how manymore sleeps before we see all of you. I am making up a clients list for the tummy eagle. Shall I put both you and Charles on the list?

Love to all....Dad

[Super B's Mom]

I am diggin' the costumes...SWEET.

[Auntie Mandy]

tess, i've heard of a company called ship happens in the states. i don't know if they can reroute your crocs for you but it might be worth sending them a letter. their wed addy is http://www.shiphappenssumas.com/ and just so you know i hate crocs so this is truly done out of love ;) miss you xox

[Mel]

As a fellow Bargain Bessie I weep at the loss of your croc bargain shopping. Also I might need to report you to welfare for the ortho water bottle gift & aprons for your deprived children. I am going to start a new charity: The Tess Trip support grp, pls send me pics of them looking sad. (in the aprons)

[JoeInVegas]

I am surprised at the kids not finishing the cake. But I suppose you made an extra big one just so there would be leftovers for you. Good work!

[Carrie]

ok.... so you dont know ANYONE in the States that would have accepted your shipment and forwarded it on to you?! hmmm. Anytime my friend. Anytime. Drop me a note if you need my address again.

Happy B day J, C & S!
Love ya
Carrie in MN

[Buckeroomama]

The same thing happened to me shopping at the Bed & Bodyworks site... I was going to have them shipped to a US address, so that was no problem, but none of my credit cards are issued by any US bank and I don't have a US billing address. There go my sweet-smelling anti-bacterial moisturizing / foaming hand soaps!

[Karen]

Damn - what is the website? M needs new crocs!
Want me to get some for the trips too???