What I love about this project/blog/mail is that it is all about making someone's day! I just found out that I sent about three pieces of mail to my beautiful cousin Steph's new place (yay) only to find that I'd sent them to the wrong address (off by one digit in the street address and one in the postal code). Now the odd thing is that none of the envelopes have made their way back to me (re: return to sender) so I'm hoping that perhaps they have touched and brightened the day of a complete stranger :) - now if I remember correctly, at least one is a recipe (so that's cool, anyone can appreciate that) and the other, an invitation to a family gathering - my daughter, Piper's first birthday (hmmmm...I guess we'll see who shows up...but so far no odd RSVPs).
So speaking of brightening the day of a stranger, I did something today that I haven't done since I moved to my new house and it was totally overdue to happen. If mail isn't your thing but you really want to make someone's day here's an idea. On my way out today I zoomed through my local Starbucks' drive-thru (through - typing 'thru' hurts every time), okay, I didn't actually zoom, it was a little slow. As I was sitting there I thought, "I just need a tall chai, nothing fancy, just something warm and tasty to get me on my way." So I ordered my chai and got to thinking about the people behind me and what they might be ordering and that's when I decided I would pay for their order as well. Total strangers. I had no idea what they were going to order but it didn't matter because I'd made my decision (in for a penny, in for a pound - is that how it goes?). Turns out two drinks, two breakfast sandwiches. I paid and then zoomed away before I could get "caught." It made for a fun morning. The cool thing is that you can do this at any drive-through and you don't even need to pay for the whole order - just $5. toward the next order or what have you. Try it, you might like it.
With gratitude: local x 2 (Delta, Surrey), Out of Province x 2 (Ontario) = 4!
More to come soon :)
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2 comments:
LOVE it, Erin! I'd always wondered how people knew how much to pay and reading this - OF COURSE, forehead slap - I realized that they've already taken the order behind you. Duh. Anyhoo! Sweet! I love that you did this. Now I wanna, too. :)
I'll follow you through the drive through any day!
I went to starbucks a few months ago and the cash lady said, "oh it's on this guys card" He left a gift card with 20$ on it for her to use for other peoples coffee. I LOVE it! wouldn't it be fun to be the cash lady too? telling everyone that they don't have to pay, making everyones day a little brighter.
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