Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

She just won a Hugo for her amazing graphic novel, Digger! Couldn't happen to a more deserving person :D

WAY TO GO, URSULA!!

Work today was long and tedious. I really don't have anything to do right now, though that should change as the week goes on. Tomorrow PartyGirl is going to get me set up sorting out the parent checks for last term and this term, so that'll keep me quiet.

I did accomplish one thing today, and that was to supply the Office with Belated Birthday Cake. There was a Chocolate Indulgence Cake, a Carrot Cake (both fromTesco's Finest range), some French Fancies *mmm* and a packet of Cadbury's Chocolate Mini-Rolls. The carrot cake has already bitten the dust, as have the Fancies, but there's plenty left to feed the hungry hordes tomorrow :)

Ooh! ooh! One thing! I woke up on Saturday to find a "We tried to deliver a packet but you weren't in" message card from the Post Office. I was too late (and lazy) to go pick it up so I got it on the way home from work today. And it's another Ursula Vernon drawing, hurrah! It's the Digger cartoon from a couple of weeks ago I mentioned raving about and asking if I could buy a print of, minus the text. I have to say, her customer service is excellent :)

*gloats over drawing*

Oh I am a dozy Mouse!!

*clutches ribs* I think I may have strained something.

OK.

*takes deep breath, tries not to dissolve into helpless giggles. Again*

Right. I can do this. OK. *cough* In the earlier entry, I mentioned with fangirly glee that an Ursula Vernon print had arrived. In an email to Ursula yesterday, I said the following:-

Funnily enough, another print I ordered from you arrived this morning. Not remembering I'd
ordered it, I stared at the package blearily, thinking "Wow, that was fast! I only emailed her last
night!"

Remember this, it'll be important later.

So cut to this evening and I see jenni411 on AIM and we get nattering. The following conversation ensues:-

MitchFC: *points to LJ* I've had a fan girly squee couple of days :D
JLS411: Um, yeah, about that....
JLS411: You know that Ursula Vernon print you like so much, the mouse on the log?
MitchFC: yeees?
JLS411: It's a good thing you like it cause you're getting another one. *cringe*
MitchFC: ...
MitchFC: You're kidding? :-)
JLS411: I ordered it for your birthday.
MitchFC: *fdl* Oh that's good :-) Well, two's better than one, right? :D
MitchFC: *hugs her Jenni*
JLS411: *hugs you back* I almost died when I read your LJ this afternoon. :-)

Happy chatter follows, discussion of maybe making a return (shipping costs made that a bad idea, though Ursula was very generous with her offers of refunds/half price for another print etc. when Jenni emailed her about this) and so forth.

And then a small, dim light bulb goes off in my brain. Waaaait a minute. I don't remember ordering it. I DON'T REMEMBER ORDERING IT.

I start to snigger.
I go to PayPal.
I start to giggle.
I check my account history.
I start to laugh.
I only have ONE prior transaction to Ursula's PayPal account, and that's the Digger print I ordered yesterday.
I start to howl. Seriously. I scared the crap out of the cat.

Yes, folks, the reason I don't remember ordering the print was because I didn't order it!

MitchFC: *giggles* Thing is....I don't think I DID order it! I think the one I got was your gifty! But you see, there was nothing IN the order to say it was from you!
JLS411: Oh Gods....
JLS411: I dunno about you but I need an aspirin and a lie-down now...
MitchFC: *rolls back onto the floor, hooting hysterically*
MitchFC: *clutches you and howls with laughter*
JLS411: *dissolves with you, to dismay of Mom & dog*

Poor Jenni! ! I am sorry hon, for giving you a nasty surprise this afternoon! Thank you for my lovely birthday present, it's beautiful! And one day, I'll acquire a memory and a brain, honest!

*wanders off, shaking head* Only I could do this...only I could do this....only I could do this......