looking on the bright side

i've always had a big problem with grocery store bonus cards - it's just one more hassle, and doesn't really save any money in the end. although it gives me the creeps that marketers analyze my food choices, i can't stand that the police and other agencies can subpoena the records. i usually break down and get one, though, but give fake information.

however, yesterday i came to like my giant bonus card a little bit.

back in july i lost my keys. i've pinned it down to one of several places, but those places include seattle proper and one of several commercial airplanes. i was fairly sure i'd never see them again. however, last week amy from giant foods called my home in ohio (the number i'd apparently given), saying they'd found my keys and were mailing them to me once i called to confirm my address. apparently someone had dropped my keys in a mailbox, and they'd been sent to the giant foods headquarters in maryland.

so yesterday i received, via certified mail, my old keys.

for now, i'm going to use my card a little less grudgingly, and think of it as a working-woman's version of the tiffany key ring (until, of course, the police come to question me about that suspicious asparagus purchase).