Well, it's the Thought that counts...

First off, I'll apologize to Jeremiah and Paula in advance, but this story is too good not to share...

I have a very thoughtful mother in law who for many holidays sends us sweet cards and gift certificates. So, for Valentine's Day this year she sent us a gift certificate to the movie theater. GREAT! It's the perfect date gift, and we don't go to movies very often, so it was a great gift idea (to force us to go more). Over the weekend we decided to go see the new Indiana Jones, which was a BLAST FYI. I grabbed the gift card, and off we went. I saw an ATM machine where you can buy tickets and it looked like the gift card might work there. So, I ordered the tickets and put in the gift card but it wouldn't accept it. A little weird, but the line isn't too long so we jump in line. I hand the gift card over to the guy and he runs it through...and it says it won't work there either. Again, WEIRD...

So, we pay, and are a little curious. We have time to get into our seats and then I'll go get popcorn. But when we sit down I noticed an 800 number on the back of the gift card, and since I had 15 minutes, I decided to call and check on it. I call, and input the number, and they say it's not recognized. So, I'm transferred to an operator. She checks on the number...it has a ZERO BALANCE on it. Huh. Paula doesn't seem like the dine & dash kind of mom, but you learn new things about your in laws all the time...

I went and PAID for popcorn and when I came back to our seats, I told Jeremiah about it. We laughed a lot. Mostly because Paula's in Mexico for a few days so we couldn't call her right away to give her a hard time about it. I'm sure it was just a glitch at the check out counter, (err...I hope) but it still made us laugh. Besides, now we have a new gift giving technique!

Anyway, it's the thought that counts.