My sister-in-law (Melinda) kindly reminded me that today is 7-11, which means FREE SLURPEE. In commemoration of 7-Eleven's 79th birthday, everyone gets a free slurpee. Anyone who knows me really well, knows I love slurpees, so I was quite excited for lunch time this afternoon to get a free one.
I walked into a local 7-Eleven to my work and asked the clerk if they had free slurpees today. She said yes, so I continued to the slurpee machine and found that they had set-up a stack of cups labeled "Happy Birthday, 7-Eleven." Unfortunately, the cups are 7.11 ounces large! That's smaller than a coffee cup. To my dismay, I did not get a free one, because that's just not enough.
I have to give 7-Eleven credit. The marketing campaign worked on me. I bought a regular size slurpee (32 ounces), a sandwich, and a bag of chips. (Why would I change my objective? I wanted a slurpee.)
So, if you didn't take the opportunity to get to your nearest 7-Eleven to get a free slurpee, you didn't miss much. If you did, I hope you still got a slurpee.
They're great!
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
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Sorry, Brian. Danny and I went and took the kids and the cups are just big enough for Anna and a little too big for Tommy (he had 1/2 and LOVED it!). Anna ALMOST made it to the bottom of her Slurpee before it melted. Danny and I each had 2, which was enough for the casual Slurpee drinker, and obviously not enough for the true Slurpee junkies out there.
Hey. It's free.
Hey. Where was MY reminder, eh? No props for the working mom? SIGH.
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