ALISON AKA GUERILLA~`~,~{@)ngelFace

I GOT THE WRONG ORDER IN THE MAIL AFTER SPENDING ALL OF MY MONEY ON CHRISTMAS FOR MY SON AND GETTING EXTENSIONS ON MY ELECTRICITY, AND COX BILL WHICH IS CABLE, INTERNET, AND THE PHONE BILL ALL IN ONE.  THEY DON'T LET YOU EVEN MAKE A PARTIAL PAYMENT SO I AM GOING TO BE DOUBLE BILLED NEXT MONTH AND I WON'T HAVE A CENT LEFTOVER AFTER MY BILLS.  I GOT MY SON JUST ENOUGH PRESENTS TO LOOK BIG UNDER OUR FAKE FICA TREES WE DECORATED AND PUT LIGHTS ON BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD A CHRISTMAS TREE.  HIS DAD IS NOT COMING FOR CHRISTMAS LIKE HE SAID HE WAS WHICH ISN'T A SURPRISE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T COME FOR THANKSGIVING EITHER.  SO I HAVE TO MAKE THIS THE BEST CHRISTMAS I CAN SINCE THIS IS HIS FIRST HOLIDAY SEASON WITHOUT SEEING HIS FATHER AT ALL.  HE'S NOT EVEN GETTING DANIEL APRESENT BECAUSE HE IS SPENDING ALL HIS MONEY ON DRUGS.  I GOT THE PACKAGE IN THE MAIL OF ALL OF MY SON'S CHRISTMAS PRESENTS THAT I ORDERED FROM A CATALOG WHERE EVERYTHING IS UNDER $20.  HE REALLY WANTS AN XBOX 360 BUT HE KNOWS THAT THEY ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE AND SAID FOR ME NOT TO WORRY CUZ SANTA CAN GET IT FOR HIM.  I AM GOING TO HAVE TO SAVE FOR MONTHS AND TELL HIM SANTA RAN OUT OF THEM BUT I WILL GET HIM ONE SOON.  WHEN I OPENED THE BOX AND PULLED OUT THE TOYS I FOUND A PINK FOLD UP PRINCESS CASTLE INSTEAD OF THE MINI PINBALL MACHINE I ORDERED TO HOLD HIM OVER.  I CALLED THEIR 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE HOTLINE AND TOLD THEM THAT I HAVE A BOY AND DID NOT ORDER THIS.  SHE SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO SHIP IT BACK.  I DIDN'T HAVE EVEN A DOLLAR LEFT OR MONEY FOR PACKAGING AND I ASKED TO SPEAK TO A MANAGER.  I ASKED THE MANAGER FOR A RETURN SHIPPING LABEL AND SHE JUST REPEATED THEIR NON REFUNDABLE SHIPPING POLICY OVER AND OVER UNTIL I HAD TO GET OFF THE PHONE BECAUSE I STARTED CRYING.  I DIDN'T HAVE A DIME TO SEND IT BACK AND I KNOW WHEN MOST PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY, THEY AT LEAST HAVE FIVE DOLLARS AND THAT WOULD HAVE COVERED IT, AND I'M SURE SHE THOUGHT I DID BUT I REALLY DIDN'T.  AFTER SOBBING ABOUT HOW I WAS BEING TREATED AND HOW PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF NOT HAVING ANY MONEY AT ALL, I REMEMBERED A POST I PUT UP ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO FOR CHARITY THIS CHRISTMAS AND I HAD ADDED THAT EVERY STATE HAS A TOYS FOR TOTS.  SUDDENLY, A SMILE CAME ACROSS MY FACE. I LOOKED AT THE CATALOG THAT I HAD ORDERED FROM AND JUST STARED AT THE LITTLE GIRLS PLAYING INSIDE THE FOLDABLE PRINCESS CASTLE AND IMAGINED HOW MUCH IT WOULD MEAN FOR ANOTHER CHILD IN NEED TO SEE THIS UNDER THE TREE CHRISTMAS DAY!  I FELT WARM INSIDE!  I WENT TO FRY'S A GROCERY STORE DOWN THE STREET AND FOUND THE TOYS FOR TOTS BIN AND GENTLY PLACED IT IN THERE.  I WAS SOO EXCITED AND HAPPY THAT I HAD BEEN SENT THE WRONG TOY AND COULDN'T SEND IT BACK!  I'M GLAD THINGS WORKED OUT THE WAY THEY DID.  I FEEL IT WAS MEANT TO BE FOR A LITTLE GIRL OUT THERE.  I AM JOURNALING ABOUT THIS SO OTHERS CAN BE INSPIRED AND RAISE SOME TOYS FOR TOTS!!