Today was Delivery Day for me - as in my usual every-other-week delivery from the supermarket. Having unpacked everying I had ordered, I found myself myseriously left with an extra bag, containing a strange mix of things which I had not ordered...
Had it just been one or two of the smaller items, I'd just have taken them for what Janice of the blog Jabblog the other day called "free gifts". (Actually I was amused to note that the pink "goodies" bar seemed kind of similar to the sweets she blogged about - claiming to be "95% fruit"...)
However, since the bag also contained...
- a normal size bag of rye bread
- a 3-pack of Taco spice mix
- a weird narrow stick labeled "ölkorv"( = Swedish name for German Bierwurst = "beer sausuge" in English) (something I've never tasted)
- a small roll of wine gums
- a mascara
- a small jar of skin cream
- a small bag of instant coffee
- a small bag of some weird porridge powder (baby food??)
... I found myself puzzled by the strange variety of stuff, and assumed I must have received someone else's bag by mistake...
So I called the store to ask. But it turned out that they were indeed having some kind of "campaign week"; and as I had been one of the first 150 people to put in an online order this week, I had received all these various "gifts". (The campain thing had totally passed me by when I put in my order, I just went by my list of things I wanted/needed...)
I have received free stuff before on a few occasions, but never this many different things all at once. And the only things among them that I might have considered buying myself, on special offer, is the bread and the Taco spices (although I prefer a different brand).
