Life's Cruel Ironies baby mentioned

dancerspose · August 2014

So as I mentioned in comments on other posts a few days ago, my SIL had a baby on Wednesday, the first grandchild in my immediate family. She didn't ahve a shower, and she and my brother don't need any help buying all the gear so I hadn't gotten them a gift. But, since I'm going to visit soon to meet the baby, which will be tough enough, I've been looking online for gifts for them. Here's where the cruel irony kicks in...thanks to the wonderful way technology monitors us, now all I see when I visit webpages from Facebook to CNN are ads for baby/maternity/child stuff. I can't escape it...I think I'm going to have to delete the cookies from my browser and my browsing history and everything after I settle on a gift...to make matters worse I can't even drown my sorrows in wine tonight because I'm having bloodwork done in the morning I need to fast for (lipid panel, glucose tolerance). So no alcohol OR chocolate!

DH is also gone for the night thanks to the wonderful National Guard...

Just wanted to share that frustration, hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

shirleymaeby · August 2014

God I hate how smart digital advertising is. I work at an internet company and know that those ads can target you for up to 30 days after you stopped searching those terms. You may want to go ahead and delete your cookies. Or you can try doing LOTS of other searches for fun stuff so you start getting ads about cool stuff.

curve31 · August 2014

Adblock Plus (for firefox) girl!

BunnyBerry · August 2014

Oh, I'm sorry. That's so unfair! I'm so bad with computers, but is there a way to disable all cookies or something?

***CHILD MENTIONED***

MH showed me that his Kindle Fire had a full-screen advertisement for formula with a mom and baby. He was like, where the heck did this come from? Can't imagine why, all he does is download manly games!

theholmanherd · August 2014

You should download ghostery for your browser. You can block all trackers and most ads. It's amazing. I'm sorry you had to put up with that.

catlover790 · August 2014

I'm sorry! That's so frustrating! I hope your appointment goes well today!

Hollowvic · August 2014

That sucks. when we bought a gift at Bye Bye Baby for my Hs niece he signed up for the reward card thinking we'd need it soon, not only do I still not need it but they send me coupons and flyers constantly in the mail!!! So annoying.

dancerspose · August 2014

so i had the worst ever phlebotomy experience this morning with some guy who did not know what he was doing! long story short...i had to have a 2 hour glucose tolerance test, which means 4 blood draws total. i was stuck 8 times, 5 in one arm!