Follow Up Post! WTF Necco?!!?

I have learned a valuable lesson following my post last week about the travesty that occurred at Necco this year: if you want something in life, just write a blog about it and magical things will happen. Now, this is not really 100% true because a truly magical occurrence would be if Necco got the many (errr....3) complaints that were generated by BYOJJ and declared that they would go back to the old, tried and true formula that worked just fine for the last 145 freaking years. Or if I got a lifetime supply of the old formula delivered by a unicorn. Yes, that would be magical.

But short of a successful campaign against the new hearts, several good things happened. Many kind readers felt sorry for me and found out where to get some old formula conversation hearts. Time for some shout outs. I got a text from my friend Beth that she had found some old school hearts at a dollar store and had purchased some for me. First score!! The parents of my friend and derby teammate Miss Lippy gave me a whole gift bag full of the old formula hearts. Second score!! Several other people made an honest effort to give me the old formula hearts, but actually gave me the new formula (Smarty McFly) or the Brach's hearts (my aunt who I made fun of for liking the font of BYOJJ--now that is a nice aunt). Third and fourth score!! But the real payoff was this:

HOLY SHIT! SCORE x 10000000000000000000000000000!!!!

Yesterday I went to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned. Immediately after getting my teeth cleaned, I thought it would be a wise idea to go on a hunt for massive amounts of clearance Valentine's Day candy. Really, I just wanted to visit all the dollar stores I could find to pick up leftover Sweethearts. Because seriously, this might be the VERY LAST TIME you or I ever see a banana/yellow-flavored conversation heart. I struck out at a few stores but finally found an impressive supply at the Family Dollar right by my house. I bought ALL OF THEM!!!! I am fairly certain the clerk was judging me for buying a whole boatload of conversation hearts, but I was nearly crying tears of joy and there was nothing that could have ruined that moment.

Just so you all know, I did send a complaint to Necco, as did at least two other people I know. Thus the three complaints generated by BYOJJ. I used the words "horrified" and "distraught" several times in said complaint. I also said they destroyed Valentine's Day and my life in general, and that I hope they are happy. I'm joking about that last part. They have promised me a personal response. But I think it would be safe to say that I will not be writing any further on this topic, unless Necco changes the formula back. Or unless a unicorn delivers a dump truck full of conversation hearts to my house. Because that would probably be worth a blog post.