Re: Collin's B. day yesterday

[Guest guest]

Wow Michele! That is scary!! Good ole family to the rescue. Thank you

for sharing and I will always keep an extra look out. Did Collin enjoy

his birthday party?

Shook

Retail Operations Manager/Baking Instructor

Vie de France Yamazaki, Inc.

2070 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 500

Vienna, VA 22182

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[Guest guest]

Hi Michele,

Yikes! Thank goodness no one was hurt. Definitely will make me

check things extra carefully.

Marilouise

9/9/03, LCF, 3 week cast after tenotomy

Owen and 3/20/99

> We wanted to thank everyone for wishing Collin a happy 3rd

birthday

> and share a scary unexpected expereince we had yesterday. At

lunch

> time I ran to the local dollar store to purchase a dozen latex

> ballons and some mylars. I decided to get the candy balloon

weights

> they sold there I bought 4 of them and dropped them off at home.

> Well after work we had the party, twords the end I decided to

split

> the balloon candy weights into the party bags I had prearranged

for

> the kids. Well there was some extra and my sister was going

through

> it who had 2 children at the party to see what was good, etc...

She

> found a very small pack of razors...I am so not kidding you!!!!!

> The box was blue and white and little it totally blended in with

the

> mixed candy assortment. I always thought that kind of stuff was

> only rumors but let me tell you know it happens. We are very

> careful people too, my husband is a police officer. I tried

calling

> the store to have them clear the shelves about 10 after 8 but it

had

> closed at 8 and they didn't answer. I got a hold of them this

> morning, of course the owner is away until next week so I just

> talked to a store associate and asked her to stop selling those

bags

> and have them all checked before they seriously hurt someone.

Thank

> goodness my sister was routing through the candy looking for a

yummy

> treat or one of our babies could have had a terrible accident.

Out

> of the 7 kids at the party 5 were not school age yet, so it could

> have been terrible but thankfully no one was hurt. I really want

to

> talk to the owner theough because I'm afraid the woman I spoke

with

> will not make him aware in fear someone will get in trouble for

> their stupid mistake, etc. The candy was next to the baloons so

> they could use razors to open boxes, cut ballon streamers, etc and

> just were super uncareful. I'll stop venting now, but please be

> careful because I never thought something like that would happen

to

> us, especially when I made the purchase and I also emptied the

candy

> bags into the kids party bags and still missed it because it

blended

> it with the rest of the candy, it was the size of the chicklet

box,

> etc and colorful.

>

> Michele

> Collin's story at http://www.geocities.com/chele323232