Spilt Wine

Not so free gift.

Earlier this week, my dad gave Gracie a turtle, which he explained to me on the phone as having its own little box and food. So, I agreed that he could give Gracie the turtle. I figured it was a cheap pet, costing me nothing and that the turtle may get Gracie off the kick she has been on wanting a puppy. Needless to say Gracie was ecstatic to receive such a gift from her grandpa. She has given the turtle three names, which change from day to day, Nicki, Flower and Butterfly. Audrey did a little investigating on the Internet and spoke with a representative at the pet store. It turns out that the little box that Flower-Buitterfly-Nicki resides in is of course too small and that the little reptile needs a twenty-gallon aquarium to live in. Luckily, Audrey’s parents had an empty fish tank, which has since been turned into a turtle sanctuary; however, it turned out that there is some other turtle paraphernalia that needed to be purchases, such as a the correct turtle food, a heating lamp, spring water, and some sort of UV-Ray light that costs somewhere in the neighborhood of eighty dollars. So far, this free turtle has cost the Wallace family house hold thirty something dollars and we are on the hunt for a barging on a UV-ray light. When all needed reptile accessories are purchased, a puppy may have been cheaper.
Way to go grandparents!