Pebble Power!

Yesterday, three important things arrived. The first was my first free issue of Wired, with Will Wright as guest editor. The second was a much-needed 300 gigabyte hard drive. You'd think nothing could top that So, who's got a great memory? Anybody remember that I made an order from Google Base a few weeks ago, partly in order to see how the process goes, and partly to see if it netted me a free t-shirt? Do you remember what I ordered? Well, lets takes a look at this new screenshot/picture gallery I've uploaded to Flickr. For the screenshots, click on the image to see a larger version. Here's Google Purchases order history page:

Notice that they didn't even bother to send a proper receipt in the package! Just a strip of paper that reads:

Purchased from Google Base - pet pebble. Order #******

How am I supposed to declare my wonderful $1.15 pet pebble on my taxes (as the business expense it clearly is) without a proper printed receipt? Where's my certificate of authenticity? How do I know this pebble came from the Googleplex itself, and not some regular rock garden? Here's the li'l rock by itself:

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