Good karma
With all the expenses of graduation and regalia, I only ordered five formal announcements as keepsakes for me, my parents, and my grandparents. They were expensive and unattractive, but still had the proper sense of formal officiality that one would want from a graduation announcement. They charged me when I made the purchase- something like $10 for five announcements and $8 for shipping. (Ouch.) I put a stop on the order until I found out if I was to receive Latin Honors (which I did, Magna Cum Laude) and then sent the order through. It arrived today.

I was right, they are too expensive and unattractive, not to mention poorly laid out and phrased. But.

They sent me twenty-five. I know they MEANT to send me five, because that's what I was charged for (and guaranteed no repeat charges last week when I forwarded the order). Not to mention that there are only ten envelopes, and they send double your order in case you mess up.

And I'd already designed, laid out, and bought the printing supplies for my own... sah... well... whatyagonna do? (Save myself the freakin' effort and use the supplies for something else?)

I suppose I ought to mention that twenty-five announcements costs $47.50. Ha ha ha! Suckaz!