Blinded by advertising

At the beginning of the year two of my favourite people moved up north. I really wanted to get up there sometime in this half of the year to visit them so when Jetstar advertised $29 flights to Auckland I snapped them up without thinking. Obviously Jetstar (owned by Qantas) isn't a New Zealand company though. I should have booked with Air New Zealand but I was blinded by the cheap fares and constant advertising. Now that I have another wee mark in the fail column I realise that we are constantly bombarded with advertising but often it's the overseas companies that have money to tell us how awesome their products are. Has anyone noticed how many ads are shown  for New Zealand companies or products?