Tsukasa gets a new cell phone. Kagami teaches her how to text message. Tsukasa text messages Kagami to the point of sheer annoyance. Konata invites Kagami and Tsukasa over to her house and they forget to do their homework.

It's Konata's birthday, and her family sets up a surprise party for her when she gets home from work. All goes according to plan until Konata calls and says that her coworkers are throwing her a party and that she'll be coming home late.

The girls discuss what their goals in life are.

Kagami has a bad day when she gets bothered by little annoyances and ends up going to a store to buy a drink but forgets her wallet.

Things get worse for Kagami when her older sister Matsuri scolds her for neglecting to buy groceries for dinner.

On Lucky Channel, Akira and Shiraishi have a special guest: Meito Anizawa, the manager of the anime store that desperately wants Konata to buy something from his shop. He talks about the three factors that determine an anime's success.