diff --git a/R/give_candygrams.R b/R/give_candygrams.R
index 8d71397..21dc3cd 100644
--- a/R/give_candygrams.R
+++ b/R/give_candygrams.R
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #'
 #' @return A candy gram announcement
 #'
-#' @importFrom stringr str_detect str_to_title
+#' @importFrom stringr str_detect str_to_title str_trim
 #' @importFrom english as.english
 #'
 #' @export
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ give_candygrams <- function(person, number,
 
   if (str_detect(person, "Gretchen")) {
 
-    return(cat("None for Gretchen Weiners."))
+    return("None for Gretchen Weiners.")
 
   }
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ give_candygrams <- function(person, number,
   number <- str_to_title(as.english(number))
 
 
-  glue::glue("{number} for {person}.")
+  str_trim(glue::glue("{number} for {person}. {extra_message}"))
 
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 876c029..f06cad8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # meangirls
 
 <!-- badges: start -->
-
 <!-- badges: end -->
 
 The goal of meangirls is to create quotes in the style of the 2004
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ You can also give extra commentary to your announcement:
 ``` r
 give_candygrams("Taylor Zimmerman", 2, 
                 extra_message = "Merry Christmas!")
-#> Two for Taylor Zimmerman.
+#> Two for Taylor Zimmerman. Merry Christmas!
 ```
 
 Some special cases trigger automatic extra commentary or special
@@ -100,10 +99,10 @@ behavior:
 
 ``` r
 give_candygrams("Glen Coco", 4)
-#> Four for Glen Coco.
+#> Four for Glen Coco. You go, Glen Coco!
 ```
 
 ``` r
 give_candygrams("Gretchen Weiners", 4)
-#> [1] "None for Grethen Weiners."
+#> None for Gretchen Weiners.
 ```