Sure, you are being the 'fluff queen' and I'm at work making a few pennies for my trip. When you talk to yourself enough and have enough 'fluff' you can get another T.O.P.
To get the fancy characters you hold down the ALT key and use your number pad. To get ½, it is ALT 0189. You have to use the number pad or it won't work. You can just keep playing around with the sequence to get the different characters.
I actually learned this when I was selling Longaberger because we had to use the ® and © when doing our mailings and correspondance.
Now I told you so you have to be nice to me for a while.
Also, tell your boss I'll owe him a drink just so you don't get in trouble.