I sent an email Coupon to my customers in October. The coupon was set to expire on 12/31/2009.

As the date approached, I had a warning appear at the top of my Admin panel telling me that the coupon was set to expire in X days. (Nice warning...)

Now, the dates has passed, and the warning still appears, now with a pink background, warning me that it will expire in Minus X days.

I went to the Coupon Admin and de-activated it. (Delete actually doesn't - it only deactivates. There isn't actually a way to delete them without digging around in the database.)

The message remained.

I went to the database and deleted it. Still the message.

Why would this warning appear? Why won't it stop? How can I make it go away?

Thanks
John L