Upgrade Activation Key is "invalid"

Folks, I'm using 1.5.6 (originally 1.5 academic version). I downloaded the Ap2 trial last night. Purchased an $99 upgrade key which came via email today. I opened up Ap2, choose the option to authorize, and it states that my key is an upgrade key, and that I need an original key.
I'm I missing a obvious step here? The email the key came with stated that I need to "open an Aperture application (Pages, Keynotes, Numbers), and then proceed to the Aperture registration pane and proceed to register Aperture".
I'm completely confused! Some one smack me and direct in the right direction.

If you didn't supply a retail 1.5 key at some point, you can't use the upgrade; the Academic version of Aperture 1.5 cannot be upgraded to 2 without purchasing the full version of 2.
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