“At some point in life, our very life becomes an everyday way of life…”
Oprah Winfrey with Mary J. Blige
Grocery lists.
Thou shalt not alter grocery lists. Wasn’t this one of the original ten comandments? If, I — your wife, have written a specific brand upon my grocery list then that is what you — thy husband, shalt bring home.
Ken yelled across our living room. “Debbie, come here. I want to show you what I bought at the store.”
Of course this meant he did not get something on my list. Immediately my heart sunk to my shoes.
Ken was standing in the kitchen, waving an exaggerated box of something wrong in the air. I grabbed my stomach, I sucked in a deep breath. My knight and shining armor, the man whose children have given me gray hair, has come home with a super gigantic deluxe box of plain Strawberry Jell-O. Yes indeedy he did. He has taken my blessed grocery list and modified it. I sputter but, but, but my list said strawberry banana!
Ken gushes a totally theatrical Houdini “Aha!” He twirls a teensy-weensy box of sugar-free strawberry-banana Jell-O on the tip of his pinky.
I explain how his shmeensy trick is not working. Strawberry Jell-O without banana tastes entirely different. Then I pretend to be completely grossed out by the after taste sugar-free leaves in your mouth so that he understands why my grocery list clearly said Regular strawberry banana Jell-O.
Ken scratches his head… the beensy sugar-free Jell-O falls to the counter. I know, I know….
“So if you knew, then why did you buy it?”
“Because Debbie.” Ken smoothes a smile across his face. The store was out of regular strawberry banana Jell-O….. And you are you so I wasn’t coming home without some sort of strawberry something.”
Ken left the kitchen as if our conversation was over —– which I guess it was because I had no idea why I cared so much about artificial banana flavoring. But here is the deal. I do now and I don’t anymore. How’s that for a backwards amen?
Count your blessings! Jon would have come home with peach!!
I can totally relate to the EXACT items on the shopping lists! It drives me crazy when Charles improvises! We have cell phones for a reason! Call me and ask!
I’ve asked for whipped cream (in the can) for some dessert we were making at the last second), only for him to get there and bring home a carton of whipping cream. But cell phones have helped considerably. Now he just calls me from the aisle and verifies everything to the point where I might as well have gone myself, lol.
Mo would have come home with some kind of pudding so at least your hubby was in the right area.
Have a great day,
Tami
someone actually goes shopping for you???? they can be even semi trusted to even look at your list???? I am jealous. tee hee
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