This evening it is very, very cold. Unfortunately, we needed some groceries before tomorrow. Don't ask me why(it has to do with a women's club meeting). Anyway, being the gentleman that I am, I insisted on driving 20 miles to Walmart.
On the way out I heard...I also need some nailpolish for tomorrow's meeting. Ooooo.
Then she told me I needed to buy 2 different lite pink shades, 2 dark red shades, and 2 "warm" shades in between. UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH. If you haven't read previous postings, I will hip you to something Mrs. WHW knows...I am color blind. Pink, red, and "warm"? I see about two colors of polish.
Then she told me...."Don't spend too much. But don't buy the cheap stuff, either." To which I replied, "how do I know what is the cheap stuff?" Response, "It doesn't dry very well". My rebuttal, "How in the world can I buy polish and know how well it drys??!!" All I got was a nice grin and a "thanks, hunny". Damn...she used hunny.
On the way out, my 2nd oldest said, "Mom, what will the checker think when dad brings up all that nail polish?" Then two things hit me:
- He got his smurk from his mom
- In my stress of knowing colors, the male image thing completely slipped me. Double suck.
I figure I can avoid the checker thing by using self checkout. I scanned all my stuff, then the last thing, a bunch of bananas locked it up. It froze on the "Skip Bagging?" question. Triple suck.
Then a lady came over and said she would manually do a check out. I'm sure I was imagining it, but I am pretty sure she gave me the suspicious eye when she scanned the 6th bottle of polish.
Upon arriving home, I was greeted with a...."You did very well".
Like that helps.....
5 comments:
lol You must've done well if you didn't hear, "Why did you pick out this color???" lol
Good job. M and I are on two entirely different wavelengths so I never ask him to pick up stuff like that for me. If I have to have it and I can't get out, I have to write down everything I can remember from the label and, in the case of nailpolish, I would have to know the specific color name and number that I wanted. :o) It's easier to do it myself.
But, we wives do appreciate the effort! :o)
somehow I am wondering if it could have been worse..... *laughs* StudHombre would gladly by my feminine Hygeine products but I think he'd draw the line at nail polish. And he'd definitely buy the cheap stuff. LOL
*snort!*
Maybe I could put that in my online dating ad: "SWF looking for man willing to run out for fingernail polish and Always with Wings."
Yeeeeeeeeah. That'll work.
This is just too funny! I can only imagine what the checker was thinking!
You truly are a gem for doing this for your wife! You are a sweetie and I bet she was very thankful! :)
Blessings to you,
S :)
I think this is a total female thing because I totally understood your wife's instructions.
Maybe I can get you to pick out a nice shade of mauve for me next time you're polish shopping?? ;)
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