The new loveseat is being delivered today. It's two plush, cushy leather recliners stuck together to form one cozy loveseat. It's perfect for our little extra bedroom turned TV room. We bought it on Tuesday and they can't deliver it until today. In typical Richard fashion, he did all the furniture rearranging as soon as we returned from the store. So needless to say we haven't been able to use the room. We've spent our evenings sitting on the plush, cushy sofa without recliners in the living room, dreaming of when we could finally stretch out.
Yesterday as I left to do the grocery shopping, (alone I might add) Richard said, "Get some ice cream so we can eat it and celebrate the new loveseat."
"I can't do that. You'll eat it tonight and there won't be anything left for tomorrow." Richard is a glutton when it comes to anything sweet. He can woof down an entire half gallon of ice cream in a single sitting. We call it the family sweet tooth. His brother has it too however his wife has much more control than I do. I can't keep ice cream or cookies or cake in the house. It disappears.
"Hide it in the freezer. If I can't find it, I won't eat it." He winks at me.
Against my better judgment I bought ice cream. It was tricky hiding it in the freezer. I only had some Lender's bagels to use as camouflage since the pancakes are all gone. I did my best to conceal the frozen treat.
We tried to settle in to our last night of television on the sofa. We both tossed and turned and fussed and fidgeted.
"Why did you buy two containers of ice cream?" he asked.
"I didn't." I lied.
"I saw two pints out in the garage."
I glared at him. I knew he hadn't even been in the freezer in the garage. We'd played this game a million times. Richard likes to see if he can trip me up. Usually he can. My face can never tell a lie. He can be relentless in his search for sugar.
I held firm. "I'll buy ice cream tomorrow when I go to Walmart. I'm not stupid you know."
"All right,"he said with a frown.
Phew! I breathed a sigh of relief. Tonight we're going to celebrate!!
I see two victories here. One, you went shopping alone and probably cut your shopping time in half. And two, you outfoxed the sweet tooth guy. Just be prepared that he'll do a more thorough search next time. Does Ginger get to snuggle up on the new cushy recliners too?
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