You shouldn’t lie
Posted by Isabel on August 9th, 2006. Filed under: I Rock.Last night I had to run to the grocery store to pick up a frozen pizza for the lovely nanny to eat today. As it always happens, I ended up getting a few other things. Just the standard items like milk, cold cereal and soy sauce.
It had been a hard day, so I decided to get myself a little treat to eat on the way home. I bought a bottle of water and a box of donuts.
I ate a tube of the donuts before I got back to our apartment. I decided The King might like some to. Hey, I’m a Giver. I left one of the packages on the dashboard of the car. I figured he’d find them when he left for work this morning. I envisioned him seeing them on the dash and getting a smile on his face, instantly being reminded of what a good wife I am.
I expected to get an e-mail from him this morning thanking me for his little surprise. By 11:00, I hadn’t heard him sing my praises yet.
I finally broke down and e-mailed him, asking if he had found the donuts.
About 3 seconds later he called me at my desk, laughing.
The King: (sarcastically) Thanks for the left-overs.
Isabel: They weren’t left-overs. It was an unopened pack of donuts. I thought you might like them. I thought it would be a good way to start your day.
The King: Right. It was a pack that wasn’t labeled for individual sale. Which means it came in a box. So, what happened to the rest of the donuts? Did you eat them all last night? Did you stop at Dairy Queen on your way home and dip the donuts into a Blizzard?
Isabel: I promise I didn’t have a Blizzard (yum…Blizzard), and I only ate one pack of the donuts.
The King: So where are the rest of them? Do you have them all hidden somewhere in the apartment? I know how you operate.
Isabel: No, they aren’t hiding. I have them here with me at work.
The King: How many packs do you have left?
Isabel: I don’t know. Let me look.
The King: (laughing) Where are you looking? Under your shirt at your belly? What else are you going to find there? The Blizzard you had?
Isabel: (laughing so hard now, because I know I’m totally busted at this point) I gotta go. I’m busy today.
Moments after I hung up the phone I got this e-mail from The King:
lies lies lies.
you shouldn’t lie this close to our anniversary. or at all really.
I guess after 6 years of marriage he does know how I operate. I buy the junk food and hide it from him and then look for credit when I do decide to share.
And he’s right. I shouldn’t lie this close to our anniversary. (Although it wasn’t a lie. They weren’t my left-overs. I just didn’t share as much as I should have.) What if I don’t get the sweet gift that he promised me?
August 9th, 2006 at 7:57 pm
Little Debbies are food of the Devil, I’m convinced. I used to be addicted to oatmeal cream pies, banana twins, and nutty bars. I’m off the stuff now, but I’ve replaced them with obsessions for spinach dip and Blizzards. (You have such good taste!)
And happy early anniversary! Maybe as a treat for your readers you can share the story of how you two met.
August 9th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
Oh how I lurves me some Little Debbie Snack Cakes. And let. me. tell. you: as soon as I get this pesky gall bladder removed, I’m sure to have a SERIOUS accident involving some Little Debbies.
August 9th, 2006 at 8:58 pm
you are still breastfeeding right? Therefore you NEED THOSE EXTRA DONUTS! how can the King not agree with feeding Babboo?!?!
August 9th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
SWEET BABBOO you’ve been tagged! What’s going on in your world?
August 9th, 2006 at 9:25 pm
LOL. This blog has me tickled. Good stuff…
August 9th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
Haha..you share just like I do! I sure hope the King doesn’t hold it against you–you deserve that jewelry!
August 9th, 2006 at 10:37 pm
That is hilarious – totally the type of conversation my husband and I would have!
Happy anniversary!
August 10th, 2006 at 12:48 am
WHEN is your anniversary? And what exactly do you want from the jeweler? At first I thought he was buying you a person, but then I realized “hey that’s illegal! I saw THAT episode of Law & Order. Thanks Law & Order!” Ok, I didn’t think that exactly.
Those doughnuts are making me hungry. Darn it.
August 10th, 2006 at 3:37 am
Yum, chocolate donuts. Double yum, blizzard…What kind of blizzard do you get?
That jewelry is cool. I found a silver/garnet ring that’s not toooo pricey. Good to know & thanks for the tip!
August 10th, 2006 at 4:08 am
Hey, its not wrong for a woman to have her junk food stash. heehee.
Ohhhh a chocolate donut Blizzard! Mmmmmm.
August 10th, 2006 at 12:37 pm
This reminds me of what I sometimes do with Hot Cheetos. I’ll buy a bag and then eat a lot, and give my boyfriend them once I’m full of them. He doesn’t seem to complain, because at least I’m giving him the left overs, lol.
August 10th, 2006 at 2:54 pm
Hahaha That was so funny!
I read it out to Mike and we both laughed.
I luuuuuuuurve that jewellery! I’m getting excited for u!
Did u know that we have to get a Visa at the US High Commission here with major security clearence done before we can enter the US? wow!!
The only other places I’ve had to get a visa prior to boarding was for communist states. *sigh*
August 10th, 2006 at 3:48 pm
That is so something I would do and so something my hubby would bust me for just like The King busted you. Sooooo funny.
August 10th, 2006 at 4:37 pm
Dude – I totally do the same thing. And: what are those red things? It looks like tasty, tasty licorice. (MMmmmmm…makes me hungry.)
August 10th, 2006 at 6:39 pm
That’s hysterical! And the picture sums it up perfectly! Bring him home another pack of donuts, and do whatcha gotta do for your gift…
August 10th, 2006 at 8:23 pm
LOL Mmm…I want a blizzard…..
The liars are thrust down to hell and all that, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong (…erm…) with selective disclosure.
Like when I told Stalker Girl that I work from home, and she assumed it was full time. Not my fault! No need to tell her I only work about an hour and a half a day! (Because you know what? I can’t handle Stalker Girl in full stalking mode. I can’t.)
August 11th, 2006 at 2:10 am
Do-nuts.
Do-nuts.
Do-nuts.
Do-nuts.
Mmm….
Forget the lying part. I’d say The King was lucky to get any at all!
Do-nuts.
Do-nuts.
Do-nuts.
Do-nuts.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:11 am
That is very funny! (Great picture of the Seattle skyline!)
(Thanks for stopping by my blog.)
August 11th, 2006 at 7:26 am
Hilarious. Gotta love how marraige goes.
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