I firstly need to say that my husband is amazing. I secondly need to say that I mentioned blogging about this incident and then said no and then Scot told me I should because he agrees with me. It's funny. But really, when I say Scot is amazing, I really mean it. He brings me flowers every so often just because, he leaves me notes, he tells me I look beautiful, he helps with Evan without complaint even when he has a ton of studying to do, and he tells me all the time that if he could get paid to just hang with me, he would do it. That's the just the tip of the ice berg, too, I really have been blessed by a loving and caring husband. But in all of this, Scot sometimes struggles with getting me tangible gifts. It's kind of ironic since he's such a romantic guy, but he's just at a loss sometimes as to what to get. I like the kind of gifts you can't wrap, or things that fit well in your stocking at Christmas. Nail polish, note cards, lip gloss, earrings...it's the little thing that get me. But a girl can only have so much of those things and so he keeps his ears open for random things I mention. And here is where the story begins.
Part one: Yesterday I had a return to make at Goodwill and while there I spotted a pair of cute plaid
capris that were from the LOFT and they were in my
size, but I
was with Evan and I was in a hurry to get to errand number 5 and didn't try them on. (You know how that goes...)Over dinner, though, I told Scot about these cute
pink and orange and brown
capris I saw, and flabbergasted that I didn't
get them on the spot he told me to go back today and pick them up. He said, and I quote, "...even if you don't need them, how often are you going to find good
quality capris for only $4?" And well, I just couldn't argue with that! So I decided to go today after Bible study.
Part two: Scot got off work today at lunch and decided that he was going to pick up the
capris and give them to me for Mother's day. He even tells me that he's out picking something up for me but won't tell me where and he tells me, quote, that I'm going to love his gift. So I'm excited, right?
Anyways, I tell him I'm off to Goodwill to get the
capris and he says that's fine, he'll see me at home. So I go to Goodwill, pick up the
capris, try them on and they're a perfect fit. By now you, as a reader, know what Scot didn't - he had picked up the wrong pair of
capris.
Part three: So I get home and he asks me if I got the
capris (remember, in his head HE has the
capris and he's expecting me to come
empty handed with the plan to surprise me with them for Mothers day - sweet, I know) so you can only imagine his shock when I told him that I had indeed found them. He looked at me funny and asked what size they were (he never asks that, so I knew something was up) and then, like the
snoopy-when-it-comes-to-gifts kind of wife I am, I said "You got me pants for Mothers day, didn't you?" I was genuinely excited - the last pair of pants he got me were these super cute brown cords and I love them. Anyways, he was bummed that I guessed but more bummed than I thought he should be. So then he told me that he had already been to Goodwill to pick the
capris up. But he could only
remember that I had said plaid and Ann
Taylor and so he picked up the wrong ones. Poor guy. So while the
capris he picked out for me are
outrageously hideous (I really wonder if he actually thought I would wear them!), he really did try and that's what counts!!! I have to admit though, I'm bummed that his plan didn't work,
because it was a really sweet plan. Thankfully though, the Goodwill accepts returns!!
These
lovely pants (and they actually are pants, they're just petite, hence the reason they were in the
capri section of the store) are in reality not bad if you're going to a Christmas party since
they're almost-black hunter green with red and gold stripes. You would never see me wearing them, but the right person could pull them off...maybe.
And these summery and fun
capris are a little more up my alley. They are my
first pair of anything plaid since, oh, about middle school when the whole camp shirt with a t-shirt underneath thing was in style, but i
figured I would give it a try since I have shirts that match, and heck, for $4, you can't go wrong, right?
All in all, a funny story, I hope. I know stories are always more enjoyable when you're 'there', but since none of you were in my kitchen when this whole thing played out, I hope you enjoyed the written version.
Evan has discovered the mail slot in our front door. He knows that it opens and closes and he'll spend quite a bit of time just pulling it up, peeking under it, pulling it back down, and then repeating it all. Well, Scot saw this for the first time yesterday and decided to play peek-a-boo with Evan. The whole interchange was quite priceless...
I had a wonderful first Mother's Day!! Scot got me a HUGE bouquet of flowers and Evan 'got' me this cute mug that says something to the effect of "100% nurturing, loving, caring, cleaner, cook, nurse, and 24/7 magnificent MOM!" I got some of my favorite candies as well - good plane fare if you ask me!! After a busy day on Saturday with bridesmaid dress shopping and 2 different parties in the evening, I was ready for a day of rest and relaxation. My folks came over for lunch and we had BBQ chicken out of the crockpot and everyone had a blast just visiting and laughing as Evan's quite antics. My mom made me this sweet Super-Mom card, it's pretty cute. Haha. Anyways, here are some pictures of the weekend (and a little before). I've been so crazy busy that all you get right now are pictures. I leave for VA on Thursday and I'm running around with my head chopped off trying to get ready for that. I'm grocery shopping and laundry down for the day, but i have bathrooms to clean, Bible study to prep for, and vacuuming to do before I cook dinner and have company over tonight. Yeah...and it's been like that for, oh, about 3 weeks now. :D And here I am blogging....I tell myself it's my break since I'm halfway through with my domestic duties for the day! haha.
Evan is indeed 10 months old today! Taking these pictures is getting harder and harder as he just wants to play with Mr Scary Penguin!
