pre Christmas conversation
December 27, 2006
Rob: “I was checking our credit card balance online and noticed that there was a charge from Radio Shack the other day. Did you buy something at Radio Shack?”
Me: “Why are you checking the credit card balance right before Christmas? Why?”
Rob: “I don’t know. Because I am an anal retentive freak who obsessively checks account balances and likes to know where every cent goes.”
(Ok maybe I made the anal retentive freak part up in my head, but it is true.)
Me: “Ok, so drop it.”
Rob: “I just want to make sure someone didn’t steal our credit card….”
Me: “And go crazy spending $50 at Radio Shack?”
“Did you buy something at Radio Shack?”
Me: “Yesssssssss. Drop it now.”
Rob: “But what did you buy there? It just doesn’t seem like a store you would shop at?”
Me: “I just borrowed something from to wrap for you for Christmas. After all these years I have come to accept the inevitable that you will return whatever presents you get.”
Rob: “Oh, that’s not true.”
Me: “Uh, yes it is.”
Rob: “Ok. It’s the thought that counts, right?”
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hahahahaha! So funny. I finally got my husband a keeper this year. A GPS that he asked for….
December 27th, 2006 at 3:37 pmBoys!!! ugh!hehheh (yes he is still a boy!!)
December 27th, 2006 at 5:40 pmI wonder what my husband thought when he saw the charge from Home Depot? Tee-hee, I knew exactly what he wanted!
December 27th, 2006 at 5:47 pmOver and over before Christmas, I was like “We’re not allowed to check the bank or credit card balances until Boxing Day!!” I was sure something like that might happen in our household!
December 27th, 2006 at 8:16 pmI love that you “borrowed” it from Radio Shack. Judging from the number of people at the mall tonight, a lot of people borrowed things.
December 27th, 2006 at 8:52 pmThis is why I pay cash for Mr. Spock’s presents.
December 27th, 2006 at 11:12 pmOooh, I told hubby he was not allowed to look at the credit card statement till after Christmas. Not that he has ever bothered before but if there was going to be a first that would be it! So did yours like what you ‘borrowed’?
December 28th, 2006 at 9:14 amHaha! My husband took the alternative route– He knew I’d be doing mid-month bills, so he gave me my present early. He knew I’d be questioning when I saw charges from Art.com on the statement. . . It was great because we had it up on the wall with a red bow for Christmas Day.
December 28th, 2006 at 10:48 amLOL!
Same here. Almost every year he returns what I get him. This year I got him a Sirius receiver for his car. He loved it until he calculated the yearly cost of having the service. Ugh. (It is only $12.95/month!) Now I am returning it today. Another strike out at Christmas for me.
December 28th, 2006 at 12:35 pmOh, that would be me. I’m a huge peeker, usually so that I can psych myself up to smile and say thank you when I get an atrocious gift. BUT - this year I liked everything!
December 28th, 2006 at 8:05 pm