Sunday, February 21, 2010

5 Things I Love...

5. Ben and Jerry's HALF-BAKED ice cream. It's a beautiful combo of my two favorite flavors: cookie dough and chocolate fudge brownie. Deeeeelicous. It also takes me back to the good old days of living in Vermont and going to the B&J factory and getting my face painted. Those were the days..

4. My JEANS. I can't really explain it, but I feel like a whole new woman when I put them on. Jonny calls them my "hot jeans" because he loves them just as much as I do :) There is something about a nice pair of jeans that makes you feel like a rockstar. Everyone needs a pair of rockstar jeans.

3. CROSSWORD PUZZLES. My mom says Jonny and I are turning into an old married couple but who cares, crossword puzzles are where it's at. We do one almost every day, and they are kind of addicting. We've discovered that the word oreo shows up in almost every one of them. Very strange...

2. I know most people hate this, but I have a serious love for GROCERY SHOPPING. When done correctly, it's a blast. I plan out my meals for a week, make a list, and have a ball at Smiths. Today I bought a huge package of sirloin steak (normally $22) for $6. That's right, 6 bucks. It's moments like this that I live for, and I'm glad the lady in the checkout line was there to be there with me in my moment of glory and congratulate me on my shopping abilities. This one is going down in the record books!

1. My HUSBAND. I love every thing about him. I love that every time he is in charge of dinner, he makes hot dogs or orders pizza. I love that he never gets mad at me, and is more concerned with my happiness than his own. I love the way he looks in his suit, and that he watches the Bachelor with me. I love how excited he is about life, and that he cannot wait to start a family. I love watching him play with the babies who sit in front of us at church; it's the cutest. He is the best and I absolutely love him :)

Monday, February 8, 2010

"Don't worry, in a few days this will be really funny.."

Today was the day to go grocery shopping. I usually go by myself but I asked Jonny to come with me. He said of course, as long as we were super quick cause he had to study for a quiz in his afternoon class. No big.
I picked him up at 1 and off we went to good ole Smiths. Naturally, I couldn't find everything I needed so it took quite a while. Then as we were going to find a checkout line I decided to get potatoes. I ran to get them and when I came back Jonny was ringing up our huge load of groceries... in the express "10 items or less" self-checkout station. Oh dear.
The bags were so stuck together that we couldn't get them open to put our stuff in. We just piled our groceries on the little shelf, while people in line behind us were giving us some not so nice looks. Well, the dang thing wasn't working and kept saying "an assistant is coming to help you." Great. So an employee came over and lectured us on how there is a reason why these stations are only for a few items, and we had way too many. It was super embarrassing.
So then Jonny goes, "hey, do you have your wallet? I don't have my smith's card on me." Please, I have him with me, why would I need my wallet? We decided to have him run to the car and get it. This is the once-in-a-lifetime moment when I actually drove, and to my horror, I realized I had locked the keys in the car. Excellent.
We finished paying (without getting our smith's discount) and went outside to take care of things. Thanks to roadside assistance, the locksmith guy was free... and also far away. So we got to sit by our car in the parking lot, munching on the croutons I had bought, waiting. It was freezing so I finally decided to grab some hot chocolate. Of course right after I paid for it Jonny called saying the locksmith guy was here.
We got into our car and drove home. As I was carrying the groceries in, just to top off the whole experience, I spilled the hot chocolate all over myself and the groceries.
Thank goodness my husband is very patient, otherwise it would've been a lot worse. He just laughed at me :)