The Shopping Deficient Husband
Submitted by Heidi Lee on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 04:24
Printer-friendly versionEver sent your husband to the grocery store and ended up really regreting it? How about when you go to the store with your husband and are so surprised by what he does that you never want to go again? I have one of those husbands, God Love Him!
First, let me tell you a bit about my husband just to juxtapose my example with his capabilities. My husband has a Masters Degree from a top business school, he is a college professor, he speaks Chinese and he has been an Executive at a Fortune 50 company dealing with all the big wigs. You would think that a trip to the grocery store would be like a walk in the park.
So, last Sunday, we went to the store to get some football food supplies and a few steaks to share with our neighbors for the playoff game that evening. T-Bones were on sale for $5.77/pound, but they were huge! The butcher, being a good guy, suggested some pre-packed items, thinner cut, four to a pack. It looked good to me. It was either that or we pick up some big ass pieces of meat and share.
“No! No!,” says my big exec husband. “Let’s just get these and then everybody has their own.”
I’m thinkin’ "Wow is he trying to impress these folks." Now I love my neighbors, but…
Fifty dollars and seventy five cents later the Professor said, “Why are those steaks so expensive? I thought they were about six bucks a pound?”
“They are,” says I, “And, each steak is about 2 pounds!”
“Oh,” said my International Masters Degree in Business love of my life, “I thought each steak was $6.00, so that’s 4X6 = $24.00.”
I don’t know about you, but my constitution just doesn’t allow me to ingest 32 ounces of medium rare, red meat without serious complications.
Today’s breakfast: steak and eggs, lunch steak sandwich. Can you make soup with a T-Bone??? Guess we’ll find out. I’ll keep you posted.
Live Well, Eat Well.
Cheers
Heidi
PS: I thought I was alone in this until, ironically, my mother in-law sent me this video. Check it out. It’s hilarious.
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