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My husband the frugal....
A telephone call:
Rob: (outraged) Where's the hamburger that was in the refrigerator?!
Peg: (who knew this call would probably be coming) I threw it away. Yes, I know, I know. I'll reimburse you the $8.00.
[explanatory note: Rob does the grocery shopping. It's my job to then separate the big chunk of hamburger into little 4 oz chunks and throw 'em in the freezer. Yeah, I didn't get to this one in time.]
Rob: (even more outraged) You threw it away!?
Peg: It was gray. It was three days past its freeze by date and it wasn't safe to eat. [Unspoken: I'm sorry. I was at a spa weekend getaway and didn't get around to doing it.]
Rob: (in the voice of someone starving) Then what am I supposed to eat for lunch?
Peg: You could make a peanut butter sandwich. You could make some bratwurst.
Rob: (a crie de coeur) But I wanted hamburger!
Peg: (highly amused) Well...I suppose you'll just have to make due with leftover flank steak, then.
Rob: [pause] Left over flank steak?
Peg: Mmm hmm. In the long tupperware. The leftover cheesey potatoes are in the container on top of it. Do you think you could endure having that instead?
Rob: [long pause, and then in the voice of someone who is attempting to channel deep umbrage but actually really really wants some flank steak, now that its presence has been pointed out] Well...I suppose.
What I did today to make the world a better place: brought a couple compact florescent bulbs to the hardware store for recycling.
Rob: (outraged) Where's the hamburger that was in the refrigerator?!
Peg: (who knew this call would probably be coming) I threw it away. Yes, I know, I know. I'll reimburse you the $8.00.
[explanatory note: Rob does the grocery shopping. It's my job to then separate the big chunk of hamburger into little 4 oz chunks and throw 'em in the freezer. Yeah, I didn't get to this one in time.]
Rob: (even more outraged) You threw it away!?
Peg: It was gray. It was three days past its freeze by date and it wasn't safe to eat. [Unspoken: I'm sorry. I was at a spa weekend getaway and didn't get around to doing it.]
Rob: (in the voice of someone starving) Then what am I supposed to eat for lunch?
Peg: You could make a peanut butter sandwich. You could make some bratwurst.
Rob: (a crie de coeur) But I wanted hamburger!
Peg: (highly amused) Well...I suppose you'll just have to make due with leftover flank steak, then.
Rob: [pause] Left over flank steak?
Peg: Mmm hmm. In the long tupperware. The leftover cheesey potatoes are in the container on top of it. Do you think you could endure having that instead?
Rob: [long pause, and then in the voice of someone who is attempting to channel deep umbrage but actually really really wants some flank steak, now that its presence has been pointed out] Well...I suppose.
What I did today to make the world a better place: brought a couple compact florescent bulbs to the hardware store for recycling.