Lines and sky-rocketed prices are not on my list of favorite things. Frequently, that leaves Couponman and me at opposite ends. If he needs to run in to buy something while I’m with him, I’ll often wait in the car.
The other day I was forced into being more than the getaway driver. We had received a free movie rental coupon from one of those Red boxes kinds of kiosks. My husband, only one level higher than solitaire-proficient on the computer and avoider of all written instructions, needed my expertise.
He went on his way sleuthing for unheard of deals at the 99¢ store while I pushed buttons in order. (I didn’t want to take away his thunder, so I didn’t mention that others might be on to these bargains simply by virtue of the store’s name.) When we met at the front of the store, me with video rental in hand, and Couponman with a bunch of bananas, he asked, “Were you successful?”
I shoved the rental in his face. “Want a banana?” he asked, trying to change the subject.
“They’re not ripe,” I said. He gave me a smirk. “Hence the savings in green.“ We both laughed.
Our next stop was Costco. I decided to venture into the store with him; otherwise, I could be in the car for some time. We walked to the first food sample table. “Dora, I’d like you to meet my wife Penny,” he said. Who knew he knew the demo ladies by name.
After Costco, he stopped at the See’s Candy store. “Go in with me,” he asked.
“Nah,” I answered, ”I wait in the car.”
“Please,” he begged. He looked like a little boy at a candy store…
I didn’t know why it was so important, but I relented.
As we walked in they handed us each a sample of a chocolate truffle. I don’t particularly like chocolate. I slipped the candy sample in the brown ruffly wrapper into my husband’s hand. He smiled. Now I knew why my company was so invaluable.
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Doesn’t everybody have Saturday lunch with the ladies of Costco; or, in our case, Sam’s Club?
Be careful in this area penny, you think you are using Couponman as cannon fodder for your uncannily observant eye . . but you may be talking about someone’s wife.
On one hand if we are at at Ace Hardware she will wait in the car. But we can linger at Joanne’s for hours. Home Depot . . I can have all the time I want as long as she’s in the Nursery department but when she is through there she tracks me down in the hand tools department and asks, ” Are you going to be in there there all day?”
But We both LOVE going to the See’s Candy Store.