kotapony
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My family has never been big on Christmas presents. I mean, yes, we get each other presents, but we were never the strict "do not open till Xmas" kind of people. Big stuff we kinda got throughout the year as we needed it, and then just did smaller gifts at Christmas. Hubby's family has always been the opposite. They never spent much during the year, but then made Christmas a big deal. Hubby is ALWAYS trying to surprise me, and I have the subtlety level of a brick wall.
So a few weeks ago I find an ad on craigslist for a used saddle. It's exactly the model I'd have bought new if I'd had the money, and is in like new condition. It's around $150 cheaper than a new one, but still a lot. I don't mention it to hubby but I chew on it a few weeks. It's a lot to spend on something I don't REALLY need. I finally cave and call to see if it's still available and find out the model number (it wasn't posted in the ad). It's exactly what I want, and I tell the lady I'll have to clear it with hubby before I can commit. I try to talk hubby into it, and he, in a nutshell, says no. But in a way that if I were less like a brick wall, I'd have realized what he was up to. He was really trying to get me to wait so he could go behind my back and surprise me with it for Christmas. I just wasn't getting his hints. So he finally sighed, caved, told me what he had hoped to do, and had me call the lady back and arrange to get it shipped here. Bless his heart, he wants so badly to surprise me with something, and I manage to ruin it every time. But anyway, the saddle arrived today and is now sitting in its box, unopened, under the tree. He's making me wait till Christmas to open it. I'm going crazy. I hate waiting. I feel like I'm 10 again. I love my hubby.
So a few weeks ago I find an ad on craigslist for a used saddle. It's exactly the model I'd have bought new if I'd had the money, and is in like new condition. It's around $150 cheaper than a new one, but still a lot. I don't mention it to hubby but I chew on it a few weeks. It's a lot to spend on something I don't REALLY need. I finally cave and call to see if it's still available and find out the model number (it wasn't posted in the ad). It's exactly what I want, and I tell the lady I'll have to clear it with hubby before I can commit. I try to talk hubby into it, and he, in a nutshell, says no. But in a way that if I were less like a brick wall, I'd have realized what he was up to. He was really trying to get me to wait so he could go behind my back and surprise me with it for Christmas. I just wasn't getting his hints. So he finally sighed, caved, told me what he had hoped to do, and had me call the lady back and arrange to get it shipped here. Bless his heart, he wants so badly to surprise me with something, and I manage to ruin it every time. But anyway, the saddle arrived today and is now sitting in its box, unopened, under the tree. He's making me wait till Christmas to open it. I'm going crazy. I hate waiting. I feel like I'm 10 again. I love my hubby.
