Secret 26…I will never, ever forgive Mr Spud for ‘the saucepans’
Posted under 30 Secrets in 30 Days, People I love
Oh how MrSpud just adores this story…
Let’s go back. Way back. Way back when. Back to the early days of me and MrSpud’s courtship, when we were young, less lined and at least one of us was a whole lot less shouty. Let’s go back to Christmas 2001 shall we? We’d been dating for 3 months, it was getting serious – he’d given me a key for his house, I’d introduced him to my cats…you know the score.
He’d impressed me with his ability to actually ‘give me a call sometime’ and I’d started to adjust to Life with a Little Bloke (although I was still hoping he might grow at that stage, or that he might consider built up shoes?)
And then, out of nowhere, it was Christmas and it was time to meet ‘the family’. I remember parking outside MrSpud’s family home feeling a little shaky with nerves, but felt a whole lot better after spotting MrSpud at the window upstairs and giving him a cheery wave and enthusiastically blowing kisses to him. Thank GOD I didn’t take it any further as it turned out to be MrSpud’s brother, and not MrSpud, at the window. Not a brilliant start I will admit.
After that it all went swimmingly. I loved them, they loved me, we all loved each other. There was a ‘bit’ of a moment when they forced me to endure 3 hours of Hobbit related nonsense at the cinema but I was full of bonhomie and only penciled them in to the Grudge Book, for review at a later date.
And then came the time for ‘The Exchange of Gifts’ between me and MrSpud. Naturally, this being our first Christmas, I had spent hours researching and sourcing unusual and fitting gifts…a book he’d mentioned he’d love that was out of print…a tedious TV documentary he had loved as a teenager…and a ‘new to the market must have’ watch with a camera in it. Each lovingly wrapped and beautifully presented. He was thrilled with them all…I had triumphed.
Then he handed me a couple of plastic carrier bags and mumbled something about ‘not knowing what to get me’. I was alarmed at the weight of the bags but quickly computed that heavy = loads of gifts and relaxed.
I started ferreting around in the bags and was a bit puzzled to find a sea of white tissue paper. At this point MrSpud started to look a bit shifty and mumbled something about not having had time to wrap my presents. These days I would immediately start berating him for such a transgression, but it was early days and I let it lie (whilst frantically scribbling the Grudge Book). Fiinally I got to the bottom of all the tissue paper and unearthed…a set of saucepans. With the price still on. AND THEY WERE 50% OFF.
Yes, that’s right. My husband bought me saucepans, in the sale, for our first Christmas together. And didn’t even wrap them up, he just handed them over in the bags from the shop. WHAT…THE..HELL…WAS…HE…THINKING?
He will never, ever live this story down. His friends howled at him when they found out. As a punishment he has to cook my dinner every night for as long as those saucepans are still intact. They are Le Creuset. They have a lifetime guarantee….who’s laughing now, saucepan boy?
I will never, ever get bored of hearing this story! So funny! Poor MrSpud-although what on EARTH was he thinking? Had me met you at this point??
Lovely colour saucepans, though. Mine are the vile orange kind. Not that the colour makes up for them being, well, saucepans.
first of all before I read on…and forget…. love all your photos… you’re (as you Brits put it…) lovely :)
now on to reading the post… be back
classic… so funny… loved it :)
ha ha! love it – “who’s laughing now saucepan boy?” too funny!
& by the way, i love that blouse you’re wearing in the photo. very adorable.
Le Creuset
Ok, I’ve already forgiven him, they are Le Creuset pans! I love love my blue pans. Did you get the casseroles too? I can imagine him thinking of the dinners the two of you would make together…sigh! Granted it’s not romantic…Can’t even remember what my very first Christmas present from hubby was, oh wait, yes I can, a book! The same thing I’ve gotten every year for 24 years! Feel better yet? Hopefully you been training Mr. Spud and he’s improved his gift giving/presenting skills. I understand some hubbys are trainable! Sigh…Maybe I need a grudge book too! I’ll ask for one next Christmas.
I don’t think I could ever forget THAT either! But if he’s now cooking for you… it all turned up well!
oh I love that story! it proves men are indeed from Mars. well thought through punishment, I hope MrSpud turned out to be a good cook!
That’s a good one (again!). Just yesterday I was desperately looking for a specific Le Creuset pan to bake an American promising no-stir-bread-recipe at TK Max. Those pans must be fabulous so your boyfriend had an excellent good taste and so apparently does your husband! your story reminds me of my hubby offering me a chair on each mother’s day… “so it’s easier to do the washing-up” ;-))))))
He does get points for scoring LeCruset pans for 50% off..
My father gave my mother a vacum cleaner for Christmas and they had been married for twenty years. He said “It seems you like to vacum, you do it a lot!”
Best to get the ridculous gift out of the way at the start!
Oh how I have missed my daily portion of Spud! ;)
And yes, that is a bad bad gift mrSpud, although I wouldn´t mind to get some Creuset pans as a Christmas gift. Perhaps I can tell this story as a hint to the hubby?
what is the matter with men…they should never give kitchen appliances or other vacuum cleaners or frankly, skimpy lingerie. and they should never look through our purses (germs mostly). but le cruset is pretty good, even if it was on sale. :-)
Great story and I would never let him live it down either. It’s ALMOST as good as what Mr Bambi got me on our first Christmas…the EXACT SAME THING HE GOT HIS EX-WIFE!!! He paid dearly for that mistake. still paying for it actually. In fact, I’m going to call him (7 years later) and cuss him out again for making me remember it!
Lady, you crack me up like crazy! Awesome, awesome story!
Well, you’ve gotten excellent mileage out of this gifting faux pas. HE ALWAYS COOKS? Really?
Ha ha, yes he cooks every single night. I’m very blessed! he commutes for 2 hours to get home, helps put the boys to bed and then cooks my dinner while I loaf around on the internet. I love that man!
yes his present buying did improve, a bit. Although there way the year when I told him I’d done all the Christmas shopping apart from his Dad’s, and that all he had to buy was a gift for his Dad. So he did. Er, but WHAT ABOUT ME?!!!
PSML at the vacuum cleaner, brilliant.
Thanks for all the comments. x
So great. That is such a classic man gift but how awesome he cooks for you!!!
My poor boy starves if I’m not at home. Literally starves. I come home and he will be shaking and with a headache because he couldn’t open a can of soup by himself…and he works from home and I keep the fridge stocked with man-appropriate foods like pizza rolls and corndogs. It’s true! It’s a good things he’s cute ;)
And you still married him? Lucky boy. He must have hidden talents you haven’t told us about.
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Ha! cant believe I have not heard this story before! but count yourself lucky, at least he remember to get you something this time, unlike a recent birthday…!! eek, the men in our family eh?
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