Donna, at This And That And Hockey, wrote an entry about her son's new apartment with his girlfriend and their move. Donna helped them out by buying them some groceries, and she asked her readers if we could remember our first grocery shopping/stocking the pantry experience when we first moved out.
Well, I didn't move out until I was married (age 21). When we got to our apartment after returning from our honeymoon, it was late and we were very tired. We planned to do grocery shopping the next day. Well, Thomas woke before me (which is still typical), and he went to a nearby Winn-Dixie to get "fixin's" for breakfast -- but he had no idea what to get. Here is a man who, at 26, had practically raised himself from the age of 16, and he had no idea what I would consider a proper breakfast menu!
So he grabbed a passing store clerk and told her that he'd just got married and wanted to surprise his new wife with breakfast, but didn't know what to get. (I have no idea what he'd been eating for breakfast all those years. Cereal? Take out?)
She laughed and told him he was sweet and then led him around the store. He bought bacon, eggs, bread for toast, butter, jelly, grapefruit, milk, and orange juice, under her direction. He also bought me a beautiful coleus plant. And I still have the glass Tropicana jar that contained the orange juice.
He started breakfast when he got back to our tiny apartment, and of course that woke me up. I thought he was so sweet and cute doing all that.
Later in the day we went out and bought groceries for the week, and I felt so really married then! What a good memory!
9 comments:
ahhhhhhhhh the smell of bacon is divine. I also remember Winn-Dixie grocery stores. Do they still have any aroud? Anne
This is sort of along the same line. When my husband's brother got married he and his new wife had stocked their pantry with can goods. Mel my husband and friends were able to confiscate the keys to their house. While they were on their honeymoon trip they went in and tore all the labels off the can goods. So they were guessing what they were going to eat for weeks to come. Paula
that was the sweetest thing to do :-) and the Winn Dixie mention brought back memories..sadly, we don't have one around here anymore.
That really is sweet! Just as sweet that you still have the glass container too :-)
Oh that is a good memory! How sweet your hubby was to do that! It is a wonder what our men did before we came along!
Traci
I LOVE this story. So sweet.
~Heather
oooooooooh that is sweet. What a great man!!!
hugs
d
Great story! :o)
Lisa
yes, I remember it was almost my entire check.
I did not even own a broom. lol..
I would hate to do it now.
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