Extra postage.

by barefootfoodie on June 8, 2009

Five days ago today, I asked my husband to mail out a package for me. 

It’ s just hard for me to get out these days.

Unless it’s for burritos riddled with guacamole.

Or milkshakes.

Or any food, really.

But, mundane tasks that don’t involve a drive through are just a bit too much for me to handle.  They require interaction with, like, people.  People who judge if you have a kool aid mustache or if you’re wearing a skirted maternity bathing suit and knock off Ugg boots.  People that, frankly, I just don’t have the time or hygiene skills to deal with at this time.

So, you would think knowing all this, and seeing that I barely shower or brush my hair, and that I walked around for 3 whole hours with a dum dum sucker (cream soda, best flavor ever!) stuck to the back of my sweatpants, that my husband would do me a solid and mail my package for me.

Um, no.  

Which seemed selfish to me, so I was all, what the hell, Andy,  I stood in line at the post office for an hour once to mail a gigantic model airplane for you.  And he was all, I’m busy and important, and you don’t even have a box to mail it in, so I was all, so what, they sell boxes at the post office.  Dumb ass.  But, he was like, it’s candy and a purple vibrator, and I was like, duh, and he was all, I’m not waiting in line at the post office to mail candy and a purple dildo, which made no sense and, clearly, he needed a quick lesson on the obvious differences between a vibrator and a dildo.

At which point, he stopped me, because we were in church, but whatever, we were sitting in the back, so the priest totally couldn’t see me mouthing the words dildo or giant veiny penis, and as for the old lady in front of us, she had one leg that was, like, super swollen and way bigger than the other normal old lady leg, so the cock talk was probably the highlight of her day. I mean, she didn’t have a wedding ring on, and anyone who has one gigantic leg, and one normal size leg on top of an unfortunate lady mustache, probably totally already owns a vibrator, anyways. 

Regardless, the package was time sensitive, and needed to be shipped, because it was a wedding gift, and he was all, what kind of person gets someone a vibrator and strawberry pop rocks as a wedding gift? And I was like, um, we do.

I mean, it was that or hand towels.

Who the fuck wants to open hand towels?

{ 65 comments… read them below or add one }

Kalebarkab June 9, 2009 at 4:01 pm

I want to find good pop music. Help me please.

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Mountain Momma June 9, 2009 at 4:13 pm

I can’t even get my husband to buy me tampons, let alone mail something for me. So you never answered the burning question – did he mail the goods?

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Dana's Brain June 9, 2009 at 5:59 pm

Oh my god – I am SO renewing my vows and sending you an invite. Clearly you are the best wedding present bestow-er EVER!

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ashley June 9, 2009 at 9:42 pm

And wow! I just found your blog, how in the world could I have missed it? You are a effin genius woman!

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Carebear June 9, 2009 at 11:46 pm

Remind me to invite you to my next wedding. (My first husband is quickly wearing out his welcome.) You don’t actually have to show – you’d probably end up discussing dildos in a stage whisper while sitting behind my grandma and gagging over her vericose veins, but I’d love some poprocks. Can’t believe hubby wouldn’t mail a vibrator for you. Men just don’t have a real appreciation of the postpartum period. Mine came down with a cold the day after our second kid was born last year. He couldn’t get out of bed and sent me to the pharmacy to get him Nyquil. Really – I just pushed an 8 pound human out of my body less than 36 hours ago, but you can’t get out of bed because you’re nose is stuffy?!!

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Emily June 10, 2009 at 5:18 am

I love you! You crack me up.

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mommy~dearest June 10, 2009 at 1:48 pm

Totally wish I would have invited you to my wedding…

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Emilie June 10, 2009 at 3:07 pm

That would be an awesome gift… unless I had to open it in front of my grandma.. but, I did do flaming Dr. Pepper shots at their 50th anniversary so they would probably expect no less… you rock

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Elisa June 11, 2009 at 7:23 am

Oh, what wouldn’t I give to see my conservative Swiss husband’s face when he opens a package and sees a vibrator (or a dildo) someone sent us for our wedding anniversary. If Only we had gotten married in April, instead of June! Now that would be a good April Fools ;-)

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Momisodes June 11, 2009 at 6:54 pm

I really should have had you on our wedding list.

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Jessica June 11, 2009 at 11:52 pm

pop rocks? ohhh pop rocks.

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Elaine June 12, 2009 at 2:20 pm

Now I kinda wish I was getting married again and that you had my address… hee hee…

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mary June 13, 2009 at 9:51 am

This was the funniest thing i have read in sometime!

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rachel-asouthernfairytale June 13, 2009 at 7:01 pm

Okay. Can I have that exact same present for my 31st b-day in August? Please?

LOVE IT.

Hugs you funniest beesh, you!

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Mary @ Holy Mackerel June 18, 2009 at 9:36 pm

I love hand towels. With big veiny purple helmets all over them.

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