Curse

How is it possible to make a ‘quick stop’ at either Target or Wal-Mart and spend NO LESS than $50? It gets Mark and I EVERY TIME.

The other day, we stopped at Target on the way home, to get dishwashing detergent.... walked out with dishwashing detergent, a scrapbook, Easter candy, a birthday card, and two puzzles….

$49.17

yeah... that one kind of stands out doesn't it….It made one of my friends think of his Great Grandma…..

We were walking to the cash register, past the toy aisles...I asked mark (since it was raining) if he wanted to purchase a board game or a puzzle.

I ask random questions often and expected a whole hearted chuckle- one from the gut, you know? …and what I got was... "A puzzle would be fun"

I’m not sure if it was a jigsaw….

So then we spent 10 minutes and $20 buying not one but TWO .... (We couldn't decide)
I don't really think Mark responded with "a puzzle would be fun"...it was more like "I haven't done a puzzle since I was four and a half.."

Anyways….

The first one we got was of the New York Skyline at night.... 3 feet wide....750 pieces... Has the twin towers in it.. So I needed it...

The second one was of the Las Vegas Strip at night. 3 feet wide, 750 pieces.... glows in the dark so Mark needed it...

We are rocking out the Las Vegas one now.. We are going to frame it when we are done and put pictures of all our crazy Vegas adventures around it... I've been there once, and Mark has been there like five times...at least

Mark called me on his way to work the other day... and to update me on the puzzle... he said he rocked out about 15 pieces just over breakfast... he's a PUZZLE MASTER

I had buyer’s remorse as soon as we made the purchases... It's kind of like what I think post-partum depression is going to feel like…

I told the cashier I had buyer’s remorse and she wasn't having it...she ignored me, like she hears that all the time… I guess sporadic puzzle purchases aren’t just a thing for the Bakers after all…